03/11/10
East Side - West Side - All Around the Town
It's Spring-cleaning time again in Downtown Tallahassee. The Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority once again will begin its annual sidewalk cleaning. This year our cleaning contractors will be pressure washing Monroe Street on both sides from Park Avenue to Jefferson Street; Adams Street on both sides from Jefferson Street to Park Avenue; on College Avenue, both sides from Gadsden Street to Adams Street; and Jefferson Street from Monroe Street to Duval Street. The contractors use hot water and remove as much of the gum and stains as possible.
We do this each year to keep the downtown sidewalks looking good and to spruce up before the legislative session each year. Let's do as much as possible to keep our sidewalks looking good. Thank you for your help and cooperation.
03/11/10
2nd Annual Book Fair
On Saturday, May 15, 2010, the LeRoy Collins Leon County Library System and the Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority will be holding the second annual Tallahassee Downtown BOOK FAIR! Last year's event was a rousing success with featured headline speaker Eugene Robinson, columnist for The Washington Post and MSMBC political commentator. Mr. Robinson received a Pulitzer Prize just one week before he appeared at the downtown Tallahassee Book Fair.
The Book Fair this year will feature book vendors, writers, authors, and literacy advocacy groups in conjunction with the Saturday MarketPlace in beautiful downtown Ponce de Leon Park. The headline speaker this year will be a famous nationally known author to be announced soon! Save the date for this event. Last year was standing room only under a big tent on Park Avenue with seating for 300.
03/02/10
News Conferences
The TDIA held a press conference downtown on March 2nd and 3rd. The press conference on March 2nd announced BB&T Bank's sponsorship of the 2010 Saturday MarketPlace Season. The Saturday downtown MarketPlace holds its grand opening for the 15th year on Saturday, March 6, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The season runs for 41 weeks each year from March through November and culminates with the "Just One More" Art Invitational on the second weekend in December.
The Saturday Downtown MarketPlace draws an estimated 100,000 people a year to downtown Tallahassee featuring vendors selling original art and crafts, jewelry, prepared foods, farm fresh produce and dairy products, baked goods, live music and more. Strolling through the beautiful Ponce de Leon Park among the veteran oaks and shopping at the various vendor stalls is a pleasant respite among a vibrant and dynamic downtown setting. Come see for yourself each Saturday. Downtown hotel visitors are more than welcome to shop, visit, stroll, and enjoy beautiful Tallahassee.
