Your Backyards and Byways is an AikenBlend.Com feature that blends together the activities of all our diverse neighborhood districts in the #AikenCityLimits. There are sub-categories for Northside, Downtown, Southside, and Westside of Aiken. Get in the mix and help us share news about your neighborhood. Send an email to Hello@AikenBlend.Com if you want to be a contributor for any of our Your Backyards and Byways neighborhoods.
#DownonPark is the area of downtown below Laurens Street on Park Avenue and it runs to the Farmers Market area on Williamsburg Street. Known for the beautiful parkways that separate both sides of the one way streets, Park Avenue was Aiken’s original “downtown”. It is home to the Farmers Market area, Train Depot Museum, lawyers, hair dressers and barbers, retail merchants, real trains, the Salvation Army, beautiful magnolias and live oaks. Sadly, it is void of any restaurant businesses! There has been a lot of teamwork over the past few years to increase the walkability and future vitality of this area in #DowntownAiken. Some exciting things are happening #DownonPark these days! Stay tuned for a series of articles sharing the people, places, commerce, events, and greenspaces #DownonPark.
- Parkways Task Force update
- Indie Arts and Vintage Market coming soon
- Farmers Market News
- Downtown Expansion Input Planning Sessions
- Teague Park and Swamp Daisies
- Real Estate News
- The Union Street Plan
- Bluegrass at the Depot
- Art Studios #downonPark
We can’t wait to share all those stories with you. In the meantime, here is an action item for you to #engageexchangeexcel with us to crowdsource #SmallBizHistory #downonPark!
Action: There are some awesome stories and small business history #downonPark. We would love your help compiling a history of the local business owners through the years along this beautiful avenue in #DowntownAiken. Join us on the AikenBlend Facebook page and help us crowd source the history of the building profiles that we are posting for the next few weeks. Please share the posts with any friends or family you have heard talking about the old days #downonPark. We’ll take all your research and document it into a comprehensive story about the proud #SmallBizHistory in our original downtown! Click on over to the photo album with all the properties listed here … Be sure to like the AikenBlend Facebook page to see our daily installments. And thanks so much for engaging!
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