SAF Receives $1,000 Grant!

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Jan 222011

Salem Main Streets is pleased to announce that SMS has been awarded a $1,000 grant by the Salem Cultural Council for the 2011 Salem Arts Festival This will enable us to continue our goal of showcasing the talents of the arts community in a free festival downtown Salem. The Festival is June 3 – 5, 2011 downtown Salem. Applications for the 2011 festival will be available soon. Anyone interested in volunteering for the festival or festival committee should contact Jennifer at (978)744-0004 or Jennifer@salemmainstreets.org. For future updates visit the festival website http://www.salemartsfestival.com Thank you to the Salem Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, for their continued support of the festival.

So Sweet Brochure Now Available

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Jan 142011

The Salem’s So Sweet Festival Brochure is now available! This year’s festival is the most spectacular ever – with numerous events including a Polar Plunge, 21 Ice Sculptures (a new record), and the popular Chocolate and Wine Tasting Event in Hamilton Hall. Thank you to all businesses who are participating in the festival February 4 – 14, 2011.

For a complete festival brochure follow the links below:

Salem’s So Sweet Brochure Page 1

Salem’s So Sweet Brochure Page 2

Hard copies will be available closer to the start of the festival.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Dec 242010

Salem Main Streets would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season.

We have had another fantastic year because of all the support we receive in the community. Thank you to everyone who helped make this a successful year. SMS goal is the revitalization of downtown Salem as a vibrant, year-round, retail, dining and cultural destination through business recruitment, retention and the promotion of downtown Salem. Recently, Salem has begung to establish itself as the Dining and Shopping Destination on the North Shore with over 60 eating establishments and 90 retail shops. In the year ahead, we are looking for more volunteers in many capacities: committee members, graphic designers, data entry helpers, and much more to continue and to expand the work we are doing. Please contact Jennifer Bell at Jennifer@salemmainstreets.org if you are interested in volunteering or to share your ideas and vision for downtown Salem.

Window Contest Winners Announced

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Dec 162010

Salem Main Streets Design Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the downtown Salem Holiday Window Contest. The SMS Design Committee is comprised of Committee Chair, Gina Flynn of Eastern Bank, Shirley Walker, Real Estate, Doug Hopper, Architect and Bill Yuhas, Architect. This year’s winners are:

For Most Original: Milk and Honey Green Grocer, 32 Church Street

For Most Whimsical: Pamplemousse, 185 Essex Street

Viewer’s Choice: Witch Tees, 173 Essex Street

Runners up for Most Original: Modern Millie Vintage, 103 Washington St. and Signatures, 181 Essex Street.

Runners up for Most Whimsical: Treasures Over Time, 139 Washington St., Marketplace Quilts, 6 Front Street.

Runners up for Viewer’s Choice: Marketplace Quilts, 6 Front Street and Two Girls Shop, 320 Derby St.

All windows including the winning windows are visible now through December 25. Thank you to all businesses who decorated their windows and to all members of the public who voted in the contest this year. This year’s holiday stocking includes gifts from Caffe Grazianni, Crunchy Granola Baby, Cafe Valverde, Glass & Etc., Bella Hair Studio, Witch City Thrift & Consignment Shp, Penelope’s Pet Boutique, Modern Millie Vintage, Treasures Over Time, Roost & Beehive, Rouge Cosmetics, Fool’s Mansion, Living With Pets, The Picklepot, and Quint Essentials.

The Salem Main Streets Design Committee picked the most whimsical and most original window, while the public chose the viewer’s choice.

2010 participants and addresses:

Men’s Shopping Night Thursday

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Dec 142010

Dont’ forget Men’s Shopping Night!

What does”she” want for Christmas? Men, ask no more. All your wife, girl friend, sweetheart needs to do is visit a participating downtown merchant now through December 16 and fill out a Men’s Shopping Night wish list. There will refreshments at participating businesses!

Some Men’s Night Specials include:

Roost: Sign up before the 16th and be entered in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate
Rouge Cosmetics: “Give a gift, get a gift” Make a purchase of $75 or more and get a gift bag filled with extra rouge products, like lip gloss and other makeup
Salem Wine Imports: Free wine tasting from 5-8 p.m.
Signatures: Free gift wrapping with purchase
Treasures Over Time: Fill out a wish list before the 16th be given 15% off that item or others.

Men’s Shopping Night participating stores include: Aroma Sanctum Perfumes, 5 Central Street (AromaSnactum.com); Body & Soul Massage, 60 Washington Street, St. 202 (BodySoulSalem.com); Hawthorne Hotel, 18 Washington Square West, (HawthorneHotel.com); The House of the Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street (7Gables.org); J.Mode, 17 Front Street (JModeFashions.com); Modern Millie, 103 Washington Street, (ModernMillieShop.co: Pamplemousse, 185 Essex Street (PMousse.com); Quint Essentials, 96 Wharf Street (QE-Salem.com); Roost, 40 Front Street (RoostSalem.com); Rouge Cosmetics, 322 Derby Street (Rouge.com); Salem Theatre Co., 90 Lafayette Street (SalemTheatre.com); Salem Wine Imports, 32 Church Street (SalemWineImports.com); Signatures, 181 Essex Street (Facebook.com/Signatures Apparel); Treasures Over Time, 139 Washington Street, (TreasuresOverTime.com); Trolley Depot, 191 Essex Street (TrolleyDepot.com; Urban Elements, 230 Essex Street (UrbanElementsHome.com) and more.

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