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Meals for Main Street
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Dine at River Grille

(235 Northampton Street) on Tuesdays in Septemper and 10% of your bill will be donated to Easton Main Street Initiative. Enjoy River Grille's contemporary american and cosmopolitan atmosphere while supporting downtown revitalization! Hours: Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday;
Dinner 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Sunday; 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday.
For more information on River Grille visit www.TheRiverGrille.com or call 610.923.5110









 
Main Street Vision Statement

Downtown Easton’s riverfront location and wealth of historic architecture are constant reminders of its prominent role in the nation’s founding and its establishment as a place of business.  In keeping this architecture preserved, Easton will continue to attract a creative and innovative group of community members to explore a variety of business, restaurant and art enterprises.

The Easton Main Street Initiative (EMSI) works with the business and building owners, city government, the Chamber of Commerce and the community to promote Downtown Easton as a shopping and browsing destination by encouraging a healthy business mix.  Eason’s riverfront will be better recognized as a city focal point and gathering place.  With a stronger pull to shop and browse, the flow of traffic from the riverfront will follow to Centre Square, the shopping destination.  The EMSI also intends to place occupants in the abundant office space and to increase the number of people living and working in the downtown district.  The development of upper floor space for market rate housing will promote Downtown Easton as a desirable living community.

Downtown Easton is a central hub of arts and entertainment in eastern Pennsylvania.  Within this creative district, arts tourism will continue to flourish.  Lafayette College faculty and students alike explore all downtown has to offer, frequenting shops, restaurants, galleries and gathering places.  By holding special events and targeting retail business to interest young adults, EMSI continues to foster the town-gown relationship and sense of community between Lafayette and Easton.

The Easton community continues to maintain its current level of safe, clean and green initiatives.  By adding more kid-friendly businesses, family tourism will strengthen.  Business and event promotions aimed at Crayola traffic and held during Crayola hours of operation will offer families with children more opportunities in Downtown Easton.

In offering more venues and opportunities for families, artists, business owners, building owners, and residents, EMSI will create a more visible and livable Downtown Easton.

 
The Main Street Approach
The National Trust Main Street Center offers a comprehensive commercial district revitalization strategy that has been widely successful in towns and cities nationwide. Described below are the four points of the Main Street approach which work together to build a sustainable and complete community revitalization effort.
 
The Four Points
Organization involves getting everyone working toward the same goal and assembling the appropriate human and financial resources to implement a Main Street revitalization program.
Promotion sells a positive image of the commercial district and encourages consumers and investors to live, work, shop, play and invest in the Main Street district.
Design means getting Main Street into top physical shape, while capitalizing on its best assets.
Economic Restructuring strengthens a community's existing economic assets while expanding and diversifying its economic base.
 
The Main Street District

The Easton Main Street Initiative covers a 20 square block area bound by the Delaware River on the east, the Lehigh River to the south, the Bushkill Creek to the north and Sixth Street to the west.

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Film Festival

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Saturday September 25th 2010

6:00 - 10:00 pm at the Simon Silk Mill, 13th Street Easton
Featuring 2010 Oscar Winning Film: Music by Prudence and special appearance by Roger Ross Williams
HIGH ART - HAUTE CUISINE - COCKTAILS
www.MoviesattheMill.com
To Volunteer call: 610-250-6610