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Yesterday we were notified public hearing for the proposed Public Safety Overlay District has been withdrawn from the Sept 2. agenda at the request of undisclosed members of City Council.  Here’s a copy of the press release: safety-district-information
The reason given for removing the proposal from the agenda was that Council wanted to evaluate the proposal [...]

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At tonight’s Downtown Advisory Board meeting the subject of the proposed ordinance [click here for original post describing the ordinance] was brought up for discussion.  Wayne Herron, assisstant city manager, presented a newer version of the proposed ordinance than was originally obtained by AllDowntownMonroe.com last Friday.
This updated version of the ordinance, in addition to banning [...]

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City Council sent a request to the planning department recently to draw up a text amendment to our zoning code that would establish “Public Safety Overlay Districts” around our public safety facilities throughout the city (police and fire).  In response to the proposal, we have created a petition that will be presented to City Council [...]

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The following post is from an email I received from Vicki Hedgepath who serves as the Historic District Commission Chair:
Just a quick update for the neighborhood!
For years, the neighbors in the “proposed Historic District” have waited to become an official part of the Monroe Historic District. This is not only the desire of these neighbors, [...]

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Today Brian Arrowood officially sold the Capital City Bistro to Mark Mucci, who was a member of the waitstaff at Capital City. Mark plans to open sometime next week with an Italian them and a new menu. Mark’s been so busy working on the transition that I’ve not been able to pin him [...]

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John Faulk is playing on the patio tonight at The Blu Moon. I just stopped by to talk with Sara tonight and she’s got a couple of great specials for dinner as well.

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We’ve got live music tonight and tomorrow night downtown.Tonight Chris Kollman (website) is playing on the patio at the Blu Moon Cafe.  The rumor on the street is that he’ll be playing acoustic jazz.  I’ve checked out his MySpace…sounds pretty good.  That’s tonight from 7:00 to 11:00 on the patio.
Tomorrow night local legend RJ Adams [...]

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Well…Troll Beads anyway.  Whenever I see a unique product in one of our Downtown Monroe shops I like to make sure folks know about it.  Such is the case with Troll Beads.  I saw these the other day when I was in Between Sisters and happened to mention them to my wife.  Her response was, [...]

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Rogue Beer that is.

This August Brian Arrowood, owner of Capital City Bistro, is featuring beers by Rogue Brewing Company.  Rogue, based out in Oregon, rose to fame during the micro-brew revolution of the mid 1990’s.  They’ve continued to perfect their craft, winning numerous awards around the globe.
All next month The Bistro will feature several of their best beers paired with [...]

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The local kick-off for National Night Out 2008, a nation-wide crime & drug prevention event, will be held this Saturday August 2nd on Main Street in Historic Downtown Monroe.  The event, which will run from 6:30 PM  until about 10:30 PM includes:

A parade down Main Street
Free food and drinks, including Bruster’s Italian Ice
An emergency services relay [...]

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