Diederich Insurance Building

 SIH has pulled down yet another building, this time the Diederich Insurance building, which it appears the company sold when it combined its operations to one location in Marion.  More parking for Memorial Hospital?

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Trick or Treating Hours

 Good

Mayor Carolin Harvey has proclaimed Saturday, October 31, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. as the official "Trick-or-Treat" hours for Carbondale.

Residents wishing to welcome "trick-or-treaters" should illuminate their porch and exterior lights. It is recommended that "trick-or-treaters" wear reflective tape or clothing and that parents check all treats for potentially harmful objects.  

SIUC Parent's Weekend

 SIUC's Parent Weekend was pretty quiet this year. It took place the last weekend, the 11th and 12th and I did not realize it was Parent's weekend until about mid-day on Saturday, so little in town promotion was there. You would think the university would reach out to downtown and make certain there were signange and banners up announcing the event but, aside from a few posts on social media, I saw nothing until, as I said, late on Saturday.  Here is hoping Homecoming gets a lot more promotion.

Sales Taxes

 Got curious so checked the sales tax rates for Carbondale. Sadly, the 9.75% rate is now comparable to several other cities within the state.  Add a 9% hotel/motel tax and a 2% food and beverage tax and visiting Carbondale can get rather pricey 

Pure Pet

 Pure Pet will be closing its Carbondale location on the east side of town near Reed Station Road.  the Marion location will remain open. This indicates the Marion location is doing better business than Carbondale because, of course, if the Carbondale location was doing better, it would be the one remaining open.

West Main Parking

 When West Main was made one way through the Arbor District, one of the selling points was that along with West Walnut, on street parking would be provided along one side of the street.  The section of West Walnut between Springer and Poplar does have on sreet parking on the north side of the street, however this never was put into place on the parallel section of West Main. At this late date, it would take some significant contruction to put that in place but it could help slow traffic down through that area.