May 7, 2021
News File Photo Bay City artist Mark Piotrowski painted this mural in July 2020 on the side of Salon 125 at 125 E. Chisholm St. in Alpena. The mural, called “Wave Journey,” was the second installment in the Fresh Waves project, a public arts initiative to bring new, vibrant artwork to the downtown district.
ALPENA Artist applications are now open for the Alpena Downtown Development Authority’s third Fresh Waves mural project. Applications are due my midnight on May 25.
This is the third year the DDA has facilitated the public art initiative. Fresh Waves started in 2019 when Alpena native Aaron Goldbeck brought the idea for a mural project to the Alpena DDA’s Promotions and Marketing Committee. Golbeck and Chad Bolsinger painted the first mural that summer on the side of Family Enterprise at 211 S. 2nd Ave.
Traveling Ladders is one of the businesses participating in next week’s Small Business Showcase.
ALPENA – In honor of National Small Business Week, the Alpena Downtown Development Authority is hosting a new event, the Small Business Showcase. The Small Business Showcase is a week-long event meant to celebrate and recognize small businesses in downtown Alpena that starts Sunday and ends with a culminating afternoon of sales from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 8.
“When people think of downtown, they often immediately think of all the cute and welcoming storefronts and restaurants where they shop and dine, and downtown is made up of so many more small businesses that don’t fit into the category of traditional retail,” said Kingsli Kraft, marketing and outreach coordinator at the Alpena DDA. “Downtown is home to over 170 small businesses of all types photography studios, hair salons, chiropractor’s offices, nonprofits, lawyer’s offices, financial services, fitness
Feb 24, 2021
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The above products are available at Soaps and Such in downtown Alpena. Soaps and Such is one of the merchants participating in Thursday’s Snowed In virtual shopping event on Facebook.
ALPENA The Alpena Downtown Development Authority is collaborating with six downtown merchants to host Snowed In: A Downtown Facebook Live Shopping Event from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Participating merchants include: Soaps and Such, Boudoir by Michele Zee Photography, Olivet Book & Gift, Traveling Ladders, Parallel 45 Books & Gifts and Myers’ Fashions Etc.
Downtown Merchants will go live on their own Facebook pages for 15 minutes at their designated time in the schedule below.
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Dec 11, 2020
The Alpena Downtown Development Authority (Alpena DDA) is hosting the first-ever Jingle Bell Crawl this Saturday, Dec. 12 in partnership with downtown merchants.
The Jingle Bell Crawl is meant to be a day of fun and festive shopping with participating merchants offering special deals, sales, and giveaways to encourage holiday gift shopping locally.
Attendees are encouraged to wear their favorite festive outfits.
Participating merchants include: Regalo Luxury Gifts, Alpena Vintage Co., Travelling Ladders, The Rabbit Hole, Chippewa Valley Mercantile, The Local Basket Case, Rusty Petunias Marketplace, Olivet Book & Gift, Myers’ Fashions Etc., Alpena Salt Spa, Soaps & Such, Emery Enterprises and Parallel 45 Books & Gifts.