Yes, Virginia, there really is a Develop New Albany. I've gleaned these two useful news items from the organization's monthly mailing. Consider these my monthly straight lines.
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March "1st Tuesday" Event:
Develop New Albany invites you to our March “1st Tuesday” event on March 5th from 5pm -7:30pm. The theme will be “Work and Waltz on Pearl”. The event will be shared by Shall we Dance located at 208 Pearl Street and The Office Supply Co. at 217 Pearl Street. If you are a local business person, this open networking event provides the opportunity to develop and renew business contacts, but it is also about relationship building. You will also enjoy hearing the latest downtown updates.
Recent News:
Downtown New Albany's "Be Local Expo" will be held on April 2nd at the Calumet Club in Historic Uptown New Albany. More information will be coming along for this event. This is a joint effort between Develop New Albany and NA 1st to promote our local New Albany businesses.
Not sure why some folks seem to be trying to change it lately, but the Calumet Club is in Midtown.
ReplyDeleteHere's a handy map for reference.
Objectively, I suppose the only real problem here is that the Vincennes corridor merchants seeking to "brand" themselves are split in half. I believe they've been marketing the corridor as Uptown, right?
ReplyDeleteYep, but that "corridor" has been expanding. They can call themselves whatever they like, but I'm not sure "branding" via inaccurate neighborhood names is a particularly good solution.
ReplyDeleteIf the neighborhoods do any ID work (and there's already been some), it's going to get confusing.
People driving the wrong way down one way streets won't even know what neighborhood in which they're being flagged down.