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Improv to Improve Your Business
FernNet Teams Up with Go! Comedy for Tips
PJ Jacokes of Go! Comedy is serious about helping businesses improve their business. Tomorrow, March 26, at 9 am, he will share his insights in a presentation for FernNet, the Ferndale DDA's B2B Networking opportunity. The session will be held at Go! Comedy on East Nine Mile.
The Go! team of experts, led by Jacokes, know that the tenets of improv often parallel the ingredients of being solid in business. By using what they teach to developing improvisers, Go! helps businesses owners and employers learn how to be better listeners, cooperate with each other, feel more comfortable on the sales floor and succeed, with a bonus of enjoying life. Wednesdays Tip session will be a preview to the wide expanse of business assistance Go! can provide.
FernNet is open to anyone who owns a business or is thinking about starting in one in Downtown Ferndale. The session also includes conversation among Downtown neighbors, FREE coffee and donuts.
The monthly sessions are the work of the BizDev Committee of the Ferndale DDA, and meets the last Wednesday of every month. On tap for April 30, Heather Coleman-Voss of Michigan Works and "The Michigan Works Resource." May 28 will be all about "Parking in Downtown Ferndale" and June 25 will address "Multi Media for Your Business."
Questions??? Call the Ferndale DDA at 248-546-1632.
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Ferndale DDA Recognition AwardsThe Ferndale Downtown Development Authority will recognize the achievements of its businesses and the dedication of its volunteers at its Annual Recognition/Appreciation Awards Night, set for 6 pm, Monday, March 31 at Treat Dreams. The awards are the result of an on-line survey that included a public vote. Among those to be honored are businesses singled out for best new facade, best window display, independent service business, al fresco dining, best new bar, retailers and more. In addition, the DDA's uber volunteers will be honored for their signifcant contributions to the district. Everyone is welcome, reservations required at 248-546-1632.
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Help Beautify City & Volunteer to Clean the F Up!
Mark your calendars for May 17, 2014 and be ready to do some cleaning at the Third Annual Clean the Ferndale Up, a community clean-up event organized by the Ferndale Community Foundation.
The event invites volunteers to come together to clean, repair and improve public spaces that have been neglected, vandalized or misused within Ferndale. All groups, businesses and individuals are encouraged to pitch in to help the community. The timing of this year's clean up was intended to coincide with a huge influx of out of town guests who are attendees of the National Main Street Conference in Detroit May 17-21. (See GIG at right)
Besides volunteers, Clean the F Up could also use some help in the sponsorship department. If you'd like to see a cleaner town, please call those in charge at 248-871-7783 or send an email cleantheferndaleup@gmail.com
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Downtown Ferndale is thrilled and honored to be hosting the first-ever Welcoming Reception of the National Main Street Conference in Detroit May 17-21. The Reception "Get in Gear" is a prelude to four days of educational sessions on how to better develop, manage and market downtowns. The conference attracts more than 1200 professionals from across the nation.
Between 500 & 1000 conference attendees are expected in Downtown Ferndale for the May 17 GIG at the Rust Belt Market. Guests will arrive in town from 4 pm on, attend the 6-9 pm GIG, then stay in town to enjoy the district's wide array of dining and entertainment offerings. Dozens of DF businesses have already agreed to do "something special" for GIG atttendees and restaurants are donating food for the party, including Howe's Bayou, Local Kitchen & Bar, Assaggi Bistro, Dino's, .Buffalo Wild Wings and Michigo Pizza.
Hosted by the Ferndale DDA, the DDA is still in need of volunteers to help welcome GIG guests. If you are interested, please call or email Cindy Willcock at cindy@downtownferndale.com or 248-546-1632.
For other ways to help, please see Clean the Ferndale Up! below!
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How to Contact
The Ferndale DDA
info@downtownferndale.com / 248-546-1632
Cristina Sheppard-Decius
Executive Director
cristina@downtownferndale.com
Cindy Willcock
Operations Manager
cindy@downtownferndale.com
Chris Hughes
Communications & Marketing
chughes@downtownferndale.com
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