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Avenue.
This year the event will
be held Saturday, Sept.
12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
along portions of Eagan
Outlet Parkway near the
outlet mall.
Participants are en-
couraged to walk, bike or
in-line skate to the event,
which has free parking
available on surface lots in
the outlet mall and in the
Cedar Grove parking ga-
rage. Event organizers are
also encouraging people
to take a shuttle or Min-
nesota Valley Transit Au-
thority bus. Shuttle buses
will be available at Cedar
School at the corner of
Nicols Avenue and Diffley
Road and at Christ Lu-
theran Church at Diffley
Road west of Blackhawk
Road.
Many of the same
fI FV; dl events
will return this year in-
cluding carnival games, a
children's play area with
jumpers, face painting,
balloon artists and raffles
and contests.
Pickleball demonstra-
tions will also be back this
year.
After a food truck fes-
tival last year drew in
8,000 people, organizers
decided to add food trucks
to Streets Alive. The event
will feature about 20 food
trucks that will offer a va-
riety of fare from Asian to
Latin to "zombie bites."
The Streets Alive event
drew about 3,000 people
two years ago. Organizers
say they expect the addi-
tion of food trucks will
more than double atten-
dance.
Families will be able to
listen to Armadillo Jump,
LaValle Jazz Cats and 7
Cats Swing perform on
two stades and check out
Streets Alive festival
coming to Cedar Grove
by Jessica Harper
SUN THISWEEK
DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
Eagan's Cedar Grove
area will come alive with
music, games and food
next weekend as the city's
Streets Alive event returns
for the second year.
"It's really exciting to
have this event at the new
site and to welcome resi-
dents to the redistricted
area," said Juli Seydell
Johnson, director of Ea-
gan Parks and Recreation.
The redevelopment
district has experienced a
large boom in the past few
vehicles and demonstra-
tions from Eagan police,
fire and public works de-
partments.
Representatives from
Eagan Athletic Associa-
tion, Boy Scouts of Amer-
ica, Girl Scouts, District
196 Community Educa-
tion, The Open Door and
many other local organi-
zations will be at booths
along the route.
This year's event is
sponsored by the city of
Eagan, Sun Thisweek, The
Urgency Room, Twin Cit-
ies Premium Outlets and
the Eagan Convention
and Visitors Bureau.
For more information
and to view a music sched-
ule and map, visit www.
cityofeagan.com/Alive.
Jessica Harper is at jes-
sica. harper@ecm-inc.
com or facebook. comisun-
thisweek.
years with the construc-
tion of Twin Cities Pre-
mium Outlets and other
retail and housing devel-
opments.
The free event opens
portions of roadways to
pedestrians to connect
with more than 100 local
community groups, vol-
unteer organizations, city
displays, and family and
fitness activities.
Two years ago, the event
was held along portions of
Central and Northwood
parkways, and Denmark
See. STREETS, 21A
SUN THISWEEK -Burnsville -Eagan September 4, 2015 21A
The second Streets Alive event will return to Eagan on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at a new location. The free event opens portions of roadways to pedestrians to
connect with more than 100 local community groups, volunteer organizations, city dis-
plays, and family and fitness activities. This year, the event will be along Eagan Outlet
Parkway in the Cedar Grove area. (Photo by Jessica Harper)
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