The Downtown Advantage Weekly Newsletter
 
Aug 1, 2016  
Downtown Rocked with Takin' It To The Streets
What a wonderful evening in our Downtown with 4 bands, Bernick's celebrating their 100th anniversary, and almost 3,000 people rockin' out.

Thanks to the Barth's for their vision, all of thesponsors of the event, the City for special clean up, all of the volunteers, the vendors, Cindy Hawker, Melissa Mumm, and so many more. 

In This Issue
Takin' It Rocked!
Take the Survey
Volunteer Opp
Frosty Theme Chosen
Events
News
Sundays Downtown
Downtown Parking Survey
The DTC has partnered with the City of St. Cloud to conduct a Downtown Parking Survey. This is your opportunity to share your opinion and make some suggestions to help improve the parking system. 
TAKE SURVEY

If you have additional comments you'd like to share, please send to Pegg
Call for Volunteers

Winter Nights & Lights Festival
Yes, we're talking......winter!  Not too early to start thinking about a sponsorship, an activity, a parade entry and all the other things that will go into the weekend of December 9-11.  The theme this year has been decided:  May the Frost be With You! 
Downtown, Culture Without the Commute!
Pioneer Place on 5th
  Music of Meat Loaf, August 4-6
  Check it out!...

Paramount Center for the Arts

  Yakov Smirnoff, Aug 9-10
  School of Rock!, Aug 11
  Davina and the Vagabonds, Aug 13
  Kansas, Aug 22-23
  Sister Act, Sept 9-25

THIS WEDNESDAY - Rotary's Summertime by George!
Be sure to stop by the Middletown Market to enjoy the foods offered by DTC members:  Quarks, Heavenly Treats, and D.B. Searle's.  MORE INFO

Barden Park Thursday Concert Series, through August 18


National Night Out, August 2
 
Black Box Theatre, August 4-7, TRUST, a play directed by John Woehrle


Cathedral H.S. Reunion Weekend, August 12-14


Autumn Moon, Friday, September 30, 6:30 pm 
Wynonna Judd's new album has been described by Country Weekly as "her absolute best solo effort".  This will be a rockin' country event filled with southern food, Tennessee whiskey, guitars and cowboy boots! 
BUY TICKETS! 

St. Mary's Cathedral Block Party 
September 10, 4 - 10 pm with outdoor mass, live bands, food, beer garden, silent auction and children's activities. 
Announcements, News
Cohlab Offers myProspector
Now located at 925 1st Street So, Suite 101.
Cohlab's original sales lead generating software is entering an open beta!  myProspector is an extension for the Chrome browser which works with your LinkedIn Sales Navigator account to save hours each week to get fast access directly to the decision maker!  LEARN MORE


Loffler to Host Upper Midwest's Premiere Technology Event
A FREE Techno-Rific Event, September 29, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
River Centre, 175 W. Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN
Business leaders will discuss how technology trends affect business, when to adopt them, how to cope with them, how to avoid security breaches, moving data to the cloud and more.   REGISTER

The Artists Guild of Central MN presents Elements
The theme Elements was selected by members of the Artists Guild of Central MN to promote creative experimentation and interpretation among the group members in their individual mediums and to share the work in a group show. 

Thinking about conducting a survey? 
Rengel Printing has developed a new survey products that provides either web based or mail back responses.  To learn more, contact Inese Mehr at 320.217.6508. 
Consider Downtown on Sundays
There are so many things still to do in Downtown on Sundays, especially if you are thinking....FOOD!  Relax.  Don't worry about cooking.  Come on down with your family or friends to grab a bite to eat. 
St. Cloud's Downtown
Working on behalf of our members for the betterment of Downtown, the heart of the region.

 RENEW or BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!
 
"Downtown is our face
to the world."

We don't network,
 we connect.
We don't lobby,
 we influence.
We don't hold events for the sake of it, they all have a purpose.
Most importantly, all Downtown Council members get a
return on investment. 



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Our Members
Check out our web site for the full list of our members and partners. 
 
Our Board
Check out our web site for the full list of our Board of Directors. 
Our Board

2016 Executive Comm:
Lisa Ellis, Vice Chair
Gail Ruhland, Treasurer
Sonja Gidlow, Secretary
Penny White, At-Large
Tami DeLand, Past Chair
 
DTC Members Host Business After Hours
 Tuesday, August 9, 4:30 - 6:30 @ Courtyard Marriott

Members - Share Your News
DTC members should remember that this newsletter is a FREE way to share your news, announcements, events, etc.  Simply send an email to Pegg by the end of week.  

River's Edge Convention Center
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 River's Edge Convention Center calendar of events

Our Organization
St. Cloud Downtown Council
& Alliance Foundation
501 W. St. Germain Street
St. Cloud, MN  56301
320.257.8600



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Downtown Is...
...the heart and soul of every city.  It is the gathering place for its people  and the physical and aesthetic expression of its collective visions.  A downtown is the manifestation of the diversity of the intellectual, cultural, social, business and political consciousness of its people.