Horstman's Cleaners

 According to a post on soical media Horstman's Cleaners, closed since last April, will reopen on October 27. Glad to see Carbondale will have dry cleaning again, rather than having to haul items to Marion.

Brad's Auto Repair

 Brad's Auto Service has moved from its Emerald Lane location to the long closed quick oil change shop located behid Wooly Wash ar 400 North Glenview.  Certainly a more visible location but I think a bit more promotion would help

Halloween

 it would be nice if there were a centraized location people could post information about Halloween activities taking place in town.  Murdale Safe Halloween has events this Saturday, Carbondale Main Street has its Candy Walk this Saturday and there are a number of events next week but there is no centralized place for individual organizations to post about their costume contests or other events going on that people might be interested in.

Homecoming

 For all of the activities surrounding SIUC's homecoming, I saw surprisingly little promotion about it. There were some stories in the paper and on social media as well as a couple of flyers posted about but I would think the city and SIUC would put up banners on the light poles advertising it for the week before.  Instead, what I saw up there were banners promoting Halloween (still important)  and the Off the Rails series of concerts, which ended a couple of weeks ago.

Drones Downtown

 A couple of drones flew over downtown shortly after 6 p.m. releasing some sort of spray in their wake.  Hoping this has something to do with Homecoming but the spray was grey colored rather than SIUC shades.

City Council Meeting

 Here are the minutes from the Sept 29 council meeting at which changes to downtown parking were discussed.  Here is the section summarizing the feeling of the council:

"Councilmembers gauged the consensus for a host of suggested Ordinance and Resolution

amendments. Those that gained majority support included free Saturday parking except for the

SIMMS lot and Lot 14; changing the proposed up-to-seven-day overtime ticket to $10; and

maintaining the Downtown Employee Parking permit fee at $15.00 for six months, Resident

permit fees at $25.00, and Senior Permit as it currently stands. The Ordinance and Resolution

will be brought back with the proposed amendments incorporated, in addition to the cleanup of

the language."

However, the resolution was not brought back for a vote at this past Tuesday's council meeting, leaving the parking situation remaining as it has for now.

Homecoming Help Schedule

 Here is the Schedule of help needed for this Friday's Homecoming event.  Register here

Artist Hospitality set up: 8am-12pm

Work with the Events team to prepare backstage/artist areas with water, snacks, tables, and chairs. Ensure spaces are welcoming, stocked, and labeled for each performer.

Signage placement/Banner placement/ Trash and recycling placement: 8:00am-12:00pm

Place directional, informational, and promotional signs and banners around event areas. Ensure visibility and secure installation (must be gentle with the metal sign frame).

Litter Pick up 10:00am-12:00pm

Walk the strip & parking lots to collect trash and recyclables to ensure a clean event space before attendees arrive. Supplies provided (gloves, bags, grabbers)

Event Set up 10:00am-3:00pm

Setting up tents, putting up tables, merch, other event set up tasks as needed

Event Runner 2:00pm-11:00pm

Work directly with Events team to help run various tasks such as relaying messages to event team, landing vendors, grabbing office supplies, helping monitor media and stage access, social media coverage, bands runner

Event Tear Down 10:00pm-12:00am

Help pick up parking signs, trash, recycling, tear down easy up tents, coolers, etc.