48 summer fests not to miss! Plus, what’s changing with Thursdays Downtown A few aspects of Thursdays Downtown still take COVID-19 into account there will be more space between vendors, and those sellers have been asked to clean between customers. 5:00 am, Jun. 1, 2021 × RDA events director Kanika Couchene, May 26, 2021. (Ken Klotzbach / kklotzbach@postbulletin.com) Summer fests are on the rise in Rochester and few are more anticipated than Thursdays Downtown. Kanika Couchene, director of events and strategic partnerships for the Rochester Downtown Alliance, said the organization had been planning to bring back Thursdays Downtown well before the state OK d large outdoor gatherings.
Construction bidding and costs concerns spur plan to postpone start of project to next spring 9:57 pm, May 20, 2021 × An artist rendering shows design elements for Discovery Walk, a planned linear park along Second Avenue Southwest between Mayo Clinic’s Annenberg Plaza and Soldiers Field Park. (Coen+Partners) Construction on redeveloping a four-block section of Second Avenue Southwest, south of Second Street, in Rochester is being delayed to 2022. “We are in a very unpredictable bidding environment,” said Chris Schad, director of business development for Destination Medical Center’s Discovery Square District. “The city is finding major projects are having a much smaller number of bids coming back on projects, which increases the risk of having too high of bids on projects.”
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