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The Downtown Alliance of Fayetteville is a not-for-profit membership organization representing the common interests of downtown merchants, professionals, property owners and residents that work to encourage downtown business, residential and retail growth and promote downtown to the public.
The Downtown Alliance has set aside specific goals such as improving the image of downtown as a safe, vibrant and vital center for business shopping and entertainment, improving access to downtown retail shops and businesses and promoting downtown as a venue for arts and entertainment. To see all of our goals , please click here.
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DOWNTOWN HIGHLIGHTS
Fourth Friday of every month (except Dec) 7:00-10:00 p.m. Location: all of downtown features exhibits, entertainment, refreshments and featured artists all combine to bring the art of Fayetteville to everyone – free of charge! Businesses in historic downtown Fayetteville join the action and become artistic venues on Fourth Friday, featuring the arts in all forms, for all ages. Fourth Friday is like an old fashioned “Gallery Crawl.” Folks of all ages get a taste of Fayetteville's art and entertainment while enjoying the small galleries, bookstores, bistros and shops with unique items for shoppers. |
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EVENTS CALENDAR
Wed - Sep 03
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
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Weekly Locally-Grown Farmer's Market
Locally grown fresh fruit & produce in-season, baked goods, and fresh cut flowers. 300 Maiden Lane (located in the parking lot on Maiden Lane behind the Festival Park Plaza Building, just west of the Cumberland County Main Library) |
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Thu - Sep 04
7:00 PM |
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Lecture and book-signing by Alan Hoffman
Lecture and book-signing by Alan Hoffman at Cumberland County Headquarters Library on Maiden Lane for his translation of LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA by Auguste Lavasseur, Lafayette’s secretary who accompanied him on his tour of the United States in 1824-25. This is the first complete translation into English and was published in 2006. Program starts with the showing of a brief documentary on the 250th birthday celebration. |
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Fri - Sep 05
9:30 AM |
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Bus tour of the LAFAYETTE TRAIL
Bus tour of the LAFAYETTE TRAIL with the Convention and Visitors Bureau and popular historian Bruce Daws. Come early to enjoy French pastries and coffee and see Lafayette’s carriage from 1825, then get onboard for a tour of the Convention and Visitors’ Bureau’s newest Cultural Heritage Trail. Lunch afterward at McDuff’s Tea Room and Emporium. Tour starts with refreshments at 9:30 at the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry museum on Burgess Street. $20 fee but only 30 spaces available. Contact 678-8899 for reservations. |
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