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North St. Paul council directs manager to seek partners to preserve Friday-night car show
Summary
The North St. Paul City Council discussed the History Cruisers car show after organizers said they would scale events back to every other week, and directed the city manager to contact charities, car clubs and the business association to explore groups that could run alternate Fridays.
The North St. Paul City Council discussed the future of the downtown History Cruisers car show and directed City Manager Brian Randle to reach out to charities, regional car clubs and the downtown business association to explore groups that could take on alternate Friday events after the organizers said they would cut the schedule to every other week.
Council members, staff and downtown business owners told the council the car show brings substantial foot traffic and revenue to downtown businesses but has become harder to run as the History Cruisers’ core volunteers age. Council members said organizers told staff they would move the event to every other Friday and may be phasing the show out on their own terms.
Council members also relayed two complaints posted publicly by organizers: that city staff did not respond to multiple…
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