Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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.

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.

Holiday Shopping Downtown Salem

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Dec 032010

Click here for a full downtown Shopping and Dining Guide: Downtown Salem Shopping Dining
Holiday Shopping Night December 9 – Do your holiday shopping in Salem at all your favorite local shops! Many stores are staying open late on December 9 so you can enjoy a leisurely and lovely holiday stroll along Washington and Church Streets and beyond. Stores will have treats, discounts and all shoppers will be entered into a drawing to win a terrific prize.

Participating shops include: Crunchy Granola Baby, Salem Cycle, Red Lion Smoke Shop, Salem Wine Imports, Milk & Honey, Hip Baby Gear, Penelope’s Pet Boutique, Modern Millie, Urban Elements, Mud Puddle Toys, Coon’s, Rockafellas, Mighty Aphrodite and Treasures Over Time.

– Crunchy Granola Baby is offering 15% off storewide, plus hot chocolate and yummy organic treats.
-Milk and Honey will be serving lots of cheese and crackers and other tasty samples to keep you nourished while you shop. 15% off storewide for the event.
-Mighty Aphrodite Celebrate holiday savings with 20% off our entire inventory, and enter to win a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind keepsake locket from ladedah! Sip yummy Earth Mama Angel Baby teas while you shop.
-Come over to Salem Cycle for 20% Off Any non-sale, In-Stock Item
-Stop by Treasures Over Time for hot apple cider and a free holiday ornament with every purchase over $25.00.
– and more…

Also, enjoy Men’s Shopping Night December 16. Register your wish lists now at participating stores:

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.com, 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

Holiday Window Contest

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Nov 292010

Salem is decorated beautifully for the holiday season, from a downtown holiday tree in Lappin Park to evergreen wreaths with candy cane lamp posts, Salem is dressed for the season. To top it all off almost 40 downtown businesses have decorated their windows especially for the holidays. People are encouraged to come downtown, take a look at the windows and vote at any participating business for their favorite window. All ballots will be entered into a holiday stocking contest. The winner of the ballot contest will receive a holiday stocking filled with gifts and gift certificates. Come downtown and vote!

Winners will be announced by December 17. The last day to vote in the contest is December 10.

2010 participants and addresses: Continue reading »

Local Business Weekend Nov 26 – 28

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Nov 262010

Salem celebrates Local Business Weekend November 26 – 28.

Parking will be free in both downtown garages and the Church Street parking lot November 26 – 28. Parking will also be free on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. “With its eclectic mix of stores and cuisine from around the world, Downtown Salem has something for everyone on your holiday list,” said Mayor Kimberley Driscoll. “Offering free parking is just one way we hope to encourage more customers to see what our local businesses have to offer.”

Destination Salem and Salem Main Streets have also organized this year’s Holiday Happenings, which include fun Holiday events starting in November. To help out harried husbands – or anyone else who has trouble coming up with gift ideas – participating downtown retailers will have wish lists that shoppers can use as guides during December 16’s “Men’s Shopping Night.”

Facebook followers of Destination Salem also have the chance to win gift certificates to local businesses by tagging themselves in Destination Salem photos as part of the Tag and Shop program. For more information on Holiday Happenings; visit Salem.org/holidays, SalemMainStreets.org and facebook.com/destsalem.

For a link to the official holiday event guide for Salem click here.

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