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LIVE IT UP For Downtown Merchants & Businesses

The DDA and Merchant & Business Association are here for you!

Participate & Prepare                                                           Chamber of Commerce. Businesses are encouraged to register with
                                                                                American Express to fully leverage this program. ShopSmall.com
• Promote your business! Update your individual merchant landing           • Window Decorating Contest – November 30, 2017 - January 1st, 2018
     page on DowntownDelrayBeach.com. Add promotions, events,                   Judging will take place from November 30 - December 14. Winners
     photos, video, and any other information to your specific page. The        will be announced on December 14 and prizes (cash and plaques)
     site receives over a half-million visits per year, so keep it fresh!       for the following categories will be awarded: Most Creative, Most
                                                                                Festive, Most Delray and Best Overall.
• Snapping a photo in your store or restaurant for social media? Add       • 5th Annual Delray Beach Fashion Week – January 24-28, 2018
     #DowntownDelray to your Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts!             Fashion retailers and hair salons are encouraged to participate.
                                                                                DBFW sign-up happening now! Contact the team via email:
• First Friday Art Walk – November 3, December 1, 2017                          DDA@DowntownDelrayBeach.com to be included in all event
• Downtown Goes Pink & Sidewalk Sale – October 26, 2017                         marketing and promotions.
                                                                           • 10th Annual Savor the Avenue – March 26, 2018
     Susan G. Komen South Florida has created a fundraising event to            Downtown’s finest restaurants prepare 4-course meals for 1,100
     encourage local downtown merchants and restaurants to “Go Pink”            guests as they dine down the double yellow line of famed Atlantic
     by donating a portion of the night’s sales of any item to Komen in         Avenue from 5:30pm – 9:30pm.
     recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month.
• Halloween Downtown – October 28, 2017                                    The DDA Team will be contacting all merchants and businesses
     Tick-or-treating along Atlantic Avenue and Pineapple Grove            about participation in these events. For information, please visit
     (between Swinton & Intracoastal) from 11:30 a.m. -                    DowntownDelrayBeach.com/Merchants, or contact the DDA by email:
     1 p.m., Parade: 1 p.m., Kidsfest at Veterans Park 12                  DDA@DowntownDelrayBeach.com or phone: 561.243.1077.
     p.m. - 3 p.m.
• Shop Small Business Saturday – November 25, 2017                         Visit DowntownDelrayBeach.com/Events for a current list of all events
     The DDA is an official Neighborhood Champion and                      taking place Downtown, including descriptions, time, location and
     is partnered with G.E.A.R. and the Delray Beach                       street closures.

Fun for Everyone

First Friday Art Walk                                Small Business Saturday/Shop Small                  46th Annual Holiday Boat Parade
November 3, December 1                               November 25 | All Day                               December 8 | 5:30 p.m
6 p.m. – 9 p.m. throughout Downtown                  Throughout Downtown                                 Intracoastal Waterway

Free Friday Concerts                                 18th Annual Downtown Delray Beach                   Delray Beach Holiday Parade
Every Friday through Jan. 6, 2018                    Thanksgiving Weekend Art Festival                   December 9 | 6 p.m.
Gates open at 6:30 p.m.                              November 25 and 26 | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.               Atlantic Avenue
Concerts start at 7:30 p.m.                          Intersection of 4th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue
Old School Square Pavilion                                                                               Menorah Lighting
                                                     100 Ft. Christmas Tree Lighting                     December 12
Downtown Goes Pink & Sidewalk Sale                   November 30 | 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.                       Sundown, Old School Square Park
October 26                                           Grounds of Old School Square Park & E. Atlantic
Throughout Downtown                                  Ave                                                 For a complete listing of events and details
In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month                                                              please visit DowntownDelrayBeach.com/Events.
                                                     Downtown Holiday Activities
Halloween Downtown                                   December 1, 2017 – January 1, 2018
October 28                                           Downtown business holiday window décor
11:30 - 1 p.m. – Trick-or-Treating at businesses on  contest, 100 ft Christmas Tree, holiday activities
Atlantic Ave & in Pineapple Grove                    around the tree
1 p.m. – Parade from Old School Square to
Veterans Park
12 p.m. - 3 p.m. – Kidsfest at Veterans Park
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