Last week at Re:New DeKalb’s Rise and Revitalize meeting, Greg Herring from NIU Athletics attended to talk about NIU “spirit packs”. These marketing packages will soon be available to purchase by DeKalb / Sycamore businesses to help show their Huskie Pride.
Shown here, is the Corn Fest 2013 layout for this years’ festival, which was shown for the first time, at the meeting.
Mark Biernacki also gave an update on the updated downtown Re:New DeKalb plan. He gave the same presentation shown at the April 10th meeting at O’Leary’s, for those that missed it. No news yet, which of the proposed Re:New DeKalb projects received the most ‘monopoly money’ indicating participants support for the individual projects.
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I applaud the use of Locust for the CornFest. Moving the carnival away from the railroad tracks makes total sense! Many parents will appreciate having the Carnival in a safer location. The parking lot, which has previously used as the Carnival area, can serve for parking. The use of the Mike Mooney lot shows incredible potential. Aside from being close in proximity to downtown, the indoor area, if used, would be most appreciated. Bathrooms?
My first thoughts are 1.) Why is kids fest so close to the railroad? Is this a safety issue? And 2.) why is the same “airport” logo being used again? If I remember correctly this was designed by an artist from Minnesota many, many years ago.Consider having a contest like the old corn fest which included the community and changed from year to year… then have it professionally recreated as a vector illustration. In this scenerio, it would be community oriented and professional looking.
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The Map shows the Railroad Tracks Intersecting Route 23 South of Route 38 – I think it is great that Cornfest is giving back to the community by having this dangerous Intersection Fixed!! Thank you Cornfest!