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Main Street Morgantown reports 51 events in 2024, cites downtown ‘Dash’ as major traffic driver
Summary
Eric Carlson of Main Street Morgantown presented a 2024 review that said the organization ran or supported 51 events, launched an affiliate events program and staged the Downtown DASH scavenger‑hunt that Placer AI measured as drawing about 72,100 visitors on a weekend in December.
Eric Carlson, vice president of the Morgantown Area Partnership’s Main Street Morgantown program, told the Committee of the Whole that 2024 was the organization’s 40th anniversary and that the group ran or supported 51 events last year — a 45 percent increase over 2023 — partly because of a newly launched affiliate events program that provides equipment, permitting help and marketing support for community organizers.
Carlson highlighted the inaugural Downtown DASH, a coordinated set of pop‑up markets and a 20‑location scavenger hunt that…
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