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Welcome to
"Main Street News & Updates"
| In effort to keep you informed and updated on all things Cheboygan Main Street, we've created this monthly newsletter. Main Street is a community effort, powered and driven by volunteers like you! |
Cheboygan Main Street Needs You | The Main Street program is built on the dedication of volunteers that are passionate about their community, that understand that Downtown is the heart of the community, and know that when Main Street is thriving, the ripples of success wave out into the whole community! Do you love Cheboygan and want to help make a difference in our community? Do you have ideas, talents, or just the desire to become involved? Main Street Cheboygan has a place for you! There are no time requirements for volunteers, just help out where and when you can. |
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Happy National Volunteer Month to all the Cheboygan Main Street volunteers. You truly are the power behind the transformation of Downtown Cheboygan!
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Saturday April 8 from 9 -11am Easter Egg Hunt at Washington Park
Saturday May 6 from 8am - noon Shine Up Cheboygan at City Hall Parking Lot/ Festival Square
Please call or email Main St Director Polly Schneider to sign-up
231-627-9931 or pschneider@cheboygan.org
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Downtown News, Events and More! | |
Main Street DDA Hosts Business Roundtable Meeting | |
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The Cheboygan Main Street Business Development Committee co-chaired by Carole Yeck (DDA board member and Executive Director of the Cheboygan Chamber) & John Stritmatter (DDA board member & downtown property owner) hosted a Business Roundtable meeting. This meeting was held in the the Cheboygan Police Department Training Room. Over 20 downtown business owners & staff attended. Main St DDA Director Polly Schneider shared upcoming and ongoing project/ programs that the Main St DDA board and committees are working on, an overview of each of the four Main St committees and partnerships that are collaborating to bring events, maintain downtown, and address areas of concern. Click here to view a summary of the roundtable meeting.
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Bad Weather? Wondering if the Downtown Event is Still Happening?
The Cheboygan Main Street Events Committee has implemented a contingency plan for downtown events. In the case of inclement weather, an announcement will be made 2 hours prior to the event via social media as to the delayed start time, cancellation or confirmation of alternate event date.
(Facebook @downtowncheboygan).
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Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Cheboygan Main Street is getting ready for our 3rd Annual Downtown Cheboygan Easter Egg Hunt, which will take place on Saturday April 8th at 10am. Over 2,000 colorful eggs will be stuffed with candy and hidden at Washington Park for children 5 and under, and at Major City Park for children 6 and up. This year, to make it a bit more challenging for the older kids, we will also be hiding eggs on the Children's Trail (located in Major City Park). Bring your baskets, and dress for the weather (we've had snow and rain the last two years). If we need to postpone or cancel the event due to weather, we will make the announcement at 8am the day of the event on our Facebook page. @downtowncheboygan.
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More Easter Fun
Thursday April 6th from 3:30 to 6:30pm there will be a Easter Bunny Pizza Party at the Knights of Columbus Hall located at 9840 N Straits Hwy. The cost is $5 per person and includes: slice of pizza, drink, goodie bag, visit with the Easter Bunny & a craft.
There will be bike/ basket raffles, NEMSCA will be there with activity tables, face painting and more!
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Ottawa Art Park Looking for Submissions from Students
Ottawa Art Park hosts a feature exhibit of themed student artwork every summer. The theme of the 2023 Summer Exhibit is Rainforest!
Interested student artists K - 12 are being asked to submit an 8x10 drawing of their design idea on or before April 15. (submissions to be taken to Creation Station 222 N Main St, Downtown Cheboygan or emailed to cheboygancreates@gmail.com)
Click image to the left to download flyer with details and or contact Dani Cunningham at Creation Station with any questions 231-268-3059, cheboygancreates@gmail.com
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Earth Week Plus
Earth Week Plus is hosting an Earth Day event at the Cheboygan Area Public Library on Earth Day - Saturday April 22, 2023 from 10am - 2pm
This event is free and open to all. Be sure to check out the mini-adventures that are planned. Make & Take projects, Hands On with turtles & amphibians and more. Enjoy a recycling magic show and Investigate kitchen composting, growing worms, recycling & more!
