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	<title>Meet Me Downtown</title>
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		<title>A New Steak in the Downtown Neighborhood</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/11/18/a-new-steak-in-the-downtown-neighborhood/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/11/18/a-new-steak-in-the-downtown-neighborhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donovan Durband</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Steak in the Neighborhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress Street]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Luke Cusack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Screening Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zen Rock]]></category>

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A largely-dead block on the north side of Congress Street continues to show signs of new life with the imminent opening of A Steak in the Neighborhood.   The new restaurant is to open this Friday, and preparations for the opening moved forward on Tuesday with the installation of signage over the tile facade. 
Owner Luke Cusack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17 Downtown Suggestions for the New City Council (even if it’s the same Council)</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/11/02/17-downtown-suggestions-for-the-new-city-council-even-if-it%e2%80%99s-the-same-council/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/11/02/17-downtown-suggestions-for-the-new-city-council-even-if-it%e2%80%99s-the-same-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donovan Durband</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rio Nuevo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the polls closing less than 48 hours from now, here are seventeen suggestions—in no particular order—I have for the Tucson City Council, with respect to Downtown Tucson:
1. Do an audit of Rio Nuevo.  Don’t wait for the State to do it.  Get all the skeletons out of the closet. 
2. Stop tolerating the insider favoritism that’s run [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Street adds a third marquee</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/10/30/congress-street-adds-a-third-marquee/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/10/30/congress-street-adds-a-third-marquee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donovan Durband</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Media Arts Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claudia Jesperson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facade Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giulio Scalinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ibarra and Rosano Architects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Keith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rialto Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Screening Room]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a countdown from local newsman and former downtown resident Dan Marries,  the brand-new marquee at The Screening Room on Congress Street was lit up Friday night to the cheers of a crowd of a couple hundred celebrants who filled the north lane of Congress.
The obligatory self-congratulatory build-up included on-stage recognition of people that made it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screening Room marquee installed today</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/10/20/screening-room-marquee-installed-today/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/10/20/screening-room-marquee-installed-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donovan Durband</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona International Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Media Arts Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Tucson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Screening Room]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/?p=97</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Screening Room, a cozy independent cinema on Congress Street, now has a real movie theater marquee, as of Tuesday morning. 
Congress Street is narrowed to one lane between 6th Avenue and Scott Avenue, so that workers can complete the installation of the sign.  The marquee was paid for by the Arizona Media Arts Center (AzMAC), which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Master Plan Retrospective:  1932-2009</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/10/02/92-downtown-master-plans-1932-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/10/02/92-downtown-master-plans-1932-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donovan Durband</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[+-92]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Mackey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Tucson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earl Wettstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Wesley Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Ray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kimi Eisele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop-Up Spaces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachelle Diaz]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/?p=86</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is an old expression that goes something like: &#8220;if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail&#8221;.
For Downtown Tucson, there has certainly not been a failure to plan. The questions for the Tucson community might be, &#8220;Did we fail to plan wisely or strategically? Did we fail to follow our plans with action? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Downtown, now here’s your ticket</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/09/29/welcome-to-downtown-now-here%e2%80%99s-your-ticket/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/09/29/welcome-to-downtown-now-here%e2%80%99s-your-ticket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donovan Durband</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Tucson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Charro Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Town Artisans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Z Mansion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I walked out of the Downtown El Charro Café Friday night, having just finished a lovely dinner with my wife and four other couples, I noticed someone across the street cussing loudly. As I squinted into the dark parking lot and strained to hear him, it became apparent that the source of frustration was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The strange new void on Broadway</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/09/01/the-strange-new-void-on-broadway/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/09/01/the-strange-new-void-on-broadway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donovan Durband</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barrio Food and Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etherton Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HSL Properties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odd Fellows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Rita Hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Avenue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Mix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zocalo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/?p=82</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday afternoon as I approached the corner of Scott and Congress on foot after leaving work a block west of that corner, I had a strange feeling, knowing that when I reached that spot I would not be able to resist the urge to look south towards where the former Santa Rita Hotel was undoubtedly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rialto, developers agree to 2-week extension</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/08/16/rialto-developers-agree-to-2-week-extension/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/08/16/rialto-developers-agree-to-2-week-extension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donovan Durband</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Nuevo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rialto Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rialto Theatre Foundation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Rialto Theatre Foundation and Rialto Block Project LLC (Don Martin and Scott Stiteler) have reached an agreement that will allow the Foundation to continue to occupy the so-called &#8220;Green Room&#8221; and office building at 211-215 E. Broadway Blvd., as well as the storefront bay at 316 E. Congress St., adjacent to the theatre lobby, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>WAMO earns 501c3 status</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/08/15/wamo-earns-501c3-status/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/08/15/wamo-earns-501c3-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donovan Durband</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Wilcox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Register]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Warehouse Arts Management Organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warehouse District]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/?p=79</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Warehouse Arts Management Organization has successfully attained the Internal Revenue Service’s blessing as a non-profit organization that is eligible to collect tax-deductible donations and seek foundation grants. The IRS seal of approval is the much-sought-after 501c3 designation, and WAMO’s status has been awarded retroactively to 2005.
The news was announced to WAMO’s board of directors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beowulf Alley Theatre launches capital campaign for façade redo</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/08/10/beowulf-alley-theatre-launches-capital-campaign-for-facade-redo/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/downtown/2009/08/10/beowulf-alley-theatre-launches-capital-campaign-for-facade-redo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donovan Durband</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Tucson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beowulf Alley Theatre Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beth Dell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Tucson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facade Program]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

A few weeks ago I noticed an appeal on Facebook from Beowulf Alley Theatre Company to contribute to its new capital campaign for façade renovation.   
Always pleased to see Downtowners working to help themselves, I made a small donation to the cause through a program called “Cause”, and emailed Beth Dell, the Managing Director at Beowulf, [...]]]></description>
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