Flowers! Flowers! Flowers!  The Downtown Henderson Partnership has begun planning for the Saturday, May 18th planting of the downtown flower urns! We had a wonderful group of volunteers that came out last year to help plant the flowers and we hope will have another great group of volunteers from our community be part of this year’s event.

We would love to have church groups, Girls/ Boy Scouts, and any other organization who would like to volunteer their time. We will gather at the Depot parking lot at 100 N. Water Street across from the Post Office at 8:30am. We will distribute the flowers and assign the locations for each group to work. Please bring digging tools and gloves if you want.

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 The DHP received many comments on the appearance of the flowers and how beautiful our downtown was. We plan to create an atmosphere that is inviting and welcoming to our community and our visitors again this year.  If you were one of the many who enjoyed the flowers last year, we would welcome any monetary donations you would like to give. You can make a check payable to the DHP, 131 N. Main St., Henderson, KY  42420. We are a non-profit organization and your donation is tax deductible.

 

Trashion Show 2013

Laura Peck —  April 20, 2013 — Leave a comment

Studio 421 and the Downtown Henderson Partnership are very excited to be hosting the First Annual Earth Day Trashion Show 2013 on April 27, 2013.

You may be asking yourself, “What ON EARTH is a TRASHION SHOW”?  It is a fun way to raise awareness about recycling and our limited landfill space while sparking the creativity and playfulness in all of us.  It appeals to children and adults alike.  Who doesn’t love a chance to dress up and model? What a great way to make us all aware of just how much less we COULD be throwing away!

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FREE CA$H Friday!

Laura Peck —  April 19, 2013 — Leave a comment

New, exciting and coming soon to Downtown Henderson is Free Cash Friday! On the fourth Friday of every month look for the Love What’s Local FREE Cash Friday tent. There will be retailers and restaurants giving out FREE CASH to shop or dine in their businesses on that day only. Support our local businesses by joining them on Free Cash Fridays.  You will be glad you did! This event will kickoff Friday, April 26th from 11am to 1:30pm. The Love What’s Local FREE Cash Friday tent will be located somewhere around Second and Main.

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Love What’s Local!

Laura Peck —  April 3, 2013 — Leave a comment

In 2006 a committee made up of downtown independent business owners, the Downtown Henderson Partnership and Henderson – Henderson County Chamber of Commerce created a Buy Local campaign titled “Think Henderson”. The goal of the committee was to get our community doing just that “Think Henderson” before going out of town for their shopping needs.

The 2006 committee was replaced with some new faces in March 2013 along with the DHP, Tourism and Chamber representatives. The new committee decided our current “Think Henderson” Buy Local logo needed a fresh look. With a few brainstorming sessions, the new logo “Love What’s Local!” logo was created!

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We ask our community and friends to visit the “Love What’s Local!” Facebook page and LIKE the page and SHARE it on your FB page! We want to get this information out to the community and we need your help!

Be sure to keep checking the page to see the great “Local Businesses” and what they have going on. We ask your continued support of our independent local businesses by shopping and supporting them. These independent businesses are the ones that help support our community through donations to the youth sports programs, the Henderson County Schools, the Lions Club Auction, and numerous other community activities. Now is the time to repay them for their continued support!

2013 Events

Laura Peck —  March 27, 2013 — Leave a comment

April 19 – 21, 2013 –  Breakfast Lions Tri-Fest

April 21, 2013 – 1st Annual Shopper’s Fest 

April 27, 2013 – OVAL Kitchen Tour - 10 to 3pm

April 27, 2013 – 1st Annual Trashion Show - 2pm

May 18, 2013 – Annual Flower Beautification Day

May 19, 2013 – 27th Annual Downtown Car Show

June 6, 2013 – Children’s Art Camp & Umbrella Workshop – 1 to 3 pm

June 8, 2013 – William Branaman Street Strut Parade – 10 am

June 10 – 13, 2013 – WC Handy Lunch Breaks – 11:45am

June 10 & 11, 2013 – WC Handy Happy Hours – 5 to 7pm

June 12 – 15, 2013 WC Handy Festival

July 4, 2013 – Independence Bank 4th of July Celebration – 5:30pm – 9:30pm

July 26 & 27, 2013 – Summer Sidewalk Sales – All day

July 31 – August 3, 2013 – Sandy Lee Watkins Songwriters Festival 

August 9 & 10, 2013 – Bluegrass Festival

August 10, 2013 – Folklife Festival – 10 to 2pm

September 21, 2013 -  Community Yard Sale – 7 to 3pm

September 21, 2013 – Audubon Beer & Wine Festival 

September 28, 2013 – White on Main

Late October – Girls Night Out

October 31, 2013 – Downtown Trick or Treat – 3 to 5pm

November 1, 2013 – Art Hop Gallery Show & Sale – 5 to 9pm

November 8 & 9 – Christmas Open Houses – All day

December 7, 2013 – Downtown Christmas Parade 10am

 

Stay tuned for NEW events !