2022 CityView Downtown Visionaries awards
Menno Pennink and the late Harry Shaw received the 2022 CityView Downtown Visionaries awards in recognition of their longtime commitment to revitalizing and improving the downtown district. The awards were presented on June 29 during a luncheon at Segra Stadium. As part of the luncheon, a video tribute to Pennink and Shaw, narrated by city…
Column: Downtown is all about visionaries past and present who dare to dream
You could learn something Wednesday about what a community can be if you put some time, effort and perseverance into making a city and a county better — and don’t forget some …
Downtown Visionaries recognized for longtime leadership in revitalization
Two men who have been champions of downtown Fayetteville were honored as visionaries at a luncheon Wednesday at Segra Stadium. Menno Pennink and the late Harry Shaw received the 2022 CityView Downtown Visionaries awards.
Column: Downtown visionaries Menno Pennink, late Harry Shaw to be honored
Bianca Shoneman, president and chief executive officer of the Cool Spring Downtown District, will deliver the State of the District report today at the sold-out second annual CityView Downtown …
‘We can work together’
Amid the fragrance of mountain laurel and honeysuckle, Harry Shaw leaned along the railing of the Crescent Overlook and saw in his mind’s eye those summer days of yesteryear, when he splashed in the gentle waters below what is now Cross Creek Linear Park not far from his childhood home on Hawley Lane.

