Dickson Street water slide to close streets Sunday in Fayetteville

FAYETTEVILLE -- Several streets in the downtown entertainment district will be closed Sunday while a 1,000-foot-long water slide is set up on Dickson Street between St. Charles and West avenues.

The four-block stretch of Dickson Street will be off-limits to vehicles from 4 a.m. Sunday to 2 a.m. Monday, according to a city news release. Dickson Street sidewalks will remain open to pedestrians and spectators.

Four other streets -- Church Avenue, Locust Avenue, Shipley Alley and School Avenue -- will be closed to traffic between Dickson and Spring streets. Rollston Avenue and Thompson Avenue will be closed to traffic between Dickson and Watson streets.

Parking will be free in city lots and on-street spaces that serve commercial properties, according to the news release. Event parking isn't allowed on private property or in residential zones.

Cars left on Dickson Street past 4 a.m. Sunday will be towed to a gravel parking lot at 211 N. Church St. at no charge to the owner.

The water slide is being brought to Fayetteville by Slide the City, a for-profit company based in Salt Lake City. Part of the event's proceeds will benefit Soldier On Service Dogs, a nonprofit organization that raises, trains and gives service dogs to veterans who have post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries.

For more information about the event, go to slidethecity.com. An event parking map is available on the Solider On Service Dogs website: soldieronservicedogsinc.org.

NW News on 08/28/2015

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