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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup
Did they eventually solve the gang problems?
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Sometime in the early nineties, I think, the Rose Festival Association made a concerted effort to clean up the Festival Center. A new contractor (I believe it's Funtastic Shows) runs the carnival aspect. It's clean, well lit and much more family oriented. There is the Oregon Marketplace, full of vendors' booths and three or four stages, with a main stage, a comedy stage and a family stage with kid's acts.
Much better than the eighties, when the police had to patrol in groups of ten or more. They do set up a temporary precinct in a nearby parking lot and patrol the center on quads. Any problems are taken care of quickly and efficiently.
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