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Share the Famous Dolce Pumpkin
Roll with Friends & Family this Thanksgiving
Taking orders until Nov. 20th
at 3:00 p.m.
Call 302-422-5760
2010 Holiday Auction
& Tastes of Milford
Thursday, November 18,
2010
For more information
call
(302) 422-3344
Special
Holiday Show
Opening Reception
Friday, November 26, 2010
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
For more
information
www.mispillionarts.org
Black Friday
in
Downtown Milford
Friday, November 26,
2010
Come shop local at Blooming Boutique, Dolce, EcoChic, Good News
Natual Foods, Lou's Bootery, Minorbird, Riverside Antique, and much
more!
Blooming
Boutique's
Troll Bead Trunk Show
November 26
& 27, 2010
42 N. Walnut Street
in downtown Milford
www.bloomingboutique.com
Santa Comes
to
Downtown Milford
Saturday,
November 27, 2010
10:30 a.m.
For
more information call
(302) 839-1180
5th Annual Holiday Stroll
Hosted by Downtown Milford,
Inc.
Friday, December 3,
2010
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
For more information call (302) 839-1180
People's Place 11th Annual
Choral Breakfast
Saturday, December 4,
2010
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Milford Senior Center
Holiday Wine & Cheese
Tasting
Hosted by Friends of the Milford Police
Department
Saturday, December 4,
2010
4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
3 Haven Lake Ave. Milford, DE
$25 per person
To purchase tickets
call (302) 422-1086
Tools of the Trade:
Milford Business Workshops
Merchandising Inside and Out
Facilitator: Leigh Minor Nagy,
Owner of Minorbird
December 7,
2010
700 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Located at: Minorbird, 33 N. Walnut St.
Hosted by: Downtown Milford, Inc. & Milford Chamber of
Commerce
http://toolsofthetrademilford.eventbrite.com/
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Grand Opening
Soon...
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Riverwalk Center for the
Arts
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Don't forget to visit
Santa's House in Downtown Milford!
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Santa will be
visiting till Dec. 19th
Santa's Hours:
Fridays: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 11:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Sundays: 11:00 - 2:00 p.m.
S. Walnut St. &
Mispillion Riverwalk
For
more information
Call
(302) 839-1180
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In the Works...
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Be on the lookout for:
More Realtor caravan tours
DMI Junior Volunteer Program
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Kevin Reading Named
Restaurateur of the Year
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Please
join us in congratulating Kevin Reading, Chef/Owner, of downtown
Milford's Abbott's Grill for
being named restaurateur or the Year by the Delaware Restaurant
Association. We are proud to have Kevin and the team at Abbott's
Grill as a part of our downtown community.
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Downtown Milford, Inc.
Celebrates
the Past Year of Accomplishments
and Elects New Officers
On Thursday, November 4, 2010 Downtown Milford, Inc. (DMI) held its
annual meeting at Abbott's Grill to celebrate the past year of
accomplishments and to elect new Board Members and Officers. To
view our past year please click here.
We are proud to announce that DMI's new slate of officers
for 2010-2011 are:
President - Irv Ambrose
Vice President - Leigh Nagy
Secretary - Nancy Benson
Treasurer- Dan Marabello
We are also proud to announce the addition of three new Board
members: Sarakate Hammer, Dick Carmean, and Gary Emory.
Also, on behalf of the Board of Directors we would like to say
thank you to Jay Walls and Scott Angelucci for their dedicated
service to DMI as outgoing Board officers.
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Downtown Milford, Inc. Is Seeking
Volunteers for the Holiday Stroll
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We are seeking volunteers to share an hour of their time at this
year's Holiday Stroll on Friday, December 3rd. Volunteer
opportunities include helping with crowd control for the horse
drawn carriage rides or street barricades. If you are interested in
sharing your time please call (302) 839-1180.
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Downtown Milford WBOC Co-op Ads
Hit the Airwaves
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Downtown Milford, Inc. and a
group of our downtown businesses joined together to create a WBOC
co-op advertising campaign. The :30 second commercials began airing
last week. To view one of the commercials click here.
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| Architect
and Historic Preservation Consultant Tours Downtown
Milford |
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 Margaret Westfield, RA of Westfield Architects
& Preservation Consultants leads DMI volunteers on an
architectural tour of Milford's downtown commercial historic
district. The purpose of the tour was to look at architectural
features and overall characteristics of numerous existing
properties and to consider what types of physical improvements can
be made (with reference to paint, signage, color, material,
lighting, etc.) to better market the businesses and better
compliment existing downtown architecture. Westfield's services
were made possible by the State of Delaware Main Street
program.
