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Downtown

Downtown Florence Earns National Accreditation

June 22, 2009

Downtown Florence has earned National Accreditation according to an article published by SCNow. “We congratulate this year’s nationally accredited Main Street programs for meeting our established performance standards,” Doug Loescher, director of the National Trust Main Street Center, said. “Rebuilding a district’s economic health and maintaining that success requires broad-based community involvement and support, as [...]

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Breakfast at the Venus Pancake House

June 20, 2009

Grumpiness was abundant at my house this morning. Usually Saturdays stretch out like a road of abundant possibilities during the summer, but today is different. I told the little Flossips that we had ERRANDS to do, and was met with a chorus of shrieks and whines. “BUT MOMMMMMM. ERRANDS ARE BORRRINGGGG.” Sigh. Of course they [...]

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Friday, Friday, Friday

June 3, 2009

This Friday, June 5, is the second Florence after Five! If you missed the first one, you really should try to make this one. (Come on, please get out of the box and do something fun and different!) There is free admission and lots of people had their kids at the last one, so it [...]

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Reasons why next weekend will rock

April 26, 2009

1. Florence After Five presents the very first night of the concert series (note to self: Have not gotten a sitter yet.) (Also, Downtown people, please work on your website.) 2. Saturday is the Black Creek Kayak Festival! (Kudos on the website by the way.) I am REALLY excited about taking the kids and Mr. [...]

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Florence After Five

April 13, 2009

I am SO Excited about this fun new concert series that Florence is going to offer! Live Music, Food and drink, FREE admission! The series will be the First Friday of every month– May 1, June 5, July 3, August 7, September 4. It will be held at the Plaza across from Central United Methodist [...]

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Dixon Drug Store

March 30, 2009

I was sad to read the article that Dixon Drug Store has closed after 62 years of business. When I first moved back to Florence, the Dixon’s wrote me a letter welcoming me back to town and congratulating me on my new job. That letter meant a lot to me, and I have never forgotten [...]

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Art Trail

December 8, 2008

Recently I found some pictures on Flickr that upset me a little. Someone passing through town took a bunch of pictures of downtown Florence and basically said “You would never want to visit here.” I drive through downtown every day, and I can see how a casual visitor would only see the bad. I, however, [...]

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