Satterfield Speaks at Bluefield’s Downtown Merchants Meeting
By Craig HammondBluefield News Network Writer
Bluefield, WV (BNN) -- Bluefield's Beautification Commission Chairwoman, Gail Satterfield, spoke at the monthly meeting of the Bluefield Downtown Merchants Association Monday Oct. 23, 2006.
Satterfield (standing) discussed with the group some of the commission's projects planned for the downtown that includes hanging baskets, banners, a clock for Chickory Square, the return of the concrete planters on the stone wall along Princeton Avenue, and a downtown Reindeer Forest just in time for the holidays.
In the merchants business meeting plans were approved for surveillance cameras for specific locations downtown. A committee was formed to work out the camera details. The committee consists of Jerry James, Oretta Hubbard, Mark Henne, and Joe Wilson.
The membership also approved moving the Annual Christmas Parade from the second Saturday of December at 11:00 a.m. to the second Friday night at 6:00 p.m. This breaks with a more than fifty year tradition. In other business, Mark Davis, director of the Arts Center, gave a list of upcoming events scheduled at the Center that includes three art shows, an Abraham Lincoln performance, and a tour of all the art galleries in downtown on December 9 beginning at 1:00 p.m. For more information call 325-8855.