Events were the name of the game at the Jasper City Council meeting, where 15 different events were approved. Several of those events, such as Downtown Live and ArtWalk Jasper, have multiple dates scheduled..
In total, 32 event dates were approved for 2026 at the Monday, Feb. 2 meeting. The majority of the events were proposed by the Jasper Downtown Development Authority (DDA), which has been vocal over the last year about increasing downtown happenings to attract more foot traffic for businesses.
Jasper City Manager Brandon Douglas said that while Main Street has been closed for events in the past and the undeveloped green space at the corner of Spring and Main streets has been used for overflow parking during Downtown Live, plans call for Perrow Park to serve as a main event space once it is completed later this year…