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Downtown State College Honored With Statewide Award for Calder Way Pop-Up
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An initiative to help small businesses get started in brick-and-mortar retail and add variety to downtown State College shopping has earned a statewide honor. Downtown State College Improvement District recently received the 2026 Community Innovation Award from the Pennsylvania Downtown Center in recognition of the success and impact of the Calder Way Pop-Up. A partnership…
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Pilot Program to Make 3 Downtown State College Streets One-Way
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Three State College streets will be converted to one-way under a pilot program aimed at increasing on-street parking spaces and loading zones on the eastern side of downtown. Borough Council on Monday approved a plan that will make the 100 blocks of Hiester Street, Sowers Street and Hetzel Street one-way during the sixth-month pilot beginning…
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State College to Charge for Visitor Street Parking in Neighborhoods During Penn State Football Weekends
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Visitors accustomed to free overnight street parking in State College’s residential neighborhoods during Penn State football weekends are in for a change this fall. State College Borough Council on Monday approved a six-month pilot program that will require payment for parking on streets in the Holmes-Foster, Highlands and College Heights neighborhoods when special event rates…
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‘A Great Deal of Foot Traffic.’ Downtown State College Businesses Gear Up for Arts Festival Crowds, Economic Boost
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As the 60th Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts gets underway, downtown State College businesses are ready for one of their busiest weeks of the year. Stores and restaurants are stocking extra inventory, scheduling additional staff, extending hours and finding new ways to draw thousands of visitors through their doors during the five-day festival. For…
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BookFest PA Returns to Schlow Library with Largest Lineup of Authors Yet During Festival Week
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As thousands of visitors head to downtown State College for the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts this weekend and to enjoy festival week, Schlow Centre Region Library will once again serve as both a refuge from the crowds and heat, as well as a destination of its own. The library’s annual BookFest PA returns…
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Young Entrepreneurs Kick Off 60th Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts with Children & Youth Day
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The 60th Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts began Wednesday with a celebration dedicated to its youngest artists, performers and visitors, as hundreds of families gathered in downtown State College. Held a day before the festival’s nationally recognized Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition opens, the event featured the Children’s & Youth Sidewalk Sale, where 175 artists…
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What to Know About Parking and Transit During Arts Fest
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The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts returns Wednesday, July 8, through Sunday, July 12, marking the busiest days of the summer in downtown State College and Penn State’s University Park campus. The 60th year of the festival kicked off with Children and Youth Day from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Festivities continue…
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Keeping the Magic Alive for 60 Years: The Enduring Appeal of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
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No matter what challenges or evolution has come its way, though, The Arts Festival has always retained the magic that has defined it from the very first day in 1967.
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State College Borough Council Approves Ordinance Restricting Cooperation With ICE
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State College Borough Council on Monday approved an ordinance that formally prohibits municipal employees from participating in or providing borough resources for civil immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant. The 7-0 vote — which followed 90 minutes of discussion during most of which anti-ICE protesters could be heard chanting and yelling outside the municipal building…
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Independence Day Parade in State College Celebrates America’s 250th
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While marking its own 99th anniversary, the annual Fourth of July parade in State College celebrated the United States’ 250th birthday on Saturday morning. Lining up at 10 a.m. and stepping off at 11 a.m., about four dozen participating organizations, community leaders and entertainers rode and marched on a hot, sunny day. The parade traveled…