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Emporia Main Street
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Greetings!
Another big (and fun) week for Emporia! A world championship announcement (great job Dynamic Discs!), new business movement downtown, summer fun events, and more! Don't you love Emporia during the summer? |
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This Wednesday- June 20th
Two Bands- The Live in the Lot starts at 7:30 PM with Bill Ihling, followed by Lee Muller. In the intermission period, we will have a variety of prizes, sponsored by Lyon County State Bank. Live in the Lot is a Flint Hills Music Event with support from Emporia Main Street, IM Design Group, Capitol Federal, Emporia State University Alumni Association and several other community groups. |
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Get Involved in Upcoming Events! | |
And you thought the start of the summer was busy...! Well, we've got some fantastic events coming up for you and your business/organization. Many of these events are free for members of Emporia Main Street, so you just need to let us know if you want to participate.
July 17- 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Civic Auditorium Little Theatre- Annual Meeting
The Emporia Main Street Volunteer Recognition Luncheon and Annual Meeting. Emporia Main Street and our community are built by volunteers! RSVP by July 10th and join us for lunch in your honor.
July 19- 8:00 p.m. to Midnight- Midnight Madness Summer Sale
The Summer version of Midnight Madness is back! Last year, many of our member businesses stated that they had their best day- EVER. Would you like to participate? Simply e-mail Emporia Main Street at main.street@emporia-kansas.gov and let us know that you will participate and what specials you will offer that night.
August 14- 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Welcome Back Block Party
 Welcome back students to Emporia State University and Flint Hills Technical College with a gigantic party! Nearly 2,000 people attended last year. Participants must be members of Emporia Main Street and supply a prize package worth at least $25. There is no better way to introduce yourself to local college students than Block Party, so we hope you can join the fun! E-mail Emporia Main Street at main.street@emporia-kansas.gov if you are interested in participating.
August 16-17 Kansas Main Street Quarterly Training
The upcoming training will cover City Planning, codes and development strategies that affect us all. Quarterly Training will be held in Sterling and Hutchinson, Kansas. To find out more, click HERE.
September 8th- The Great American Market
Over 100 booth vendors and thousands of people turn out each year for the Great American Market. Businesses are given the first right of refusal for the street spot in front of their building until August 1st. Click HERE for the registration form (there is a small fee to participate).
October 12- Oktoberfest
Last year was the first year of this new tradition held the Friday before ESU Homecoming. The Granada Theatre and Emporia Main Street join up to provide a fun German experience for everyone! Are you interested in selling German food or merchandise that is Oktoberfest related at the event? Contact Emporia Main Street for more information!
October 16-19- The Kansas Downtown Symposium
Kansas Main Street programs and other downtown representatives from throughout the state are coming to Emporia! If you are a restaurant or retailer, just know that attendants will do a lot of "market research" (aka, shopping and dining). Are you interested in sponsoring activities? Do you want to get involved in the Symposium? Contact Emporia Main Street for more information!
We also have Halloween activities, Freedom Fest, Holiday Activities, the Granada Bridal and Prom Expo and a ton of other event activities with information coming out SOON.
At Emporia Main Street, we want to create situations where your  business or organization can interact with potential customers or supporters. We appreciate businesses and organizations getting involved, advertising their participation through area media and taking advantage of the opportunities around them. We don't create or aid in the events listed above for US, we work hard at these events for YOU! So, please take advantage of the resources at your disposal and confirm your involvement in an Emporia Main Street activity TODAY!
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Did You Know? |
Last week, we hosted a Promotions Committee Meeting, attended another successful Brown Bag event, held a Design Meeting, helped with a fun Live in the Lot, worked on the web site, received several new memberships, presented a social media work shop, met with a new local building owner, toured potential locations with an out-of-town group looking to place a store downtown... Oh yeah- and we teamed up with Jeremy Rusco of Dynamic Discs and the Emporia Convention and Visitors Bureau help announce that Emporia has been selected to host the 2013 Professional Disc Golf Association Junior and Amateur World Championship (WOO HOO!!!). Of course, exciting weeks lead to good questions from all of you!
