thank you to everyone who helped beautify downtown this year!
A huge thank you to our volunteers who came out on Saturday, May 20, 2023 to plant 2400+ begonia plugs downtown! Because of your help, the event was a success and downtown is ready for the summer season!
All 60 flats of flowers were generously sponsored by families, individuals, and businesses. You can view that list at the bottom of this page!
- Real Estate One of Alpena & Abigail Parshall Realtor
- Culver's (Danielle, Mike, Matt, David)
- Sarah from Thunder Bay Fyzical Therapy,
- Huron Pines (Julia, Amber, Logan)
- Team 5505
- Julie & Bob
- Montiel & Shannon from the City of Alpena
- BJ & Beth
- Tom & Linda
- Tim & Diane— we so greatly appreciate all of our volunteers!
All 60 flats of flowers were generously sponsored by families, individuals, and businesses. You can view that list at the bottom of this page!
2023 flower sponsors
Thank you to our generous families, businesses, and individuals who sponsored flats of flowers to be planted around the trees this year:
Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce
Alpena CVB Alpena Groove Alpena Yacht Club Anita Tanner Betty Pringle- In memory of Mike Pringle Bruce & Amy Tillinger Bruce & Julie Dietz Carol and Max Lund- Remembering Phylis Habermehl Lund Charlie, Danielle, and Lillian Rieman The Churilo Family The Conboy Family D.A.M. Designs, LLC Denali Rose Boutique Dylan Tanner Elizabeth Story The Frantz Family- Matt, Jess, Jacquelyn, Nolan & Saylor GoQuickly, Web Design/ Digital Marketing Jack Davison Jean Gilliland Julie & Christoper McCoy Lappan Agency Lauren Tallant- In memory of Chuck and MaryLou Tallant |
Leslie Hiser
Lindsay Higgins Luann Gaasch Marissa Beltinck Mary Damery Michael Garant- In Honor of Jim "Sanford" & Janet Mott Neighborhood Provisions Real Estate One Rob Klein- In Loving Memory of Jeanne Klein The Rosenthal-King Family Ruth Dupuis & Betty Tyra Sam Rumbles State Farm Sandra Short & Lynda Purser Shelley Tuuri- Celebrating 20 years of marriage, Tom & Shelley Tuuri Stephen & Cheri Fletcher Steve, Jen & Charlie Calery Thomas & Karen Brindley Thunder Bay Fyzical Timothy Schultz TJ Hoes State Farm Traveling Ladders Wolverine State Credit Union |
It’s always exciting when a new project to beautify the DDA district is brought to us by someone who appreciates the value in small investments that have a big impact, thanks Julie! Planting vibrant flowers in the tree bases will add visual appeal and make the DDA even more spectacular this summer season. It has been my pleasure to work with Anne Gentry, Rachel Smolinski and Julie Dietz on this project and I can’t wait to see the flowers in full bloom.”
- Cindy Johnson, City of Alpena Mayor Pro Tem