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Downtown Milford, Inc. Attends the
Kent County Tourism Annual Dinner
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On
Friday, November 5, 2010 Downtown Milford, Inc. (DMI) staff, Board
Members, and volunteers attended the Kent County Tourism Annual
Dinner at the Air Mobility Command Museum. During the 1940s/WWII
themed event, organizations and businesses were able to design
table centerpieces. DMI is proud to announce that our centerpiece
won 1st place! Other centerpieces included designs from downtown
Milford's Minorbird and Scott Angelucci.
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Main
Street 101
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From the desk of
Lorraine J. Dion, CMSM
Executive
Director, Downtown Milford, Incorporated
The National Main Street Program's four-point approach to
successful downtown revitalization are organization, promotion,
design and economic restructuring.
Organization - Getting everyone working towards
the same goal by building consensus and cooperation among groups
that have an important stake within the community.
Promotion - Selling the downtown district's
positive image to residents, shoppers, investors, new businesses
and visitors.
Design - Getting the downtown district into top
physical shape by capitalizing on our historic buildings and
traditional downtown layout.
Economic Restructuring - Finding a new purpose for
enterprises in the downtown area by recruiting new businesses to
respond to today's market and assisting existing businesses to
expand.
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Local
Business Professionals Learn About Understanding Their Marketing
Niche at Tools of the Trade:
Milford Business Workshop
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Downtown Milford, Incorporated and the
Chamber of Commerce for Greater Milford have joined together to
offer Tools of the Trade: Milford
Business Workshops. On every First Tuesday of the month till
March 2010, workshops on various topics will be facilitated by
industry professionals at the Delaware Hospice Center.
 On Tuesday, November 2, 2010, the Tools of the Trade workshops
continued with "Understanding Your Marketing Niche." Workshop
facilitator, Rick Ferrell, Principal of Retail Market Answers, LLC,
(RMA) worked for 20 years in shopping center development,
redevelopment, leasing, management, marketing, and operations and
has worked in executive capacities with, The Rouse Company, Compass
Retail, Arbor Property Trust and Forest City Ratner
Companies.
His company Retail Market Answers, LLC specializes in economic and
strategic planning, business development, and implementation
services in accordance with "smart growth" principles. Workshop
attendees were given tips on everything from identiyfing their
target demographic to developing advertising campaigns.
For more information on the Tools
of the Trade: Milford Business Workshop Series, please visit
http://toolsofthetrademilford.eventbrite.com/.
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Holiday Wine & Cheese
Tasting
Hosted by the Friends of the Milford Police
Department
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We
are pleased to share the following event.
The Friends of the Milford Police Department will be hosting at
Holiday Wine & Cheese tasting on Saturday, December 4, 2010
from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The tasting will be held at Sunset Cover
(3 Have Lake Avenue Milford, DE).
Tickets are $25 per person and proceeds will go towards the Milford
Police Department's Christmas Toy and Food Drive. To purchase
tickets please call Lisa Johnson at (302) 422-1086 or the DMI
office at (302) 839-1180.
Guests are encouraged to bring wrapped gifts for boys and girls
ages 2 - 16.
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Merchants
Corner
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DMI is pleased to share the following
opportunities with our Downtown Merchants:
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Tools of
the Trade: Milford Business Workshops
Hosted by: Downtown Milford, Inc. & the Chamber of Commerce for
Greater Milford
Every First Tuesday of the Month. For workshop details and
registration please click here.
Please join us for a series of FREE business workshops on varying
topics and facilitated by industry consultants.
Holiday
Wine & Cheese Tasing
The Friends of the Milford Police are seeking gift
cards/certificates as door prizes for their event that will be
benefiting the Milford Police Department's Toy and Food Drive. If
you are interested in donating a door prize please contact, Lisa
Johnson at 422-1086
Deals In
Delaware
DealsInDelaware.com is a new local deal sharing
and coupon website. All of their work goes into promoting local
businesses - not a national directory. They promote your business
for you - on the web, via e-mail, and using social media.
To drive traffic to your business, all listings on DealsInDelaware.com includes: single-page
SEO-friendly business listing; one printable coupon; coupon shared
on the DealsInDE Facebook page and Twitter feed; inclusion in their
email newsletter; a link to your business website; built-in word of
mouth marketing - each listing has it's own email and social
sharing options.
Ready to get started? Contact Phil Woods at (302) 331-1005 to
discuss listing fees.
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