1. "Who gets the credit for the World Championship announcement?" From an on-line question. Without Dynamic Discs and Jeremy Rusco, the PDGA World Championship could not happen. Dynamic Discs is the premier Disc Golf retailer in North America, they coordinate over 30 large Disc Golf related events per year and their expertise allows Emporia to host this event. They deserve the credit and praise for Emporia landing this prestigious event. Like many other events in town, other agencies take a support role. In this particular instance, the Convention and Visitors Bureau and Emporia Main Street met several times over the past few months and divided up tasks/responsibilities with Dynamic Discs to secure the World Championship. Jermey put together the basic event budget, course locations, course schedule and identified course officials. The CVB met with local hotels and worked to book facilities for events. Main Street collated information and put together the final bid package with information created internally and submitted by other partners in formation of the 34 page long bid document. All parties met with the Emporia Country Club and City officials to garner support and facility access. All parties met on Wednesday afternoon to get the news that we (Emporia) won the World Championship bid, and we worked together to quickly generate a press conference for the following morning. Jeremy brought Dynamic Discs materials and was the focal point of the event. Betty, Susan and Kala from the CVB secured the Country Club and contacted local officials. Main Street worked with IM Design to generate some signage (Tracy Holroyd did some awesome work very FAST), and we coordinated media, press releases and worked with partners to create a cooperative event agenda. The full CVB staff and Main Street staff worked the Glass Blown Open (although I don't know that any of us want to deal with severe weather during the event again...) So, to make a long answer short, people and organizations worked together to make this happen. The operative word is "worked". Like the DK, local car shows, Live in the Lot or a host of other events, activities can grow and become something special if the visionaries behind the event have help. Dynamic Discs is a visionary business, and we are happy to help them. Frankly, everyone has been a pleasure to work with on this project, and I'm sure we'll see a lot more of each other in the 13 months leading up to the event.
2. "Why is your site loading so slowly?" From a few calls to the office. Ah, technology... We have a wonderful new web site, but the server hosting the site was having some "issues", so we are working with a local business to take over the hosting which should increase speeds significantly. This week is full of GREAT classes!
Mark your calendars for Water Wise Landscaping with Ben Stallings (only $5!) and Advanced Bike Repair with Shawn Honea, both on Wednesday, June 20.
To wrap up the week, learn all about Extreme Couponing techniques with Shelley Goede on Thursday, June 21, and test your skills with a Saturday afternoon trip to the store!
To enroll please visit http://flinthills.augusoft.net/ or call 341-1392.
3. "How much time do you have to spend on social media?" From an individual at a social media seminar. It really depends on the media type. This newsletter, for example, contains portions of social media. For Facebook, we generally say that you need to post a minimum of four times a week. For Twitter, you need to post a little bit more frequently. Social media isn't something that should ever take over your work day. Generally, I'm posting information while I'm also doing something else, or I'm generating a picture/file upload with information I already have (and I'm not sitting around while the files are uploading). The more important questions you should be asking are "how can social media support my brand" and "what types of social media are worth my return on investment".
4. "What's the next big event?" From a volunteer. It's awesome that people no longer ask "is there something to do" and they've moved to "what sort of huge, national event is coming to Emporia next..." Live in the Lot and Brown Bag events are big. City Band concerts on Thursday's are a fun event. Thursday night Bike Rides and Tuesday/Thursday runs with the Human Power Company are growing more popular. But, the next "Big" events are July 19 (Midnight Madness summer sale), July 27-28 Kansas Shrine Bowl, August 14 (Welcome Back Block Party) and September 8 (Great American Market). It seems like there are "Big" things going on just about every week in Emporia, but those are some of the larger events coming up.
5. "Who won the Adopt a Garden voting?" From a few garden adopters. First off, the community wins by having volunteers that help out by working in local gardens. We have three rounds of voting, and each round has a top three "winners". Once a garden has won during a round, it is ineligible to "win" in subsequent rounds for the adoption year. After each round, we reassess gardens to check for those that need additional adoption help, and we have a couple, so please contact Emporia Main Street if you are interested. The top three gardens receiving votes this round were: Don't see your name listed on the membership list to the right? Let's get you signed up as a 2012-2013 Member of Emporia Main Street. The formal portion of our Membership Drive started this week, and we are excited to show you what a membership in Emporia Main Street has to offer. A member of the Emporia Main Street Board of Directors will contact you soon! |
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Emporia Main Street Calendar of Events | |
June 20
Brown Bag Series
Noon at the Emporia Public Library and Lyon County Historical Museum Courtyard
The Usual Suspects
Live in the Lot
7:30 p.m. in the 700 Merchant Lot
Two Bands:
Bill Ihling
Lee Muller
June 27
Brown Bag Series
Noon at the Emporia Public Library and Lyon County Historical Museum Courtyard
Miles of Smiles Magic
Live in the Lot
7:30 p.m. in the 700 Merchant Lot
Two Bands:
Carlos Pringle
Mother Kali
(This is a Beer Garden Night)
July 11
Brown Bag Series
Noon at the Emporia Public Library and Lyon County Historical Museum Courtyard
Charlie Mosbrook- Woody Guthrie Tribute
Live in the Lot
7:30 p.m. in the 700 Merchant Lot
Two Bands:
C Major
The Skirts
July 17
Emporia Main Street Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon and Annual Meeting.
