“Dine with Us” spotlights downtown eateries
Top Left: Polly Govereau, Barbara Kurz, Kim Prescott, Laurie Austin and Donna Bush, Above: Dr. Bill Rupp and Dr. Jan Clarke, Left: Bill and Kim Prescott
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ill Prescott, senior vice president of operations and chief financial officer of the Jacksonville Jaguars, launched a personal campaign to bring more diners downtown. His inspiration came from an article in The Wall Street Journal about Robert De Niro inviting his friends and business associates to dine at restaurants in TriBeCa and
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how that simple action helped revive the neighborhood restaurants as they recovered from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Prescott and his wife, Kim, invited their friends and colleagues to “Dine with us Downtown” on Aug. 4 at Cafe Nola. In less than a week, Cafe Nola sold out and additional reservations were booked at Chew. The Prescotts
efforts brought 100 people downtown to dine and generated revenue for these small businesses. The next “Dine with us Downtown” event was Friday, Sept. 9, at Indochine, a funky Thai restaurant located on Adams Street. For more information, find Dine with us Downtown on LinkedIn.