City Center Partnership Announces the Major Sponsors and Entertainment Line-Up for the 2009 Urban Tour

April 11, 2009

A Downtown Crawl with Entertainment, FREE Food and Drink for the Whole Family!

COLUMBIA, SC – April  10 , 2009 – City Center Partnership invites you to attend the 2nd annual Urban Tour on Thursday, May 7 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. along Main Street in downtown Columbia. The Urban Tour is a chance to explore and enjoy a self-guided tour of Columbia’s Main Street with special offers and giveaways from retailers and restaurants, live entertainment, a glimpse into downtown living, FREE food and drinks and stories behind some of the historic buildings. The Historic Columbia Foundation will unveil its Main Street Walking Tour Brochure at the event. The Columbia Museum of Art will be open from 5 to 8:30, and will be offering a Pay-What-You-Wish admission to Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales, sponsored by Family Medicine Centers of South Carolina during the Urban Tour.

The tour runs between Gervais and Laurel Streets.  The tour can be started anywhere down Main Street. There is a wrap-up party at the Nickelodeon Theatre at 8:15 p.m., where door prizes will be awarded.  

Major Sponsors
City Center Partnership, Edens & Avant, Budweiser, CarterTodd & Associates, Capitol Places, Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, Scott McElveen, CRI and M & J Wilkow. 

Entertainment Line-Up

Chris Gardner/Jazz Trio          5 – 6:30 p.m.                           Uptown on Main

Sweet Adeleines                     7 – 8:30 p.m.                           Uptown on Main

Chris Lee                                 5 – 6:30 p.m.                           Columbia Marriott

John English                            7 – 8:30 p.m.                           Meridian Lobby

Soul Food Jazz                        5 – 6:30 p.m. & 7 – 8:30 p.m. Boyd Plaza

Elizabeth & Mike Cameron    5 – 6:30 p.m.                           Nickelodeon

Columbia Alternacirque          7 – 8:30 p.m.                           Nickelodeon

Chip Mosteller & Friends       5 – 6 p.m.                                Tapp’s Park

Tom Coolidge & Friends        6 – 6:30 p.m.                           The Factory

Adam Whitehead & Friends   7 – 8:30 p.m.                           Tapp’s Park

Mac’s Allstars                         8 – midnight                            Mac’s on Main 

About City Center Partnership

City Center Partnership, Inc. (CCP) is a non-profit organization that manages South Carolina’s only managed Business Improvement District in the 36-block area bounded by Gervais, Elmwood, Assembly, and Marion Streets in downtown Columbia and is funded by the property owners within the district boundaries.