City-wide festival planned for Sept. 10 at North Lake shopping district

by Timothy Rutt

The Abundant Harvest Christian Center, 2387 N. Lake Ave., is taking the lead on an ambitious community festival Sept. 10 that will bring together many community groups and businesses in a day filled with information, activities, and entertainment.

Phlunte Riddle -- a lieutenant in the Pasadena Police Department in her day job -- is the lead coordinator for the event, which will close down Mariposa Street between Lake and El Molino for the day and promises over 60 vendors in a number of pavilions around the area.  The event will run from 11 AM-5 PM.

Riddle presented the plans to the Altadena Town Council Tuesday night.  According to their literature, the “Altadena City-Wide Outreach & Festival” is will have live entertainment, a food court, an art exhibit, job fair, game booth, and pavilions for health, children, colleges, as well as a farmer’s market and seminars for all ages from senior to teens.

The event will also spread out among parking lots in the area.  Parking for the event itself will be spread among the Rite-Aid parking lot, Eliot Middle School, and others.

Riddle said they had 100 percent agreement among the merchants along Mariposa to close the street during the festival. 

More information is here:

http://www.abundantharvest.info/citywideoutreach.php