Main Street would close to cars for three Weekends on Main events next year, in June, August and October, under a 2027 plan the Pleasanton Downtown Association has sent to the City Council. Whether those closures happen depends on city funding the council will not take up until early 2027, according to a staff report.
The council's Tuesday, Nov. 17, consent calendar includes accepting the association's 2026 annual report and 2027 budget, declaring the city's intent to levy next year's assessment on businesses in the Downtown Pleasanton Business Improvement District, and setting a public hearing on that levy for Dec. 1. Consent items are usually approved together in one vote unless a council member or resident asks to pull one.
Closures and a balancing act
The association, which administers the district for the city, acknowledges in its report that downtown merchants hold "a variety of perspectives on street closures and large-scale events," and says it is trying to balance community events with the day-to-day needs of businesses on Main Street.
This year's closures included The Longest Table, which the group says seated more than 1,500 people at a single table along Main Street.
The 2027 budget counts on $40,000 in revenue from Weekends on Main against $15,000 in direct costs. The association's full calendar for next year also includes Concerts in the Park, St. Patrick's Day and Halloween crawls, a summer wine stroll, Forkful, a mimosa crawl, a holiday stroll and family events such as Bunny Hop, Pumpkins on Main, Boo Bash and Magical Holiday Evening.
