Up & Coming Weekly

December 23, 2009

Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.

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DECEMBER 23-29, 2009 UCW 25 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM 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 Downtown Fayetteville on Facebook Become a fan of Downtown Fayetteville at www.facebook.com/downtownfayetteville. We will welcome you! 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 (YHLQ'RZQWRZQ)D\HWWHYLOOHZLWKWKH¿UVW3DUW\ 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, ZKLFKDUHGH¿QLWHFURZGSOHDVHUV2WKHUDFWLYLWLHV include a wing and chili cook-off, a live feed from Times Square on large screens, and an HDUO\FRXQWGRZQHYHQWIRUFKLOGUHQ$¿UHZRUN 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 UHVWDXUDQWVZDLWLQJIRU\RXUYLVLW2Q&KULVWPDVVHHD 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? 7KH¿UVWSHUVRQWRHPDLOWKHFRUUHFWDQVZHUWR jmclaughlin@ci.fay.nc.us will win a fun prize. 7KHZLQQHUZLOOEHQRWL¿HGE\HPDLODQGZLOOEH announced in the next installment of Downtown Developments.

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