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Council directs staff to proceed with second-year Market Street pilot and CARES ambassador program; public offers mixed feedback
Summary
Champaign City Council on March 4 directed staff to proceed with a second-year pilot of downtown Market Street events and a proposed CARES ambassador program, asking staff to return with a budget/staffing amendment and to issue an RFP for ambassador services.
Councilors on March 4 directed staff to move forward with a second-year pilot of downtown programming, including a scaled Market Street event series and a proposed CARES ambassador program focused on cleaning, hospitality, and outreach.
Staff presented updates to the package of eight proposed programs and said the Market Street pilot will be scaled back from the previous year: the multi-day social-district concept was removed, the stage would be placed on the north end of Market Street facing south, security checkpoints would be reintroduced (two checkpoints instead of three), and the programming would return to a 21-and-over model for checkpointed festival areas. Staff said the Market Street schedule would remain twice monthly (first and last…
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