GET TO THE HEART OF IT ALL...­ eDowntown Update     Dec. 7, 2007
The Green Bean First Place, Festival of Lights Window Decorating Contest   Question: Can you guess what the festive luminary decorations are made of?  Answer:  at the bottom of page
LATEST NEWS     Downtown Greensboro Inc. WELCOMES our NEW President Ed Wolverton to downtown and Greensboro!     If you did not receive a copy of Downtown Greensboro’s quarterly Progress Report, click on thumbnail and open the pdf (421 KB)   Downtown Greensboro Inc. recently mailed our quarterly Progress Report newsletter. This report includes welcome to President Ed Wolverton, Retail Initiative Program, International Downtown (IDA) Award, Keep America Beautiful Campaign, downtown business NEWS, and Festive Fridays.     Mark your calendar! 12-7 and 12-14     Festive Fridays will be held this Friday 12-7 and 12-14, this week includes First Friday and Art Stop. Many downtown retail and art galleries have extended hours for your downtown holiday shopping experience.  Be sure to stop by and visit DGI’s hospitality tent for free hot cider and register to win drawing for gift basket at the corner of S. Elm and Washington Streets!   ·        Luminaries along storefronts downtown; ·        Complimentary gift wrapping at Biltmore Hotel, 111 W. Washington; ·        Hospitality tent with free cider, register to win gift basket of downtown goods; ·        Holiday carolers; ·        Your $3 half price ticket at the Children’s Museum includes visit from Santa (12-7 & 12-14); ·        Horse drawn wagonette (12-14 only), $5.00 fee.   Congratulations to gift basket winner, Carol Cabrera for Festive Fridays drawing for the week 11/30. One basket will be awarded each week 11/30, 12/7 and 12/14 of downtown goodies. Festive Fridays is sponsored by Downtown Greensboro Inc.   First Fridays, 12/7 from 6-9pm ·        Winter Light Gallery and Art Studio at 410 Blandwood. ·        Several artists at Lyndon Street Artworks are having December Sale, click here for pdf brochure.      DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL   CityView at Southside   Model: Studio apartment kitchen  with floating island   Model: 2-Bedroom apartment kitchen, third floor with open truss ceilings   CityView encountered a record number of page visits in just this past week on our interactive directory.  Apartments available for occupancy as of December 1, checkout downtown’s newest luxury apartments. Interactive | Map It |Cityview       Lunch with Santa, children to enjoy lunch, door prizes and entertainment while visiting Santa.  Community Theater of Greensboro (CTG) presents at the Cultural Arts Center, Saturday, 12/15 at 12noon-2pm, second floor atrium $10 admission. Order tickets at 336.7470 x201. CTG   Downtown Greensboro Inc.’s Core Purpose: To lead the development of downtown Greensboro as a prosperous and vibrant urban center, memorable and meaningful for those who choose to live, work, play and invest here.	aaa UPCOMING EVENTS     12-7 First Friday & Art Stop, 6-9pm   12-7 Festive Fridays, 6-9pm   12-7 John Isner, 7:30pm   12-14 Festive Fridays, 6-9pm   3-25 Bicentennial Celebration 2008, 3-25-08 thru 5-17-08    For more information on events held downtown for the holidays click here      HOLIDAY PRE-WRAP Gifts       Holiday Pre-Wrap Gifts Get your orders in today while supplies last, order perishables in advance pick up later. For more information click here   THEATRES AND CULTURAL   Triad Stage ∙  Carolina Theatre ∙ Broach Theatre ∙ Idiot Box ∙ Greensboro Children's Museum ∙ United Arts Council ∙ AND many more...   CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON THIS WEEKS EVENTS DOWNTOWN     LATEST NEWS (Continued)   Congratulations to this year's 2007 downtown Window Decorating Contest winners. This year was full of lots of creativity and style, contest performed by Grassroots Productions in conjunction with Festival of Lights.  Third place resulted in tie.   Place Venue/Merchant 1 The Green Bean (top above) 2 Terra Blue 3 Elsewhere Collaborative Artist 3 RumRunners       Grey’s Tavern, American-style restaurant and bar serving lunch and dinner opened on November 23, located at 343 S. Elm Street. Owner Grey Davis is living his long-time ambition of opening restaurant after serving community for decades with artshop Davis Design.  Enjoy your meal outside in the summer with an intimate, closed-off area to the back of the restaurant complete with new brick pavers and patio seating. Website coming soon at www.greystavern.com Read more | Map It.   Lane’s Drug has moved outside of downtown. For your pharmacy needs, visit Burton’s Health Pharmacy.   Mary James will be at The View on Elm this Thursday 12/6 from 11am-2pm. The View will have book signing as well as samples from her new cookbook.  It's a great Holiday gift for anyone who likes to entertain!  Stop in and have a little FUN!   Center for Visual Artists, 200 N. Davie, is featuring our Art Class Gift Certificates and starts new sessions of art classes for 2008 in January, which includes Art for All Ages and interest, for more information contact 333-7475.   JustBe will feature Felted Christmas Ornaments craft class this Saturday, December 8, 10:30-12:30 and 1:00-3:00, cost $40, ph: 274-2212.   Charitable DROP-OFF locations downtown   Just Be and O'Kennedy's will serve as Urban Ministry drop-offs for canned goods.   M'Coul's and Natty Greene's are accepting unwrapped, still-in-the-packaging toys for Toys for Tots   The Green Bean is accepting unwrapped, still-in-the-packaging Toys for tots and teenage children for the Women’s Shelter.   FIND IT?  DGI’s interactive directory/map has a SEARCH ENGINE for better ease with finding your downtown information and/or destination.  Just type in name or subject.  Type in “Smoking” and see what you find, Interactive Directory/Map or click here.     Did you know? Most every photo and image in our e-newsletters are set up to corresponding links, feel free CLICK on the photos.   Look for in upcoming  E-Newsletter   A special holiday message from Sherry Adams, Vice President of DGI.   Welcome Center at J. Douglas Galyon Depot with new kiosks and giant aerial walkable floor map.   ROAD CONSTRUCTION ALERT   GDOT, The City of Greensboro and DGI would like to inform you of the following:   - Repaving at the railroad tracks on S. Elm at railroad crossing near Barnhardt Street , please follow detour route.   For active permits and lane closures click here.
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