Bolenz Holiday Parade + Tree LightingThe Holiday Parade is always in the evening on the Friday after Thanksgiving. This year the parade is on November 29th and kicks off on Chisholm Street around 5:30pm. The parade is organized each year by Bolenz Jewelry. The Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Culligan Plaza always begins shortly after the parade finishes around 7:00pm. There is music and a short dedication before the tree is lit.
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Small Business SaturdaySmall Business Saturday is a national shopping holiday that is celebrated the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Small Business Saturday was created to encourage people to shop local and support small, family owned businesses over corporations when they do their holiday shopping. This holiday season we would like to encourage you to take advantage of Small Business Saturday and support our downtown businesses when you're shopping for gifts.
Small Business Saturday is November 30th, 2019 this year. |
Downtown Gingerbread CompetitionRegistration for the 2nd Annual Downtown Gingerbread Competition is now open! For $10 anyone can enter a gingerbread creation into the contest. Creations will be on display in downtown businesses for a week from December 14th, 2019 to December 21st, 2019. There will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes of $100, $75, and $50 respectively. Registration forms are due December 1st. Complete rules and regulation can be found on the registration form at the link below.
Anyone and everyone is encouraged and welcome to participate in this friendly competition of holiday cheer– businesses, teams, coworkers, families, kids, teenagers, adults, even scrooges and grinches. We’re hoping to give everyone a reason to come downtown and check out stores and shops that they might not normally go into, or haven’t been to in while.
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The best part about the Downtown Gingerbread Competition? You can enter ANYTHING! It doesn’t have to be a house. It can be anything you dream up, as long as it’s family friendly.
Downtown patrons will be able to vote for their favorite creation using ballots. Ballots will be available at the DDA Office, and you can receive additional ballots with every purchase you make at a downtown business. You can then vote for your favorite creation and deposit your ballot in a box at any of the locations where gingerbread creations are displayed. Final display locations will be announced later this month!
Downtown patrons will be able to vote for their favorite creation using ballots. Ballots will be available at the DDA Office, and you can receive additional ballots with every purchase you make at a downtown business. You can then vote for your favorite creation and deposit your ballot in a box at any of the locations where gingerbread creations are displayed. Final display locations will be announced later this month!
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Santa ExtravaganzaWe've gotten word from the North Pole that Santa Claus will be visiting his cottage in Culligan Plaza twice on December 14th, 2019 and December 21st, 2019. He will be there both Saturdays from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. Hot cocoa and cookies will be available on a first come, first serve basis to those who visit Santa and his elves.
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