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| February 26, 2009 |
Vol 2, Issue 8 |
What's Happening This Week
in Downtown Fuquay-Varina | |
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| What's Happening in Downtown |
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What's Happening This Week in Downtown Fuquay-Varina is a weekly e-mail newsletter sent to people interested in what's happening in downtown Fuquay-Varina. Read on to learn what you'll be missing if you don't visit downtown Fuquay-Varina this week! |
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| The Hunt 100 - Take the Centennial Challenge
100 Years of History in 100 Shopping Hours
With (3) $100 Prizes |
 Fuquay-Varina is about to celebrate its 100th birthday and the Fuquay-Varina Revitalization Association has come up with a creative way to celebrate this milestone and educate folks about Fuquay-Varina's past. From March 13-28, The Hunt 100, a scavenger hunt, will use historical photographs placed in downtown businesses to answer eighteen questions about Fuquay-Varina's history. There are also five tie-breaker questions that will really test your knowledge of downtown Fuquay-Varina.
The game piece, with 18 questions, 5 tie-breaker questions and an easy-to-follow map, will be available in a full-page ad in the Fuquay-Varina Independent on Wednesday, March 11. You can also download it at www.fuquay-varinadowntown.com or pick one up at participating stores.
Enter to win one of three $100 downtown gift certificates. Contest dealine is 5pm on March 28. For details on how to play go to www.fuquay-varinadowntown.com.
100 Years of History♦100 Shopping Hours to Play ♦(3) $100 Prizes
Play begins March 13-March 18. TAKE THE CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE!
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| Fuquay-Varina 100th Anniversary Festivities for March 6th Announced |
On March 6 Fuquay-Varina, will be 100 years old and to celebrate this milestone many activities have been planned for the actual date, as well as throughout 2009.
In order of their founding, local churches will toll their bells twenty times each in fifteen-minute intervals beginning at 11:00 am on Friday, March 6. Since Piney Grove Baptist Church is the oldest church in the area, their bells will toll first, followed by Wake Chapel Christian Church, First United Methodist Church and Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church. The final bell tolls will be led by the Fuquay-Varina Presbyterian Church but rung simultaneously by all the above churches including St. Bernadette's Catholic Church. School children and local citizens with hand bells will chime in for the last bell ringing at noon, so you should hear them all over Fuquay-Varina! All churches with working bells or chimes were asked to participate.
Town Officials will meet for a ceremony at noon at Centennial Square, the new parking lot and park located at the corner of Main and Academy Street. Everyone is invited to attend. If you have handbell, please bring them!
Businesses in the historic downtown areas on and around Main and Broad Streets will have historic displays in their windows, stores and lobbies. Make sure to stop in and see a bit of Fuquay-Varina's 100 years of history. While you are there, make sure to have a piece of birthday cake. Most stores and businesses in the downtown area will serve birthday cake on Friday, March 6 to customers in celebration of this momentous occasion that happens only every 100 years!
Even our Fuquay-Varina schools will be celebrating our Town's birthday on Friday, March 6. Classes will be participating in local history study, hosting guest speakers, viewing historic photos and enjoying birthday cake for lunch. When you send your child off to school on March 6, make sure they know it is a special day in our Town's history!
On March 13-28, the Fuquay-Varina Revitalization Association will host the Hunt 100, a historical scavenger hunt. The clues will lead you to historical photos placed throughout downtown Fuquay-Varina. Answer the clues, collect the stamps and be entered to win one of three $100 downtown gift certificates. You may just have a lot of fun and in the process learn a lot about Fuquay-Varina's history! Look for a full page ad in the Fuquay-Varina Independent on March 11. Game pieces will be available on www.fuquay-varinadowntown.com.
Make sure you participate in some small way on March 6 or in 2009 in the Town's 100th Birthday Celebration. For a list of events, go to www.fuquay-varina.org. |
| Enjoy Birthday Cake At These Participating Downtown Stores on Friday, March 6th! |
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Drop by and enjoy a piece of cake! Here are some of the downtown businesses that will be serving cake on March 6th to celebrate Fuquay-Varina's 100th birthday:
ˇ Ashworth's Clothing
ˇ Bostic & Wilson
ˇ Classy Cat Boutique
ˇ The Chocolate Bean
ˇ Cooley's Restaurant
ˇ Elliotts Pharmacy
ˇ Fidelity Bank
ˇ Fuquay-Varina Chamber and FVRA
ˇ Hudson Belks
ˇ Merle Norman Cosmetics
ˇ The Mitchell Building (101 S. Main Street)
ˇ My Back Porch
ˇ Stick Boy Bread Company
ˇ Varina Merchantile
Cake will be served while supplies last!
