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York brings back outdoor events with Go Green in the City
Downtown York is going to look a bit more like it did before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
The 13th annual Go Green in the City event will take place in a section of downtown from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m on Saturday, showing a return to outdoor events in the area.
Chief of Staff for the City of York Philip Given said that the city is seeing an increase in requests for event permits, and that number is expected to keep going up.
“We are happy to approve event permits and assist with events,” Given said. “We want to make sure that everyone is following the regulations for event size for capacity, for both indoor and outdoor events and that everyone is following the CDC’s recommendations on social distancing and masks.”
After three years sitting empty, the Columbia Market House will be re-opening next month.
The historic market, which dates back to 1869, will re-open on Saturday, May 29 featuring 19 local vendors and a full-service restaurant, Gypsy Kitchen. We re bringing life back to this building for the community, market manager Kelsey Miller said.
Miller, who doubles as the healthy communities program manager at CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health, will oversee daily operations at the market. CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health and the Columbia Borough have partnered together to breathe new life into the historic site.
Columbia Borough manager Mark Stivers said the market had been vacant since 2017. The current project began picking up steam in summer 2019 and now the grand opening will market the completion of the first phase of the near $3 million project, he said. The second phase will include additional parking for the market house and visitors to downtown Columbia, Stivers said.
The century-old wood frame structure, built in several sections at the intersection of West Philadelphia and North Hartley streets, has seen better days. An occupancy permit hanging in a dusty frame is dated 1997 and 1998.
The restaurant was known for its fish trade. George Stubbs, a commenter on York Blog once said, great crab cakes when asked what he remembered about the cafe. There are three walk-in freezers of different vintages behind the kitchen area.
While recently touring the building, project manager Kevin Hubbell said that the C.S Davidson Inc. engineering firm looked at it, and it s in pretty poor shape, unfortunately.there s a lot of temporary shoring in place, but it s just too far gone unfortunately.