DECEMBER 23-29, 2009 UCW 25
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Business Spotlight
The Highlander Cigar Company opened in time for
the International Folk Festival and has been bustling
ever since. This one stop shop offers an entire humidor
of cigars of every variety as well as cigar accessories, a
selection of pipe tobacco and every day sundries. They
also send cigars to soldiers overseas and host a Cigar and
Pipe club, which meets on a regular basis. Store hours are
Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thursdays
10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays
1 p.m.-7 p.m..
The Highlander Cigar Company
(308A Hay Street, Fayetteville)
910-323-0440
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Calendar of Events
DECEMBER
25 - Merry Christmas! City Hall closed
Dec. 24-25
31 - New Year's Eve Party in the Park,
Fayetteville Dogwood Festival,
www.faydogwoodfestival.com
JANUARY
1 - Happy New Year!
City Hall closed Jan. 1
JAMI SHEPPARD McLAUGHLIN,
Downtown Development Manager
jmclaughlin@ci.fay.nc.us
www.ci.fayetteville.nc.us
Want To Move
Downtown? What About
Open A Business?
If you are looking for that cool apartment above
shops or to open your own business downtown,
call 433-1599 for more information. The City of
Fayetteville also has programs such as the
Downtown Façade Grant, the Downtown Loan
Program and the Business Assistance Program.
To see if you qualify, call 433-1596.
Start the New Year Off
With A Drop Of A
Dogwood!
Atlanta has their peach,
Raleigh has an acorn
and now we can watch
as the Fayetteville
dogwood helps us bring
in the New Year. This
is yet another reason
that Fayetteville has it
all!
Make your plans now
to celebrate New Year's
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in the Park, brought to you by the team behind the
award winning Dogwood Festival. This festive
event begins at 6:30 p.m. in Festival Park and
will feature the bands Hot Sauce and Nantucket,
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include a wing and chili cook-off, a live feed
from Times Square on large screens, and an
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display will accompany the midnight Dogwood
Drop! Admission to this event is free. For
more information, please visit
www.faydogwoodfestival.com.
Bring Your Guests Downtown
During The Holidays!
While you are entertaining family and friends over the
holidays, remember there are museums, shops and
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show in the velvet seats of the Cameo Theatre on Hay
Street and after Christmas, introduce your family to your
favorite stores and places to eat. There is no better place
to showcase Fayetteville than downtown and no better
time to share than the holidays!
How Much Do You
Know About Downtown
Fayetteville?
See if you know the answer to this trivia question:
Built in 1791, what downtown building is known
as the oldest commercial structure in Fayetteville
and stands as a reminder of Fayetteville's
importance as a trade center?
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jmclaughlin@ci.fay.nc.us will win a fun prize.
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announced in the next installment of Downtown
Developments.
