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It wasn’t difficult to sit down and design the layout for the Duvall Days Country Livin’ Festival. It took about 40 hours of conversation, investigation and listening. It was however difficult meeting the needs of all those on Main Street, and incorporating the wants and desires of a community that has expanded to well over 5,600 residence in the last several years.
Add in the difficulty of our banks, and housing market, and tax burden, and you could say reasonably that it has been a hard year to say the least. Then throw in a major road renovation, a blizzard that crippled us for days, and what you’re left with is a whole lot of concern about how does Old Town Duvall survive. Old Town which runs from Stephens (Armadillo BBQ) North to the Woodinville-Duvall Road has been through a major transition. They want people on the street and in the stores. Many of the old timers, who have been on Main Street for years, love the idea of Main Street being closed all day from 8-5 “Like the old days”.
But, Main Street also has two gas stations, a feed store, Duvall Auto Parts, a Pharmacy and two primary care providers right on the Main stretch of road. For those of you who don’t know once Main Street is closed it cannot be crossed by vehicle until it is re-opened at the designated time. Although the city does everything it can to provide access to local businesses, it does admittedly make it difficult. One local merchant has no access to all three of his businesses. To him a big thanks.
What do you do? Well you do what you think will serve the majority, and then you sit down, set everything aside and you come to a compromise. This year after a meeting with Matt Higgins from True Value who represented himself as well as seven other major businesses that are negatively impacted financially by the road closure, Council Member Glenn Kuntz, Chief Merryman as well as Steven Leniszewski of Public works and myself came to the following conclusions.
This year Main Street will be closed all day from 8-5. This year beginning just after the June 5th Country Livin’ Festival, Glenn Kuntz, Matt Higgins and the Board of Directors for the Duvall Days Organization will begin to design and plan next year’s events. Hopefully balancing all the demands that need to be met, as well as showcasing the city.
This year the Duvall Days Organization will distribute a survey at the end of the event, asking for much desired impute from the community that we are here to serve. It is a massive undertaking and we would love your help and support.
To follow everything and anything to do with Duvall Days go to Duvalldays.org or Valley Voice Weekly under special events.
In addition to that you can become a Du-Volunteer for this year’s event. If you and your group or organization would like to be involved please contact us at
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Make it a Great Day!
Valley Voice Weekly
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