Garden City's Downtown Days: August 7 and 8

All events will be located in the Garden Plaza area. Free live entertainment, action demonstrations by Garden City's finest, Garage Sale, Treasure Mart, Specialty Vendors, Beer Tent, Diamond Dig, Children's Events, plus food, fun and more fun!

Saturday Event Hours: 11am-9:30pm

Sunday Event Hours:12-6pm

Garage Sale Hours: 9am-6pm (Both Days)

Vendor and Garage Sale space applications are available here, at the DDA office, and at the City Clerk's office. The cost is $20 for both days and proceeds will benefit the 50th Annual Garden City Santaland Parade.

The deadline for applications is 3:00 pm on July 30th.

The Regular Meeting (July 20) Has Been Cancelled.

The July meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 8:00 am.

Notice

Downtown Newsletter : March 2010

March 21, 2010

Click here for the new Downtown News newsletter (pdf) for all of the latest regarding Downtown Garden City.

DDA Board puts Community Pavillion Project on Hold

At a Special Board Meeting held Wednesday, March 10, 2010, the DDA Board unanimously decided to stop further activity on the pavilion due to revised construction estimates.

The pavilion concept work began in March 2009 with a committee made up of DDA Members, Chamber of Commerce, City Administration and several residents, all providing input and working with the DDA’s Architect to develop a pavilion that would serve the Farmers Market and events in the downtown. It is the DDA’s intention to place this public improvement project on hold for a period of two to three years and at that time all interested parties will be invited to participate.

Besides the pavilion project, the DDA is contracted with Mr. George Hartman, Architect on two other public improvement projects: the Commons Corner and the Civic Center Plaza. If you have questions on either of these projects or wish to get involved, please call the DDA office 734-261-2830.

Community Awards Winners

Congratulations to the 2010 First Citizen, 2010 Business Person of the Year and 2010 Business Beautification Recognition Award.

March 2, 2010

2010 First Citizen

This years’ recipient of the “2010 First Citizen” is Pat Squires, resident of Garden City. Pat has been very active in volunteering for the past thirty years in many charities making Garden City a better place to live. Pat is a member of the Downtown Development Authority Promotion Committee and is a core member of Garden City’s Annual Santaland Parade Committee.

2010 Business Person of the Year

The “2010 Business Person of the Year” is Laurie Corell, owner of Sports Venue Bar & Grill. Laurie is a wonderful asset to the Garden City community through her participation in numerous activities in Garden City while being an upstanding business owner making her very deserving of this award.

2010 Business Beautification Recognition

Mario Perrotta, owner of Rare Muscle Car Parts is this year's "2010 Business Beautification Recognition” award recipient. Mr. Perrotta had a vision and working with George Hartman Architects has brought a positive impact to our community through improvements bringing an old cement block building into the finished business property we see today.

All award recipients will be honored at the Garden City Chamber of Commerce’s Community Awards Celebration Friday, March 19, 2010 at New Hawthorne Valley. Contact the Chamber of Commerce for ticket information. Phone: 734.422.4448

State of the Downtown Report 2010

January 24, 2010

In accordance with its Development Plan, the DDA has focused on studies and analysis in this past year providing direction for needed public improvements and business recruitment and retention initiatives. Read the State of The Downtown Report to learn more about what’s happening downtown.

State of the Downtown Report 2010

New Downtown Newsletter

January 1, 2010

Click here for the new Downtown News newsletter (pdf) for all of the latest regarding Downtown Garden City.

Garden City in the Wayne County Connect

Garden City has a beautiful two-page ad in the latest issue of the Wayne County Connect, a magazine that is available to showcase some of the great assets that the cities of Michigan have to offer the world.

The ad was created by Brooke Rochon, a very talented graphic designer and resident of Garden City.

New Downloads Page!

December 26, 2009

We now have a page for you to download documents, forms, event posters, and maps, and you can find it by clicking here, or by looking to the left side navigation.