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For Downtown Merchants Calendar of Events
& Businesses
Join in on the fun!
The DDA and the Downtown Merchant & Business Association are here for you!
First Friday Art Walk
Participate & Prepare January 6, February 3, March 3, April 7
6 p.m. – 9 p.m. throughout Downtown
Promote your business! Update your individual merchant landing page on
DowntownDelrayBeach.com. Add promotions, events, photos, video, and any 28th Annual Downtown Delray Beach
other information to your specific page. The site receives over a half-million Festival of the Arts
visits per year, and going in to season it needs to be fresh! January 21 – 22
E. Atlantic Ave
Snapping a photo in your store for social media? Add #DowntownDelray to
your Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter posts! Delray Beach Fashion Week
January 25 – 29
Attend the Merchant & Business Association meetings on March 15 and April Throughout Downtown
12 at 8:30 a.m. at Northern Trust Bank.
Delray Beach Open
Delray Affair After Dark is the best February 17 – 26
kept secret of the Delray Affair! From Delray Beach Tennis Center
April 7–9 the Downtown is alive during
the day with an eclectic mixture of St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival
fine art, great crafts and funky Festival March 10 –11· Grounds of Old School Square
products from around the world. As Parade March 11 at 12 noon· Atlantic Avenue
booths close and the Delray Affair
crowd thins, visitors have the 9th Annual Savor the Avenue
opportunity to walk “on” the Avenue March 27· 5:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
not just “along” the Avenue. The DDA Atlantic Avenue
will be promoting that opportunities
abound for great dining, 55th Annual Delray Affair
entertainment, shopping, and April 7 – 9
socializing Downtown. The “I Heart Downtown Delray Beach” sticker will be 12 city blocks from the Intracoastal Waterway to
distributed to retail stores and salons to give to shoppers with each purchase, NW 2nd Avenue, grounds of Old School Square Park,
and we encourage restaurants and bars to create special happy hour menus presented by the Greater Delray Beach Chamber
and schedule live entertainment. Let’s all enjoy Delray Affair After Dark! Email of Commerce.
your Delray Affair After Dark Promotions, valid April 7–9, 2017 to DDA@
DowntownDelrayBeach.com. Delray Affair After Dark
April 7 – 9· 6 p.m.
In honor of Mother’s Day, the Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority Throughout Downtown
presents the Downtown Delray Orchid Giveaway May 6–13. Shoppers can visit
the more than 300 fashion boutiques, Free Friday Concerts
art galleries, gift shops, spas, salons, Each Friday – April 14 to June 9
and fitness studios Downtown, collect Gates open at 6:30 p.m.; concerts start at 7:30 p.m.
$200 in receipts and receive a Old School Square Pavilion
Phalaenopsis Orchid plant. This
annual program is generously Easter Egg Hunt
supported by the Downtown April 15· Bunny at 8 am; Hunt at 8:30 am
Merchants and Business Association. Robert Miller Park
If you would like to be the location for City of Delray Beach Parks & Recreation Department
an Orchid Station or donate to the
Mother’s Day Prize Package Easter Sunrise Service
giveaway, please contact: DDA@ April 16· 6:30 a.m.
Atlantic and A1A
DowntownDelrayBeach.com or 561.243.1077 Hosted by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Mother’s Day Orchid Giveaway
May 6–13
Throughout Downtown

For a complete listing of events and details, please
visit DowntownDelrayBeach.com/Events.

Get to Know the DDA

The main areas of focus for the DDA are Economic Vitality of Downtown businesses, Placemaking (Clean & Safe), and Marketing and Promotion
of the Downtown DDA district.
Placemaking
“Foster a compelling destination by enhancing the physical element of the downtown.”
Strategies include: structure an appropriate role in downtown transportation management, maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment,
and keep the downtown “people friendly.”

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