A Roundabout Way to Say "Drinking District?"

One of our regular readers suggested the city of Florence was dragging its feet on the Sweetwater Arts & Entertainment District. Does Florence give precedence to the downtown area over North Florence or East Florence? At least North Florence has a business association; as far as we know, East Florence does not. North Florence recently produced its annual art crawl with pop up food shops, bands, and somewhat controversial tee-shirts. It was a booming success. What has East Florence recently done?

The city itself has purchased land for more parking spaces and is in the (attempted) process of installing a new roundabout. Many don't think the latter is progress, but more on that later.

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Another reader asked: Why don't they just say drinking district? Is anything else changed other than the suspension of open container laws?

As far as we know, the answer is no. The downtown is referred to as the "Downtown Entertainment District," while East Florence is referred to as the "Sweetwater Arts & Entertainment District." What the "Arts" in the title refers to, we have no concrete idea. Perhaps our regular zoning guru will contact us?

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The roundabout? It's temporarily on hold, and we will discuss it tomorrow along with ALDOT's role in the delay. Yes, the same ALDOT the city flauted when it installed the purple street signs.

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