{"id":78781,"date":"2015-08-13T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=78781"},"modified":"2015-09-17T10:21:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T15:21:39","slug":"block-party-2015-jamestown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=78781","title":{"rendered":"Block Party jams downtown Jamestown &#8211; Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi) Perfect weather helped attract a record crowd to the Community Block Party Thursday, in Downtown Jamestown, estimated at between 3,000 and 4,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>The Party helped welcome another class of freshmen students to the University of Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p>With some late additions, there were about 110 booths.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10153535776289512.1073741939.358562219511&amp;type=1&amp;l=0bb0e0c1c3\" target=\"_blank\">More Photos at Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"easyRotatorWrapper\" align=\"center\">\r\n\r\n<!-- Begin DWUser_EasyRotator -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/c520866.r66.cf2.rackcdn.com\/1\/js\/easy_rotator.min.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div class=\"dwuserEasyRotator\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 450px; position:relative; text-align: left; background-color: #FF6600;\" data-erConfig=\"{autoplayEnabled:true, autoplayDelay:3000, lpp:'102-105-108-101-58-47-47-47-67-58-47-85-115-101-114-115-47-79-119-110-101-114-47-68-111-99-117-109-101-110-116-115-47-69-97-115-121-82-111-116-97-116-111-114-80-114-101-118-105-101-119-47-112-114-101-118-105-101-119-95-115-119-102-115-47', wv:1}\" data-erName=\"BlockParty2015\" data-erTID=\"{n1w88krd8m9009824270441}\">\r\n\t<div data-ertype=\"content\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul data-erlabel=\"Main Category\">\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_51_1440724172\/content\/assets\/Block2015..-129  -0.jpg\" alt=\"We Rocked the Block!  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After 1 p.m. booth vendors will come in from the 3rd Street side, get their booth space assignments, and set up their booths.<\/p>\n<p>The event also brings together the University of Jamestown students, highlighting freshman, with the community, including business owners, who may be perspective employers.<\/p>\n<p>Many students will also volunteer for churches, the James River Humane Society and other organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The first-year students are required to attend as part of orientation and wear matching orange T-shirts, and at the same time encourages the citizens of Jamestown to come out and it\u2019s fun and it\u2019s free.<\/p>\n<p>The students will be coming down the 5<sup>th Avenue hill about 6-p.m., to join in the block party.<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>There will also be free refreshments and some local vendors will sell food, adding that the public is encouraged to bring their own chairs.<\/p>\n<p>There will be inflatable air games and activities, prizes and giveaways.<\/p>\n<p>The Block Party co-chairs are Gary Van Zinderen, UJ dean of students, and Erin Paulson of the Downtown Jamestown Association, a financial adviser with Edward Jones.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi) Perfect weather helped attract a record crowd to the Community Block Party Thursday, in Downtown Jamestown, estimated at between 3,000 and 4,000 people. 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