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Retailers Association Helps You Tune Up!
Michigan Retailers Association is hosting a Downtown Ferndale Business Tune Up at 9 am, Wednesday, April 11 at Dino's Restaurant. The event is FREE.
Round table discussions will focus on:
- Marketing your business - what do you do that is cost effective & what works.
- MRA marketing know-how and what has worked in other businesses.
- Item pricing, main street fairness and laws and bills in Michigan that may impact downtown businesses.
To rsvp, please call Kammy Johns at 800-366-3699, ext. 312 or email her at kjohns@retailers.com. A continental breakfast will be served. |
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It's Easy to Be Green!
Downtown Ferndale will be celebrating Green Week next week (see details below), but this week businesses are invited to take advantage of a FREE workshop - "Lowering Your Costs & Leveraging Incentives." Staffed by energy experts and offered by the Clean Energy Coalition, six sessions take place from 10 am to 2 pm, Thursday, April 12 at the Novi Public Library, 45255 10 Mile Rd.
Topics include:
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Your Building
- Lighting Retrofits - What Makes Senses
- A Building Owner's Perspective
- Vehicles & Energy Use
- DTE Incentives
- Making Your Project A Reality
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| Green Week - April 15 - 20
Next week Downtown Ferndale celebrates its 4th Annual Think Green Week designed to remind businesses and consumers how to be better stewards for the planet. Led by the Ferndale Environmental Sustainability Commission and its chairperson Douglas Christie, Green Week happenings take place as follows:
- Mon. April 15 - Butterfly Day, 7 pm, Ferndale Public Library
- Tues. April 16 - Garden Day, 6:30 pm, Ferndale Public Library
- Wed, April 17 - Children's Day, 6 pm, Ferndale Public Library
- Third Thursday, April 18 - Local Day, Shop Downtown and learn about Time Bank, etc. 7 pm, Ferndale Public Library
- Fri. April 20, 7 pm, PLANET PARTY at The Loving Touch
- Sat. April 21 - 10 am, Green Cruise Spring Bike Ride leaving from the Downtown Ferndale Bike Shop.
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DOWNTOWN is ARTWN
If you haven't yet heard, Downtown Ferndale will become known as ARTWN - starting this spring with a two-year exhibit of a 10-piece sculpture installation. ARTWN officially launches on Third Thursday, June 28th with a fundraising pARTy to sustain the public art initiative and showcase the new pieces that will be creating conversations all around town. EVERYONE is invited to be a pARTner and a pARTy guest.
ARTWN will provide ample opportunities for participation by businesses and their consumers and will establish Downtown Ferndale as THE destination for art of every type. Third Thursdays for the next few months and beyond will focus on the art component of the district and your business.
Details emerging as you read this so stay connected.
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Opinion on Food Trucks/Push Carts Requested
The Board of Directors of the Ferndale DDA would like your opinion on food trucks and vendor push carts and the regulation of their presence in the Downtown. The Board is seeking information to provide to the Ferndale City Council as it updates ordinances regarding trucks and push carts.
The DDA board meets at 8:30 am, Thursday, April 12 at the DDA office, 149 W. Nine Mile Rd.
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Parking Changes:
Know & Share
On May 1 the City of Ferndale will initiate a pilot program to alleviate parking stress for downtown neighbors
with the creation of a Restricted Parking Zone on Saratoga from Woodward to Allen and on West Troy from Allen to Farmdale.
The program means
increased enforcement of the two hour parking limit on those streets.
Employers need to share this new situation with employees, many of whom park on those streets for extended hours. Cars without an RPZ permit will now be ticketed.
Many city lots are available for employee parking and rates are significantly reduced with the purchase of a parking pass, available at city hall.
RZP permits will be issued only to documented residents of those streets.
Additional information on this program will soon be available at the city's website as well as downtownferndale.com.
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Dates to Put in Your Business Plans!
April 26 -Food Truck Rally
May 12 - Clean the Ferndale Up
May 17
-- Bicycle Night & Official Launch of On-Street Bike Parking
-- Food Truck Rally
May 18 - Bike to Work day
May 28 - Memorial Day Parade
May 31 - Hot Rod Power Tour Show
June 16 - Southeast Michigan Dyke March
June 17
-- Rainbow Run
-- Ferndale PRIDE & Market Day
Third Thursday, June 21 - -- Pimp Your Pot
-- Food Truck Rally
July 13 - 15 - Pig & Whiskey
Third Thursday, July 19
-- Hanging in Ferndale
-- Food Truck Rally
July 27 - 16th Annual Ferndale Pub Crawl
All the details,
all the time at
downtownferndale.com
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How to Contact The Ferndale DDA
Chris Hughes, Communications & Marketing Manager, Chughes@downtownferndale.com
Cindy Willcock, Office Mgr. & Volunteer Coordinator, Cindy@downtownferndale.com
www.downtownferndale.com
Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter.
248-546-1632 |
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