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Wednesday, May 28, 2008


Main Street Lakewood Update


Welcome, Welcome! To two new businesses on Main Street Lakewood:

Green Smart Gifts located at 14534 Detroit next to Aladdins (see hotlinnk below)
Great Gardens Ltd in renovated office space at 14235 Detroit.
We are so glad you are here!

Don't miss the GRAND RE-OPENING of our beloved and spectacular Lakewood Public Library, this Sunday, June 1 at 12 noon. Architect Robert Stern will speak.

J to the 4th a young band that successfully auditioned to perform in the Band2gether summer concert series in downtown Lakewood, will be on Robin Swododa's "That's Life" tomorrow at 10am on Fox 8. J to the 4th will be announcing their date to play at the Band2gether concert series on tomorrow's show! Band2gether performances will be on Friday evenings in Sinagra Park from 6-8p.m starting July 11.

Walk+Roll Lakewood will be advertised in the June issue of WestShore magazine. This July 19th event, held on closed sections of Detroit and Belle Avenues in the heart of downtown Lakewood will attract health-, environmental- and community-minded visitors to our city for a car-free experience from 4-9p.m.

The building which formerly housed the former Party Station space has been sold to Five Guys Burger and Fries franchise owners. Opening is anticipated for late 2008/early 2009.

Main Street Lakewood Blossoms! Thank you to Geiger's Clothing and Sports and to CVS for their beautiful new flowering window boxes. They look GREAT! Thirty Earth Boxes filled with flowers will be delivered next week to merchants who ordered them. Also, The Coral Company will soon be hanging flower baskets in the area of Marc's Plaza. The Main Street Lakewood Blossoms program was started with seed money from Keep Lakewood Beautiful and expanded with the help of the Lakewood-Rocky River Rotary Club.

Support the work of Main Street Lakewood/Lakewood Community Progress Inc to promote and revitalize our city by playing in the LCPI 2nd Annual Cornhole Tournament on Saturday, June 28th. Top prize: $500. Go to www.mainstreetlakewood.org (Quick Link below) for details and a registration form.

Green Smart Gifts

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