The City of Fresno will allow the return of a street fair downtown on ArtHop nights starting in June, Councilmember Miguel Arias told Fresnoland in an interview Wednesday.
The decision comes roughly nine months after the city abruptly put a stop to outdoor activity at the popular event every first Thursday of the month. The event, which had a humble beginning in galleries across town three decades ago, spawned a massive, unregulated street fair that drew thousands to downtown Fresno in recent years.
“We have found a path forward,” Arias said, “with three primary partners to return the street component of ArtHop back to downtown on the first Thursday of the month…