Angela Corpening This is Me

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1. 1. getout.amarillo.com

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   Published on: 10/19/2007   Last Visited: 10/19/2007

   "I don't know if the kids aren't going out anymore, or if live music is out," GoldenLight Cantina owner Angela Corpening said. She also owns the GoldenLight Cafe next door.
   
   The cantina has seen a decline in the drawing power of Texas country and other country styles while bluegrass and rockabilly have brought decent crowds, she said.
   
   The owners agree the biggest blow came about 5 years ago when the Amarillo City Commission passed an ordinance that bans charging admission and fencing off areas for block parties on Sixth Avenue. A 1998 ordinance banning open alcoholic beverage containers also slowed the nightlife on Sixth Avenue, Corpening said.
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   The owner's aren't blaming the city, they'd just like to see more support, Corpening said.
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   It's all we have left," Corpening said.

2. 2. www.kvii.com

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   Published on: 1/9/2007   Last Visited: 2/16/2008

   They just went to the drastic and said, ‘let's close the streets down,'" said Angela Corpening, the owner of the Golden Light Cafe.
   
   But Corpening was more upset that if those roads were closed, 6th Street may have been jeopardized as a National Historic Registration District and that would've hurt her business, which sits along the Historic Route 66.
   
   "Everyday we've got people coming in from all different countries that read about the Golden Light in the [travel] magazines and they want to try the cheeseburgers. By losing that, we would lose that and there would be no reason for them to come to Amarillo," said Corpening.

3. 3. www.getout.amarillo.com

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   Published on: 10/19/2007   Last Visited: 10/19/2007

   "I don't know if the kids aren't going out anymore, or if live music is out," GoldenLight Cantina owner Angela Corpening said. She also owns the GoldenLight Cafe next door.
   
   The cantina has seen a decline in the drawing power of Texas country and other country styles while bluegrass and rockabilly have brought decent crowds, she said.
   
   The owners agree the biggest blow came about 5 years ago when the Amarillo City Commission passed an ordinance that bans charging admission and fencing off areas for block parties on Sixth Avenue. A 1998 ordinance banning open alcoholic beverage containers also slowed the nightlife on Sixth Avenue, Corpening said.
   ...
   The owner's aren't blaming the city, they'd just like to see more support, Corpening said.
   ...
   It's all we have left," Corpening said.