Riverside Arts Market Opens

[urbanlibertarian]

They are also having a small parade at about 9:30am from the intersection of Post and Riverside to the RAM site.  See riversideartsmarket.com.

[Shwaz]

Real excited about the boat access!

[urbanlibertarian]

Don't they have to build a $300k dock before that happens?

[Shwaz]

I didn't mean tomorrow... And the 300k is tax revenue from the immediate area... What's wrong with that?

[urbanlibertarian]

I didn't mean there was anything wrong with it.  Just thought you meant tomorrow.

[BridgeTroll]

The band marched right into the market... Huge crowd this morning!  Kudos to RAM!

[uptowngirl]

The band was AWESOME

[grimss]

After some minor snafus right at the market's open (band's bus had problems and was 25 minutes late), the rest of the day was terrific.  A really great turn out, and I think there was a fresh and better mix of vendors. A lot less jewelry, more art, more food. One of the gals from Visit JAX brought a bunch of convention planners and travel writers to the market, and she said they were all very impressed. Good job, Tony et al! I'm going to plant my free trees tomorrow

[thelakelander]

I didn't get a chance to stop by RAM today but I did spend a couple of hours taking a historic tour of Riverside/Avondale with e2ride bike tours (www.e2ride.com) today.  The area really feels much more exciting with the number of people walking along Riverside Avenue between RAM and Memorial Park/Five Points.  Hopefully, the market's popularity will continue to grow.

[fsu813]

Leah does a great job with the bike tours...

[thelakelander]

She does.  We plan to run an article about her tours in the next week or so.  We also encouraged her to consider expanding the tours to one day include Springfield.

[fsu813]

Speaking of which, Spar Council will probably be working with her to provide bike tours during the Spring Home & Garden Tour in May.

[Ocklawaha]

We are a national leader in lighting our highways, why not go for WORLD STATUS?


Splash Neon all around, and light the hell out of the vending area... Keep it open until 9 pm on Fridays and Saturday evenings and advertise along the interstate southbound in locations north of the city. Arrange a really cool and funky neon sign to be visible in time to exit the super slab, or seek a public information (blue) sign over I-95 pointing out the Forest Street and Park Street Exits for travelers.

Decorate the underpasses on Riverside and Park, with neon, a totally unique 5-points look.

At night travelers would see the lights and halo and after the WTF? We'd catch many of them and help them jettison some Yankee Cash.


OCKLAWAHA

[Keith-N-Jax]

I like that idea,looks cool and inviting.

[grimss]

Leigh has tremendous enthusiasm for Riverside Avondale and all the urban core neighborhoods. If you've got a chance to take her tours, you definitely should. She was a leader in the R/A tours for Luminaria, and they were a success because of her participation.