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Organizers ask St. Joseph council to consider moving Joe Town Blocks into a contained block; no formal action taken
Summary
Organizers of the Joe Town Blocks event asked the St. Joseph City Council for feedback on relocating the festival into an enclosed block behind Minnesota Street to reduce impacts on Main Street; councilors asked organizers to deliver a list of last year’s costs and confirmed staff would review whether the city should officially sponsor the event.
Organizers of the Joe Town Blocks event presented a plan to the St. Joseph City Council to move this year’s festival from Main Street into a contained alley and block behind Minnesota Street, near Bad Habit and the meat market, to reduce friction with a nearby church and limit street closures.
Mary Bruno, who the organizers identified at the meeting, said the relocated footprint would be “more contained” and could avoid many of the problems the event caused when it ran on a Sunday on…
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