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| Plan to see the "Paint the Town" Exhibition as Part of the Centennial - During the Centennial Birthday Weekend at the Community Center |
Please plan to come and see the artistic works of these Fuquay-Varina artists at the Paint the Town Exhibition during the birhtday weekend! You won't want to miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to see all these Fuquay-Varina artists in one place.
Place: Fuquay-Vaina Community Building, South Main Street
Date & Time: Friday, March 6 ---- 10:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m.Reception
Saturday, March 7---- 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 8 ---- 2:00 p.m. to 4: 00 p.m.
ARTISTS FEATURED will be:
Roxanna Alexander Bobbie Asad
Jacqueline Balog Louis Ceglia
Kaye Howard Cloniger Virginia Ann Cook
Walter Crone Rev. D. T. Dale
Foy England Leila Hartman
Lila Hopkins Nelson Horton
George Howe Rhonda B. Johnson
Flora M. Pinkham Jan Pope
Newton V. Prince, Jr. Jean Seabrooke
Pollyana Sheets Diane S. Smith
Pamela S. Wilson
WORKS by three deceased town artists have been loaned for the exhibition:
Jane Ashworth
William M. Freeman
Opal "Trixie" Porter
The artists have been invited to be present for recognition at the F. V. Birthday Reception on Friday night. |
| Downtown Fuquay-Varina is Going Green! Extensive Renovation to 101 South Main Will Bring New Life to the Corner of Main and Academy Streets. |
| Downtown Fuquay Varina is going green with an extensive renovation to the building at the corner of Main and Academy Streets. Coming in March, a 10KW photovoltaic solar system will be installed on a newly re-roofed 101 South Main Street . Shortly thereafter, the 11000 square foot building will undergo a complete facelift for retail/restaurant space. The building will be named "The Mitchell" after the Mitchell Chevrolet car dealership that it once was, bringing a little bit of history back to downtown Fuquay Varina.
Check out our progress on www.themitchellfv.com and read our weekly blogs as we report on our progress. Come on down to The Mitchell for cake and punch on March 6th and take a tour before construction begins. Hope to see you there.
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| New Tyler Glamorous Wash at Regal Gifts & Interiors. |
New Tyler Glamorous Wash just arrived at Regal Gifts & Interiors! This wash give your garments and linens a wonderful fragrance that stays in until the next laundry. The lasting aroma saturates your laundry room for days. This amazing Glamorous Wash is available
in all Tyler's great fragrances.
Make sure to use this coupon: $10 off a purchase of $40 or more!
Regal Gifts and Interiors is located at 502 Broad Street. 552-9251. |
| Spring Has Arrive At My Back Porch |
My Back Porch
515 Broad Street
Historic Varina
919-552-9344
Mon - Fri: 11 to 6 Sat: 10 to 5
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Spring has arrived: Lots of jewelry, belts, purses and shoes are arriving this week!
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Selected items now on sale up to 75% off.
*************************************************************************************************************** Spring has sprung at My Back Porch. Lots of new arrivals on a daily basis! Come see what we have in stock.
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All furs 50% off through the end of February. We need to make room for our Spring consignments.
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Mark your calendars: My Back Porch & Adams Vineyard will be sponsoring our 1st Annual Fashionista Shopping Spree
When: May 7th, Thursday
What Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: Adams Vineyard
What: Lots of shopping, wine, appetizers & fun!
Stay tuned for more details.
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| BU Beautiful Has New Spring Merchandise |
| At BU Beautiful, we have LOTS and LOTS of new Spring Merchandise has arrived so please stop by our new location at The Shops Of Varina Merchantile Building 601 E Broad Street Fuquay Varina NC 27526 M-F 10-6 Sat 10-5.
