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Welcome To Downtown
We are pleased to welcome 6 new businesses to the
Downtown area in the last 3 months.
MacPherson’s Hair Design
Western Vending
The Canadian Group
A1 Pizza
Cauzy’s Sport Bar and Grill
The Edge
On behalf of Downtown Summerside Inc. and Downtown’s
Businesses we welcome you to Summerside’s beautiful shopping destination.
Tall Ships Sailing to Summerside
The Tall Ships have come and gone, however not before
leaving a lasting impression on the many viewers who visited these majestic
vessels.
September 4-7 welcomed the Tall Ship
THE PRIDE OF
BALTIMORE to Summerside’s port
where over 2000 visited her beautiful deck.
September 23-25 welcomed the Tall Ships
THE LARINDA and THE HMS BOUNTY
to port. Unfortunately, this proved to be THE
LARINDA’s final voyage as she succumbed to
Hurricane Juan’s vicious wind and rain and sank on Sunday, September 28,
2003 in the port of Halifax.
On a more positive note, the Tall Ship
THE CALEDONIA
visited Summerside’s port to announce her intention to be
Summerside’s first cruise ship with 5-7 stops in Summerside in 2004. She
carries with her a crew of 20 and 80 passengers.
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Rhonda McKenzie and Jessica Ellis had been hired for the
summer to share duties of office work, visiting downtown businesses and
assisted with other events Downtown Summerside Inc. were hosting. Patrick
Clements was also hired for the summer to keep our streets clean to keep our
city streets clean. Rain or shine Patrick was hard at work ensuring Downtown
remained a clean and safe place to shop.
Rhonda, Jessica, and Patrick have now completed their
terms with Downtown Summerside and on behalf of the office, I would like to
thank them and the four youth workers who were part of our 1st
Ask Me program and facilitators Wayne MacFarland and Janet O’Donnell also
contributed to this office, for their hard work and dedication .
Congratulations to those employees who have since secured employment
following their experience with Downtown Summerside Inc.
The Holiday Season Is Upon Us!
This time of the year is coming up again, and Downtown Summerside Inc. is
beginning to prepare .We are looking into purchasing new Christmas lights
for the downtown area. All previously used Christmas lighting has been
repaired and restored as necessary.
Thursday, November 20, 2003 has been selected as the date for the
Annual Downtown Christmas Open House and Lighting Ceremony.
If you are a building owner and your building is equipped with Christmas
lighting, we would love for you to choose this date to celebrate with us by
lighting your building as part of this ceremony. Let’s make this year’s
event be the most beautiful lighting ceremony in Summerside’s history!
Please ensure your lights are in good working order prior to our lighting
celebration. New Christmas angels and other lighting surprises are being
purchased to be unveiled on this eve as part of our ceremony.
November 3 to 11 Remember Day window display this year’s
theme is Korea 50th anniversary
November 6-8 Tax Free Weekend
HMCS Kingston and Moncton will be in port from November
10 to 12
November 22, 2003 will be the Christmas Parade
starting at the Waterfront Place.
Downtown Summerside Inc. Board of Directors
Nelson Snow President
John McNeil Vice President
Susan Rioux Director
Philip Sullivan Director
Lynn Nicholson Director
Brian Ramsay Director Chamber
Steve Dowling Director Summerside Tourism
Mike Thususka Director City of Summerside
Brenda Biggar Director SRDC
Norma McColeman Director Council
Ian Simmons Director
Howard Gay Director
Jim Hartley Director
Committees
Land Lords
Planning
Communications, Marketing, and Promotions
Special Events
Finances
We are always looking for new faces for our Committees so if you have
some free time we would love to have you. It is open to all property and
business owners in Downtown Summerside.
December 30, 2003 we will be mailing out the letters on the (BIA)
Business Improvement Area vote. We hope we can count on your support. For a
first year organization we have accomplished a great deal. New updated plan
for DT presented and we are looking for funding to carry the plan out. We
have a new Jingle, TV Commercial, and Logo. Welcome Kits for 15 new business
to the downtown have been delivered, there have been 5 Committees formed, 3
News Letters have been delivered to inform members of the Downtown area of
special events and upcoming dates of importance, 9 employees had been hired
to help maintain a clean downtown and the Ask Me was initiated. Downtown
also enjoyed 5 Tall Ships visits, we have secured a Cruise ship for 2004, "
A 7" reasons to shop downtown brochure has been developed and delivered to
all Visitor Centres, and over $100,000.00 in grants from ACOA, the Province,
and Federal Government have been secured.
Value Cards
New Value Cards will be available January 1,2004. If your business would
like to participate in this discount card, please feel free to contact the
office deadline is December 1, 2003.
If your business has recently hired new employees, Value Cards are
available at Downtown Summerside Inc. Arrangements can be made to secure
others.
Our Office is located at:
7 Summer Street
P.O. Box 121
Summerside, P.E. I., C1N 4P6
Telephone: 436- 7546
Fax: 436- 7547
ron@downtownsummerside.com
Ron Casey, Executive Director
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