In an effort to rekindle downtown Great Bend and make the community more competitive, the City Council Monday night approved a resolution creating a common consumption area in the city’s center to be known as Great Bend Alive Plaza. The request for the designation came from Great Bend Economic Development Inc. for Forest Avenue from the west side of Main Street to the east side of Williams Street. Great Bend Alive Inc., a non-profit offshoot of GBED, will be licensed to operate the area. “This is an opportunity to provide another gathering spot and other area for people to come downtown, enjoy the company of their co-workers, their family and friends, and then go out and continue to enjoy Great Bend,” said GBED President Sara Hayden. “So we call it the gather and scatter.” … Although there has been a lot of talk about drinking, “it’s not just about alcohol,” she said “It’ll be about the entertainment factor.”
Source: Great Bend Tribune
