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Published June 07, 2009 09:55 pm - Downtown Greenville’s streetscape celebration is set for 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and sponsored by the Women’s Action Group and Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce.

UPDATE: Activities-packed party to mark completion of Greenville streetscape project


By Monica Pryts
Herald Staff Writer

GREENVILLE

Downtown Greenville’s streetscape celebration is set for 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and sponsored by the Women’s Action Group and Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce.

The $1.3 million second phase of the revitalization project was recently completed and the event also includes participation from downtown businesses, according to a news release.

The celebration will start with council President Pete Longiotti leading a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of the borough building, where Mayor Richard H. Miller will also present a proclamation and overview of the project.

Stores will be open, offering special promotions, prizes and tours. There will also be food vendors, games, face painting, a balloon artist, music and treasure hunt.

Dance, fitness and hula hoop demonstrations from local groups will take place in the parking lot of Fox’s Pizza and White Dragon Martial Arts, showing demonstrations in front of Greenville House.

Country-rock band Lost Highway will perform a free concert in Central Park, where the farmer’s market will also be set up.

Greenville Area Public Library is holding an open house in conjunction with the celebration from 2 to 8 p.m. with a magic show at 6:30 p.m. and ice cream social at 6:45 p.m.

A shuttle service will go between Family Video and the library. The Greenville Railroad Park and Museum and Waugh House will also be open for visitors interested in Greenville’s history.

UPMC Horizon’s Wellness Center will offer fitness assessments in front of the borough building, where the Greenville Flower and Garden Club will also show the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy plant display.

The Greenville Fire Department’s ladder truck and a motor coach from Anderson Coach and Travel will be displayed on Canal Street.

Donations of non-perishable food items, personal care items, baby items and paper products will be accepted at Fresh Grounds Coffeehouse in support of the Good Shepherd Center.

Doug Riley, the chamber’s executive director, commended the efforts of everyone involved with the celebration, which he called a ’defining moment in Greenville’s storied history.’

’It’s one thing to complete the bricks and mortar phase of a massive downtown revitalization project, but it’s an entirely different thing to rally the community around the project and engage business, government and community leaders to grab the baton and advance the project forward into the crucial follow-through stage,’ he said.

For more information, call the Greenville borough building at 724-588-4193, the Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce at 724-588-7150 or visit www.greenvillechamber-pa.com



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