A lot of pictures (and no meetings)

Some business news

The former autodealership on North McKinley will soon be a kitchen and bath showroom for the Deerwood Group. The former occupant was P&P Hobbies and Collectables.

The recently opened office of First Hometown Mortgages had a ribbon cutting on Wednesday.

I heard at the City Council meeting that the Steffens building had sold but so far have not found the new owner on the County's GIS site. However, it appears that remodeling of the inside has begun. In the same block the former Gutwein-Risner building is again for rent. The tenant who signed up intending to establish a smoke shop never did open a business.

While I was attending the Tourism Commission meeting on Tuesday, a paving machine was delivered to the Sparling Annex. When I checked back on Thursday, a layer of asphalt had been applied. No cars were using it yet so it may need another layer.

Christmas decorations

The City has installed the street decorations downtown and along the business streets.

The Chamber of Commerce is again this year sponsoring window painting on the downtown businesses. Here is one of the artists in action.

Below are three windows of the Beaver law office.

The Chamber's windows in the Ritz Theater building.

A couple of City Hall windows, which were reflecting the Court House,

The Ritz Theater

Unique Finds.

The former Gutwein-Risner building.

Cup of Joy

Fenwick's

First Merchants Bank

Ayda's

DeMotte Carpet

We have had some very mild days. I hope the farmers were able to finish their harvest because now we are going to get temperatures that fit the pictures on the downtown windows.