It was AWESOME! There were tons of people lining Main Street. You had to say "excuse me" to get people to move out of the way. On Main Street!
Congrats Main Street Cruise directors...you have accomplished what no one else has been able to do in a long long time...fill Main Street with people and traffic!
It was genius.
And you brought back people who once lived and played on Main Street who shared their stories with us.
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Most of the night, folks just wandered around in utter amazement and joy.
According to the organizers Heather Sherrod, John Wells and Ed Mitchell (Lowcountry Classics) -- this event will be a monthly one happening on the 4th Saturday. Follow it on Facebook "Historic Springfield Main Street Cruise".
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http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/article/261349/3/Big-crowd-for-the-Historic-Main-Street-Cruise
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Best comment I heard was from someone who hadn't been to Springfield in awhile. They said, "Wow. Springfield has really turned the corner!" Woo hoo!
Best Springfield Event Ever!
Thank you John Wells for your incredible vision. This event had something for everyone, from every generation (see below).
Thank you 77d's for your great performance and willingness to work within our limited budget - we will make it up to you at a future event!
Springfield, we need to grab this momentum and MAKE IT HAPPEN on Main Street!!
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Looks like it was a fun event :) .
Wasn't Cruising a regular thing back in the day? .
Bring it back!!! Regularly !
Love the pic of the 57 Chevy and the group in front of it. Awesome :)
Quote from: Miss Fixit on June 24, 2012, 02:30:15 PM
Best Springfield Event Ever!
Thank you John Wells for your incredible vision. This event had something for everyone, from every generation (see below).
Thank you 77d's for your great performance and willingness to work within our limited budget - we will make it up to you at a future event!
Springfield, we need to grab this momentum and MAKE IT HAPPEN on Main Street!!
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Yes and Yes! It was nothing short of GENIUS!
Looks like a great turnout. Unfortunately, I had to miss it due to a previous engagement in......Fleming Island (forgive me!). I'll definitely be at the next one.
Here's a bunch of photos from the Cruise -
http://myspringfield.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1971
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And, btw, the Midsummer's Eve Spirit Gathering (aka hippie fest 2012) was going on at the same time just a block away at the Karpeles Museum.
Pretty sweet stuff. Lots of photos -
http://myspringfield.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15264#p15264
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good times in Springfield.
I loved it!!!
Had a GREAT time!!!
Quote from: Miss Fixit on June 24, 2012, 02:30:15 PM
Best Springfield Event Ever!
Thank you John Wells for your incredible vision. This event had something for everyone, from every generation (see below).
Thank you 77d's for your great performance and willingness to work within our limited budget - we will make it up to you at a future event!
Springfield, we need to grab this momentum and MAKE IT HAPPEN on Main Street!!
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Here's her photo:
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There were far more people at the Main Street Cruise than the Go Skate Day event in Hemming Plaza. Where's the front page story? :'(
Much like Go Skate Day, when they marketed towards a niche (ie, skaters/classic car lovers) and just say "show up", they did. In mass.
The best part? The entire thing cost the commuity $300.
That's bang for your buck.
I hope the momentum for this can stay strong for a long time. Its a great way to get continual positive exposure for Springfield! It would also be wonderful is a new generation of teenagers took to "cruising" Main Street much like their grandparents did back in the day :)
Quote from: Bill Hoff on June 25, 2012, 08:38:21 AM
There were far more people at the Main Street Cruise than the Go Skate Day event in Hemming Plaza. Where's the front page story? :'(
Much like Go Skate Day, when they marketed towards a niche (ie, skaters/classic car lovers) and just say "show up", they did. In mass.
The best part? The entire thing cost the commuity $300.
That's bang for your buck.
It's not a contest. I personally couldn't make it, this past Saturday and no one has forwarded me anything. Send some pics and I'll be more than happy to get something up.
Looks like good times in Springfield. Great week for the urban core.
Quote from: stephendare on June 25, 2012, 09:04:56 AM
Exactly Lake.
This sounds like a wonderful event, similar to the one we proposed a couple of years ago with SAMBA, actually. But it would have been nice to have a bit more information other than a couple of Facebook invites! The pictures look amazing, and we would love to help out for the next one!
The next one is scheduled for Saturday, July 28th, 6-10pm.
Much of the cruising the regular folks do is on the down low. I only know this as I talked to several folks. They talk and it is word of mouth that gets them to locations. Not advertising. The guys and gal that put it together intentionally kept it low key (now that is an oxymoron after seeing the result of all the folks attending!)
Think about it. If it is a formally planned event, the city will want some sort of fair share participation. It is not meant to be an organized event, it is "just" a cruise. No one wants to pay JSO to be there, or pay any sort of permit for gathering.
There were a lot of cars/trucks cruising the streets, restaurants serving people, and folks visiting on Main Street. No harm, no foul. Make an event of it, and it is just that. Money and strings attached.
Related. This was the best thing to come to Springfield I have ever seen. Fricken' incredible. People, people, people everywhere. It was glorious.
Lake and Stephen, I think we are all just ticked off because a sad case chose to point a bee-bee gun at at JSO officer in a failed attempt of "suicide by cop" thereby causing the Springfield story of the day on TV the next day to be "shooting in Springfield" instead of the cruise. :-( You just take a giant step and someone pulls the rug out from under you.
I actually saw a couple of news stories about the cruise on First Coast News prior, and I understand they mentioned it on the 11:00 news Saturday too.
If we'd had any more people out there Saturday, there wouldn't have been room for them! We would love some hype next time though to keep the momentum going.