Call 552-3235 for more information. |
| February at Merle Norman is all about lips, beautiful, kissable lips! |
Stop by or schedule a complimentary facial and makeover during the month of February and you will be registered for our awesome lip set. The lip set is valued at over $120.00 and includes Wrinkle Smoother Lips (need we say more), Lip Revive (a gentle exfoliant), Lip Soother Plus (a conditioning, soothing alternative to those chalky tubes) and a lipstick of your choice. The drawing will be held March 1st. Congratulations again to Delores Callier, our January skin care set winner. All fall and winter jewelry reduced by 50%. New spring jewelry is on the counter and going fast. Quilted keepers handbags are also 50% off. Limited edition organic Peruvian chocolate manicure/pedicure combos are 10% off through the end of the month.
Merle Norman is conveniently located in downtown Fuquay-Varina at 208 S. Main Street. Call 552-3751 for an appointment or to get more information. |
| Sweet Treats at Stick Boy Bread Company |
All week we will be having Hot Cross Buns for Baker's Choice in honor of lent. "One a penny, two a penny... Hot Cross Buns". Available for $1.25/ea, $10/doz, $6/half doz
King Cake will be available again all this week for $12.99 in honor of Mardi Gras. Tuesday is Fat Tuesday so make sure you call to place an order for your King Cake!
The cake is made with a sweet dough, baked and covered with a sugar topping in Mardi Gras colors; purple representing justice, green representing faith, and gold representing power.
In the mid-1900s, a small plastic baby was placed inside of each King Cake. The New Orleans tradition is that each person takes a piece of cake hoping to find the plastic baby inside. The recipient of the plastic baby is "crowned" King or Queen for the day and that person is obligated to host the following year's party and supply the King Cake.
The King Cake tradition came to New Orleans with the French settlers around 1870, continuing a custom dating back to twelfth century France. Similar cakes were used then to celebrate the coming of the three wise men calling it the feast of Epiphany, Twelfth Night, or King's Day.
Getting Married? Stick Boy Bread Co. is now able to create the wedding cake of your dreams! Your wedding day is as unique as you are, and a wedding cake from Stick Boy Bread Company can express your one-of-a-kind style. Our cake flavors and fillings are delicious and available in a wide variety of combinations to suit every taste.
Stop by the bakery at 127 S. Main Street or call (919) 557-2237 www.stickboyfuquay.com |
| Gourd Painting Workshop at J&D Decor Has Been Cancelled |
GOURD PAINTING IS CANCELLED at J&D Decor
J&D Décor, in The Shoppes On Main
212 S. Main St. Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526
Tel: 919-557-2003 www.jddecor.com
Due to family emergency, the Gourd Painting we had scheduled for SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2009 is CANCELLED. We will re-schedule at a later date.
Stop in or call for details. Or visit our Website: www.jddecor.com |
| Free 8 lb Carpet Pad With Purchase of Select Mohawk Carpets At Rainbow Home Interiors |
| FREE 8 lb Carpet Pad with the purchase of select Mohawk carpets at Rainbow Home Interiors. This special runs until Feb 28, 2009. Rainbow Home Interiors offer free carpet estimates. Family run business with local owners.
Rainbow Home Interiors has a great selection and great prices on all your floor needs. Call Gail H. Taylor at Rainbow Home Interiors at 552-6666. Our showroom is located at 202 N. Main Street in Fuquay-Varina in Downtown |
| Celebration of the Arts - Call for Artists |
The 6th annual Celebration of the Arts will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2009 in Historic Downtown Fuquay-Varina and attracts more than 4000 visitors during the one-day event. The festival is open to all artists and fine crafts people producing original work.
To download an application, go to www.fuquay-varinadowntown.com. Please call 919-552-0848 if you prefer an application be mailed to you. Applications are due no later than April 1, 2009. |
| Fuquay-Varina Calendar of Events for 2009 |
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FOR A 2009 FUQUAY-VARINA EVENTS CALENDAR, PLEASE GO TO:
We're always looking for event sponsors and volunteers. To get involved call 552-0848. | |
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The Centennial Celebration is one week away. Please help celebrate this great milestone in our history. Check the events listed in this newsletter or go to fuquay-varina.org for information on how to make the most of this momentous occasion!
Thanks for shopping locally! It makes a big difference when you shop downtown first! If you're looking for a specific store, look on our website directory at www.fuquay-variandowntown.com. In downtown, we've got everything you're looking for and more!
Sincerely,
Susan Weis
Fuquay-Varina Revitalization Association
121 N. Main Street, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526
919-552-0848
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