St. Francis Street Celebration

CELEBRATE THE TRANSFORMATION THIS FRIDAY!


St. Francis Street Celebration this Friday!
CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION

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St. Francis has been transformed from Douglas Avenue to 2nd Street by the City of Wichita. To celebrate these improvements, WDDC will be hosting the St. Francis Street Celebration this Friday, June 29 at 4:30 p.m. Mayor Brewer and Vice Mayor Janet Miller will give comments at 5:00 p.m. at the Rotary Time Town on Centennial Plaza located at the southeast corner of 2nd and St. Francis.

 

Activities for the celebration will include:

 

Personal remarks from Mayor Carl Brewer and Vice Mayor Janet Miller on the project at 5:00 p.m.

 

Chalk art activities and demo

 

Classic cars along St. Francis

 

Free frozen treats for the first 100 people compliments of Hiland Dairy

 

Buskers (street performers) along the corridor

 

Food trucks

 

Fire performers

 

"Window Dressing" unveiling

 

"Wish You Were Here" postcard stations

 

The City's investment in St. Francis has triggered new businesses and private development along the corridor. We encourage you to check out the new businesses on St. Francis including Mr. Diggs Dwelling & Co., Cassandra Bryan Design and Bite Me BBQ (more information on these new businesses below) in addition to your existing favorites: Contract Furnishings, Grace Wu Kung Fu School, Tracy's Automotive, IPortrait Studio, Old Town Architectural Salvage and Coleman Factory Outlet. Be sure to also check out the Pixius development site that is now under construction.

NEW BUSINESSES ALONG ST. FRANCIS

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Mr. Diggs Dwelling & Co.
600 E. 1st Street N.

 

Mr. Diggs Dwelling & Co.
Although Mr. Diggs is typically only open once a month for a three-day period (called an event) they have agreed to be open from 4 - 8:00 p.m. Friday to help celebrate the completion of the St. Francis street corridor. Mr. Diggs offers original and reproduction classic furnishings. The team at Mr. Diggs carefully searches for new items and performs restoration work on antique pieces that need it and also artfully staging the store before each and every event.
 

"When you visit a person's home for the first time and see a piece or two of their furnishings that stand out, you may sense an energy in that home's environment. Those are the type of furnishings we'll be hunting down and offering at Mr. Diggs Dwelling & Co.," said manager Annette Shankle. "Nothing 'Plain Jane' or standard. This will be a place to find those unique pieces that make lasting impressions."

 

Bite Me BBQ
132 N. St. Francis

 

Bite Me BBQ
A family owned and operated restaurant, Bite Me BBQ is a new business with a live-work setting along St. Francis. Coleman and Becky Lockett purchased the building on St. Francis where they first made the second story their home. After becoming aware of the scheduled changes on St. Francis and other opportunities that Downtown could offer, they decided to relocate their existing restaurant, Bite Me BBQ, from West Wichita to Downtown.
 
This Friday and Saturday night Bite Me BBQ's special will be Prime Rib with choice of two sides, Texas toast and choice of horseradish or horseradish sauce: 12oz. for $12.99, 16oz. for $16.99 and 24oz. for $23.99. Bite Me will also have their first live music concert featuring the solo blues and country of Craig "Twister" Steward from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. 

 

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Cassandra Bryan Design
110 N. St. Francis

 

Cassandra Bryan Design

Cassandra Bryan Design is a full-service graphic design and website development firm. Also known as cb{d}, the firm has quickly expanded to provide the mid-west and the world with beautiful print graphics, fantastic web design and even conceptual or finished illustration with an emphasis on affordable but experienced service. Cassandra Bryan, founder and lead designer, has extensive experience in creating dramatic and professional corporate brand identities through inspired website design, superlative backend development, and impactful advertising materials.

 

Cassandra Bryan Design will be open for the public to view the artsy, modern studio on June 29. Make sure to check out the full wall mural they are currently working on and meet their cat, Vegas.

 

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MAIL SOME LOVE
Wichita - Wish You Were Here

While at the St. Francis Street Celebration on Friday stop by a postage station, located at Mr. Diggs Dwelling & Co. and Zelman's, to "send some love." 

 

WDDC's workshop on April 17, 2012 with Peter Kageyama, author For the Love of Cities, challenged attendees to create an idea to improve the City with only $500. WDDC funded the top three ideas.From Wichita with Love being one of them. The project's idea is to send a postcard to a band, business or friend you wish was in Wichita. The receiver will post a photo of themselves with the postcard to the social media accounts of From Wichita With Love. The first postcard design is out and is available at many Downtown locations, including during the Street Celebration.  Drop by one of the two postcard stations and send a postcard. Simply fill out a card and place it in the basket at each station. The postcards collected will be mailed following the event. For more information (and to see where these postcards are starting to go around the world) check out the following links:

 

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ANOTHER $500 PROJECT
Zelmans
Another $500 project, "Window Dressing", will debut inside the Zelman's Building at the corner of St. Francis and Douglas during the St. Francis Street Celebration on June 29. Stop by to see what this group is doing to help promote Wichita with only $500!
ICT STICKERS
I Heart ICT Sticker
Pick up an I Heart ICT sticker at select businesses along St. Francis while they last to show your love of Wichita! Thanks to Printing, Inc. for their contribution to this initiative.


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