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Parties on the Parkway, a popular event in St. Joseph hosted by the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce, returns next month/ Photo courtesy of St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce Facebook page By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Spring is here and that means summer is just around the corner which signals the beginning of an annual summer concert series in St. Joseph. Parties on the Parkway hosted by the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce will kick off next month on the south side of St. Joseph near Benton High School. Chamber of Commerce spokeswoman Kristi Bailey says the summer concerts are always popular with the community. "Bring their friends, their dogs, and come out for free music, there's always food and drink available," Bailey tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "This year we have an ice cream truck that's going to be at every single event and a balloon artist for the kids that's going to be at every single event, so it's always popular." Bailey adds though that she's always seeing new faces that have never been and encourages everyone to bring people out to the concerts. The concert series will kick off with the bluegrass band The Matchsellers on May 11th at SW Parkway and King Hill Drive. Bailey says every year the community helps nominate bands for the event, which helps find a variety of genres "We don't want to be all country all the time, we don't want to be all rock all the time, we try to mix it up," Bailey says. Bailey says the community helping choose the bands by nominating them also encourages people to come out to the event "The more people are involved in nominating who's going to be there, if someone you nominated is selected I defintly hope you're going to come to that event," Bailey says. "Because you are a part of the process." And Bailey says this year's concerts will feature something new called The Prize Patrol "We've never had a prize patrol before, so this year United Fiber is sponsoring a prize patrol," Bailey explains. "So, each Parties on the Parkway, residents that come out are likely to win prizes just for showing up, so that will be something new and fun."' Concerts will be held the second Thursday of every month from 5 to 8 pm. If rain forces a cancelation, it will be moved to the third Thursday of that month. Parties on the Parkway draws out several community members to enjoy food, drinks, and music/ Photo courtesy of St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce
Kristi-baileyJoseph-postJoseph-chamberBenton-high-schoolBenton-highKing-hillPrize-patrolUnited-fiberOne of the open spaces for a business to rent/All photos courtesy of the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostThose thinking about starting their own business have an opportunity to learn the tricks of the trade and tour some potential sites Tuesday afternoon.The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Downtown Association and the Center for Entrepreneurship at Missouri Western State University is hosting a workshop and tour.Kristi Bailey with the Chamber says the event is free and registration isn't required."It is an opportunity for people that are interested in starting their own business to come and learn, really, what all that entails," Bailey tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "So, it starts with a workshop where people learn about opening their own business and then they get to go on a tour of some open spaces that are available downtown." Annette Weeks with the Center for Entrepreneurship will lead the workshop "7 Steps for Starting a Business" before the group tours four sites ready to rent.The event takes place at the Art Attack at 218 South 8th Street, beginning at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Bailey says the event hopes to build on the downtown's momentum."If you haven't been downtown recently it looks very different than what it did a few years ago," Bailey says. "So, anything that the Chamber can do to help keep that going we definitely want to be a part of."Bailey says she knows personally of people who are considering starting a business, especially in wake of the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic."COVID and the shutdown, while it of course did a lot of harm to a lot of people, it did inspire some creativity in others when they were stuck at home," according to Bailey.Participants will tour four featured sites: 202 Main St., 625 Francis St., 522 Felix St., and 502 Felix St. A reception and discussion will be held afterward at the Angry Swede Brewing Company.
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