Easton Main Street Initiative, News & Program Information

News & Program Information

What is....The Main Street Program

The Vision Statement of the Easton
Main Street Program

For more information on the Main Street Program please visit us at: www.eastonpartnership.org

Downtown Easton in the News!

• "Time Out New York," a 37,000+ readership publication recently visited Easton. Stops included Crayola Factory, National Canal Museum & Hugh Moore Park, Purple Cow Creamery, Easton Museum of Pez, Pizza D'Oro, Pearly Bakers, and Lafayette Inn. Read the article

• Straight from the...Leopard's mouth! September 15th marked the first ever Lafayette Day in Downtown Easton. See what students had to say about the day.

• Dining in Downtown Easton makes the news. Watch it right here!

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• A round of applause goes to Lafayette College sophomore, Dan McDonald for creating a 3-minute promotional video on Downtown Easton. The video was entered in IKEA’s Small Business, Big Dreams Contest. Check it out

What We're Doing
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Golden Broom Awards
	Winning the Award is based on the “3 KEYS to a Sparkling Storefront” The Award are decided on a point basis and the business closest to 100 points will receive the “Golden Broom” Award! Litter-Free Sidewalks - 40 points Sparkling Clean Windows - 40 points Outdoor Plantings - 20 points The Monthly Winner is awarded a certificate and bestowed the honor of featuring the Golden Broom in their place of business for the entire month. Winner will also receive recognition in the City Newsletter: “The Bugler,” The Downtown Newsletter: “What’s Up Downtown” and various other press releases. See a business downtown that fits this discription? Submit your nominations to the Easton Main Street office.
Previous Winners: September ’06: Paul Douglas Home Furnishings 129 N. 3rd Street October ’06: The National Building/Koehler-Kheel Realty 400 Northampton Street November ’06: Bixler’s Jewelers 24 Centre Square December ’06: Easton Yoga 524 Northampton Street January ’07: Panache Hair Designers 22 S. 2nd Street February ’07: The Strand Salon & Boutique 433 Northampton Street March ’07: Archive 32 N. 2nd Street April ’07: NTX Wireless 245 Northampton Street May ’07: Sherwoods for Kids 20 S. 3rd Street June ’07: Stiltskins 117 N. 3rd Street July ’07: Phenom 159-161 Northampton Street August ’07: Purple Cow Creamery 15 S. Bank Street September ’07: Connexions 213 Northampton Street October ’07: Pearly Baker's Ale House 11 Centre Square November ’07: Baby Gift Clouds 403 Northampton Street December ’07: Roy Rover 22 N. 3rd Street
	Previous winners of the Golden Broom Award are, The Strand (left) and Sherwood's For Kids (above).
Directory Kiosk
A beautiful addition to the Square, the Kiosk is located outside of Two Rivers Landing. It features a Calendar of Events, News about Downtown Easton and a Map so you can find your way to that new restaurant you've been wanting to try...also, advertising opportunities are available to interested businesses. Find out more.
Parking Meters
The Parking Meter Project was started by the Design Committe of The Easton Main Street Inititive in conjunction with The Easton Business Association. It is an attempt to give a more cohesive, clean and attractive look to the downtown area and match the new black lighting that will be installed shortly.

There are approximately 500 meters in the downtown area, from Larry Holmes Drive to 6th Street and Bushkill Street to Washington Street. We paint one evening a week (Thursdays) for about 2 hours and have been doing this for the past 5 weeks. So far we have finished the meters on Northampton Street from Larry Holmes Drive thru Center Square. The meters from Center Square thru 6th Street have all been primed and just need the finish coat.
And the Winner is...
Garlic Fest Poster Contest Winner Announced Garth Gower of Easton has been declared the winner of The Easton Main Street Initiative’s Garlic Fest Poster Contest. Gower’s winning design will be featured on the 2008 Easton Garlic Fest Poster. Gower, a graphic artist has worked in the Lehigh Valley for the past eight and a half years. He is currently employed as a senior Graphic Artist for Penn Treaty Network and freelances as a website designer. The Garlic Fest poster contest was developed as a way of involving the arts community and creating a new tradition aimed at making each year’s festival poster a collector’s item. Garlic Fest organizers and The Easton Main Street Initiative were pleased with the outcome of this first-time contest and impressed by the high caliber of the sixteen entries submitted. The judges, composed of the Garlic Fest Executive Committee, chose Gower’s design for its bold, graphic quality and energy and its ability to be easily viewed from a distance. The design also won the People’s Choice Award. In addition to having his artwork featured on the 2008 poster, Gower will also receive a $50.00 Gift Card to the State Theatre. The 2008 Easton Garlic Fest will be held the first weekend in October. Festival organizers look forward to surpassing this year’s crowd of 5000 and making the event bigger, better and even stinkier!

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