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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Neighbors successful the Fresno High country made the astir of their Memorial Day, visiting the Echo Block Party for Ampersand Ice Cream’s 10th Anniversary.
Ampersand Owner Jeff Bennett says this year’s lawsuit was the eighth artifact enactment celebrating Ampersand’s day astatine the Echo Avenue location.
“We opened connected Memorial Day 2015,” Bennett said. “This is our eighth yearly artifact enactment we’ve thrown successful solemnisation of that, but much importantly, [in celebration] of the community, the neighborhood, and each of our friends and household businesses that person connected with america implicit the years.”
The solemnisation featured a assortment of trade and nutrient vendors on a blocked-off street, each the section shops and adjacent an acrobatic performance.
Bennett says the artifact enactment is not conscionable a time for him to observe his business’s occurrence but besides a time to admit his customers and neighbors.
“It’s a large time for income – but much importantly, it’s a large time for our friends, our neighbors, and each the radical who enactment america each day,” Bennett said.
District 1 Councilmember Annalisa Perea was astatine the artifact party, enjoying everything it had to connection and says she’s arrogant to spot a concern similar Ampersand flourish successful her district.
“Ampersand is simply a fantastic anchor concern for the community,” Perea said. “They’re an unthinkable assemblage spouse and we’re conscionable truly fortunate to person unthinkable businesses similar Ampersand Ice Cream present successful the bosom of District 1.”
The Echo artifact enactment started astatine 11 a.m. and wrapped up astir 3 p.m., but Bennett and his lad Roscoe accidental they’re excited to stock the time with arsenic galore radical arsenic imaginable earlier the festivities are through.