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Help the Cheboygan Main Street Volunteer Team get downtown Cheboygan ready for spring & summer. Join us as we clean, rake, and sweep the town • Refreshments for all volunteers • Bring your brooms, rakes, shovels, and gloves • Meet at Festival Square on Saturday May 6th at 8am until 12 noon to Shine Up Cheboygan • For more information call the Main Street Office 231-627-9931, or email pschneider@cheboygan.org
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Cheboygan Main Street DDA & City of Cheboygan partner to provide dumpsters and can/ bottle drop off. Donation drop off of sellable items provided by Cheboygan County Habitat for Humanity Restore
Saturday May 6
from 8am to noon
at City Hall Parking Lot -
403 N Huron Street
as part of Shine Up Cheboygan
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*FREE for ALL City of Cheboygan Residents with valid photo ID. | |
Crime Victim Awareness Walk | | |
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The Cheboygan County Prosecutor's Office invites you to join them as they walk to support Survivor Voices during National Crime Victim Awareness Week. This walk begins at 5:30pm on Wednesday April 26th at the Opera House and will go through downtown Cheboygan.
If you'd like to help this cause, donations are being taken for the Women's Resource Center. Some items they are in need of are:
Coffee/Creamer • Boxed/Canned Meals • Canned Tuna and Chicken •Cake/Brownie/Cookie Mixes • Baking Needs - Cooking Oil, Sugar, etc. • Paper Towel/Kleenex• Laundry Detergent • Hand/Dish Soap • Women’s Socks (new/in package)• Cold/Flu Medicines • Pain Relievers -Tylenol, Ibuprofen etc.
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Coming Soon -
The Opera House
The historic Cheboygan Opera House, the jewel of the North hosts concerts, plays, movies, live streams and many other events throughout the year. Check out the upcoming event schedule and plan your next visit to The Opera House!
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City of Cheboygan
Spring Clean Up &
Hydrant Flushing Schedule
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Many of you know about this powerhouse group of volunteers, who have dedicated years to revitalizing Cheboygan with a lot of emphasis on the downtown area. Not only do they influence and implement change, put in the man hours to complete projects and share ideas, they work hard to spread the word about all the great things happening in our community! We are going to feature a couple of the articles written by these volunteers each month in our newsletter. Join their 1.3K followers on Facebook and stay up on what's happening.
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Welcome to Cheboygan Main Street!
Cheboygan’s Main Street has changed dramatically in the last 7 years. Main Street is the focus of the city, its thoroughfare, its primary commercial zone. 7 years ago is also when Cheboygan became a member of the Michigan Main Street program, and a new attitude in downtown Cheboygan emerged.
The Cheboygan Main Street program has involved hundreds of volunteers, extensive training, countless meetings, and volunteer projects, to help change attitudes and bring stakeholders together working toward the same goals.
In 2016, there were more than 22 vacant storefronts along Cheboygan’s downtown Main Street. Today, they are nearly all filled, with thriving new businesses. The Cheboygan Main Street program helped greatly to spur the transformation.
Extensive community input focused the Cheboygan Main Street team to adopt “Family Friendly, Arts and Entertainment” as the Cheboygan Main Street transformation strategy. That community vision is the guide to planning, programs, and investment, in the downtown district.
Click Here for Full Article
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Art on Main Street -
Ninja Monkey Tattoo
Main Street Cheboygan features all types of art. There are shops that sell art, shops that are decorated with art, and there are pop-up shops that display and sell a wide variety of art for a limited time. There is one shop on Main Street that designs and creates art all day, every day, year-round—Ninja Monkey Tattoo.
Tattooing is one of the oldest art forms. The earliest documenting of tattoos dates to Bronze-Age man around 3300 BCE. “Otzi the Iceman,” was found in a glacier of the Otztal Alps, near the border between Austria and Italy. He had 57 tattoos.
Ninja Monkey Tattoo, in business since 2014, relocated from outside Cheboygan to a Main Street location in 2016. Their reputation has grown steadily and is a destination for clients from all over the state. Reviews emphasize the creativity, comfort-level, and cleanliness of the business. Owner, Ben Dratnol, who has been tattooing for 18 years, is an award-winning artist, having participated in many tattoo festivals throughout the country. Mari Hesselink, called the “creator,” is part of the team, having taught Dratnol the art of tattooing years ago.
Click Here for Full Article
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Looking Forward - Upcoming Events | | |
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2023 Edition
IMPACT Report
The 2023 edition of Cheboygan Main Streets annual IMPACT report is available now as a downloadable pdf, or you can pick up a printed copy at City Hall during business hours Monday - Friday from 8am to 4pm.
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Cheboygan Main Street DDA | pschneider@cheboygan.org | 231-627-9931 | www.cheboyganmainstreet.org |
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