Summer series to also be held at night in city
The Uniontown Downtown Business District Authority scheduled most of next year’s Storey Square Summer Lunch Series on Monday evenings in hope that more families will attend. In June, the lunch series events will be held at the traditional times – every Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – in the square on Main Street.
In July and August, the events will be held every Monday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The DBDA board unanimously approved the new schedule Wednesday.
Board members noted that the DBDA will have to seek permission from Commercial Center Associates to use its portion of the square for the lunch series.
The series was held on the lawn at Central School this year because of construction in Storey Square.
The square was enlarged after the old G.C. Murphy’s building was demolished and clothing stores were opened in the old Penn Theater building.
Board members discussed the lunch series at an unadvertised meeting conducted prior to its regular meeting, but voted on the matter during the regular meeting.
Board Chairman Mark Rafail said the earlier meeting was a workshop meeting.
During that meeting, board members said turnout might be better if the events were held in the evenings, noting families have not been coming to the daytime Friday events.
The lunch series consists of a band or musician performing and a local restaurant selling food and beverages.
In other business, the board approved providing repayment books to downtown business owners that borrow money from the DBDA’s commercial loan program.
Board members said at least one business owner who is more than 90 days delinquent in repaying a loan indicated that not receiving payment notices was the reason he or she hasn’t made payments.
There are two or three borrowers that are more than 90 days behind in their payments, but the other businesses that took out loans are current on their payments, board members said.