The Holiday Bazaar

Saturday, November 23rd – Kick off your holiday season at one of our favorite events at the Danville Community Market. Browse dozens of vendors selling the finest in handmade crafts, jewelry, baked goods, jams, jellies, treats and more! Free admission (Click here: http://ow.ly/r37F5)

A Holiday Open House

Saturday, November 23rd – Chestnut Lane and Vintages by the Dan will have wine and beer tastings, special sales, craft demonstration, food samplings, and representatives from the following vendors for purchases and orders:  Initial It, Tastefully Simple, Rodan & Fields, and Origami Owl (Click here http://ow.ly/r3aoL)

The Golden Leaf Bistro

Friday, November 22nd – Click here to learn about their music entertainment for tomorrow evening. Saxophone Extraordinaire Tony Bowman live Friday night at 6:30 in the main dining room. The Golden Leaf Bistro is now open for lunch on Saturdays.

Congratulations to the Danville Science Center

“The J.T.-Minnie Maude Charitable Trust bestowed a gift of $100,000 to the Danville Science Center this week. The funds will go toward the center’s ‘Create the Wonder’ campaign, an initiative to help bring new programming to the Science Center’s Digital Dome Theater.” Click here for the full article.

River District residents, employees, and visitors: Watch for altered traffic patterns next week during milling and paving on several blocks.

The fountain and plaza are part of the second phase of streetscape improvements in the River District. Construction began in April with the shift of downtown bridge traffic and installation of a storm drainage system. Since then, a pedestrian walkway with brick pavers has been put in place from Craghead Street and Memorial Drive to Bridge Street.

The plaza’s most notable amenity, however, will be a multi-stage fountain that will be 40 feet in diameter. In the upper stage, seven water jets will shoot water vertically. The seven jets represent the Tobacco Warehouse District’s seven blocks, from the Carrington Pavilion to the new fountain.
Below the jets will be scuppers that will allow the water to flow into the lower stage. Spills will be placed at each end. The fountain also will feature programmable color lighting.

The fountain will be the focal point of the pedestrian plaza under construction in front of Lou’s Antiques, Jake’s on Main and Amburn & Co. Salon and Spa on Main.

JTI donated the money to pay for the materials and construction of the fountain to symbolize the legacy of tobacco as an economic engine for Danville over a span of four centuries. JTI buys tobacco from farmers and processes it at its Danville facility. The company is a division of Japan Tobacco Inc., headquartered in Switzerland.

Mayor Saunders thanks Steve Daniels on behalf of the City of Danville.

The fountain is expected to be completed in about 4 months.