Comstock's magazine 0620 - June June 2020 | Page 84

VACAVILLE & SOLANO REGION
downtown
Goals
City initiatives are underway to revitalize Vacaville’s
core to attract businesses and residents
by Daniel Barnes photo by Wes Davis
Overshadowed by the Nut Tree road stop and retail
center, downtown Vacaville doesn’t always get as
much attention by tourists and locals. However, it
only took one visit to convince Leslie Silver that it
was the perfect spot to start her new business.
The Illinois transplant and her husband, who had recently
accepted a job in Walnut Creek, needed a place to launch a local
chapter of School of Rock, the performance-based music school
that unofficially inspired the 2003 film starring Jack Black. Silver
previously managed a School of Rock outlet in the Chicago area.
“When we got to Vacaville, the very first time we came
here, there was a concert downtown,” says Silver, who debuted
School of Rock in late February. “I thought, if the community has
good schools and this many people are excited about coming
out to see live music, then this might be the place that we could
call home.”
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