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the WLW Civic Auditorium Little Theatre.
July 18
Brown Bag Series
Noon at the Emporia Public Library and Lyon County Historical Museum Courtyard
Triple Delight
Live in the Lot
7:30 p.m. in the 700 Merchant Lot
A Band & a Movie:
Band: "A Story to Unfold"
Movie: "Grease" sponsored by the Emporia State University Alumni Association.
July 19
Summer Midnight Madness!
Participating Merchants are open 8:00 p.m. until Midnight for late night shopping specials!
July 25
Brown Bag Series
Noon at the Emporia Public Library and Lyon County Historical Museum Courtyard
Brian Wendling- Juggling! Comedy! Energy!
Live in the Lot
7:30 p.m. in the 700 Merchant Lot
Two Bands:
Joe Foster
Burlington Southern
(This is a Beer Garden Night).
July 28
Kansas Shrine Bowl
August 14
ESU Welcome Back Block Party
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
1000-1100 Blocks of Commercial Street
August 14
Welcome Back Block Party!
7-9 p.m. in the 1000 and 1100 Blocks of Commercial Street.
September 8th
The Great American Market
7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Downtown Emporia
October 17-19
Kansas Downtown Symposium
Emporia, Kansas
Do you have an upcoming event for your business or organization?
Let Emporia Main Street know and we may include it on our upcoming calendars! | |
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General Level Members
AAA Appliance Service
AKA Marketing
Ash LLC
Atherton & Huth
Bad Ol Bern's BBQ
Barden and Thompson
Bath Expressions
BG Consultants
C & J Woodworks
CableOne
Capitol Federal
Carpet Plus
Cassell Insurance
Chester Press
Clark Carpet and Tile, Inc.
Cliff's Super Service
Complete Works
Country Mart/Price Chopper
Dan's Hands
Davis Paints
Eastwood Lake Apartments
Emporia Chamber
Emporia Stae Federal Credit Uniont
E-Town Solutions
Flint Hills Eye Care
Four Seasons Apartments
Furniture Loft
Gerald Schumann Electric
Gerry's Pawn
Granada Coffee Company
Haag Property Management
Hair Krafters
Helbert & Allemang
High Gear
Java Cat Coffeehouse
Jim's Cowboy Shop
Kari's Diamonds by Design
Kansas Radio 96.1 The Wave
L & L Pets
Little Caesars Pizza
Lyon County Title
Mark II Lumber
McKinzie Pest Control
Midas Touch Tans
Mr. Sisters Sweets
Modern Air Conditioning, Inc.
Muckenthaler Inc.
Nature's Paradise
Navrat's Offic Products
Pizza Hut
Pizza Ranch
Poehler Mercantile
Pool and Wright
Prairie Sage Apartments
Pro-Cuts
Redline Trucking
Ru Yi Restaurant
Scott's Lawn and Landscaping
Studio 11
Sunflower Gymnastics
Sutherlands Lumber Co.
Sweet Granada
Tanner Clark
Textbook Corner
Thompson Auto Repair
Town Crier Bookstore
Town Royal
Verona Grill & Pizzeria
Waters True Value Hardware
Westar Energy
Williams Automotive | | |
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Non Profit Level Members
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Eastside Community Group
Emporia Arts Council
Emporia Farmer's Market
Emporia Friends of the Zoo
Emporia Presbyterian Church
Emporia Public Library
ESU- Small Business Development Center
Lyon County Historical Society
The United Way of the Flint Hills | |
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Home Based Business Members
Bluestem Productions, LLC
Gold Canyon Candles -Stephanie Morgan
Green Door Recycling
Independent Fashion Agent for fibi and clo-Judy McCoy
Interdependent Web, LLC
Joe the Furniture Doctor
Longaberger Independent Consultant -Judy Dieker
Mary Kay- Brenda Braynard
Paula's Creations
Pampered Chef- Chelsea Gerleman
Purse Lady- Nancy Crawford
Tastefully Simple- Vanessa Apodaca
Thirty One Gifts- Linsey Hopkins | | |
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Individual Supporters
Bobby Thompson
Brad Harzman
Dale & Carolyn Davis
Emporia High School FBLA
Julie Johnson
Karen Shonrock
Mark Shook
Mark and Amy McAnarney
Matt Zimmerman
Michael Shonrock
Rick and Amy Becker
Sue Blechl
Tyler & Melanie Curtis
Yvonne Pool | | |
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