Sixth Avenue, normally a conduit for local traffic south of downtown, will transform Saturday evening as more than 2,000 runners fill the street for the 19th annual TMC Meet Me Downtown 5K Night Run and Festival of Miles.
Organized by Randy Accetta of Run Tucson, the event started in 2006 with the simple idea of reviving Tucson’s urban core.
“There was nothing to do downtown,” Accetta recalled. “So we decided, well, let’s throw a party, give people things to do.”…