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Downtown Helena, Inc. has upgraded! This weekly newsletter will still feature Downtown Helena, Inc. news, event announcements and happenings throughout downtown but with a new look and added functionality. Hooray for entering the new age!
and encourage them to sign up and stay up to date.
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Need a Mother's Day Gift?
A Downtown Helena Gift Card is a perfect gift for mom! She can choose from nearly
40 different businesses including restaurants, clothing shops, Montana-made gift stores and much more!
Click here for more information or simply call 447-1535 to order a gift card.
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Keep you $$ local for mother's day.
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Downtown Helena Events & Announcements
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| Whether you are an art collector or due for a romantic date night, the Downtown Helena Spring Art Walk is the perfect occasion to join fellow community members to support local artists and participating businesses. With 65 artists featured at nearly 50 registered businesses, the more you see, the more you'll want to see, including photography, paintings, ceramics, jewelry, poetry, and more. Stroll the Great Northern Town Center to the Lewis and Clark Library then Ewing St. to Park Avenue, or plan to ride the trolley, which will be proudly displaying the winning entries from a student poetry competition. *Brochures will be available at participating businesses. Click here to browse all participating businesses and featured artists.
Several businesses will offering complimentary small bites and beverages. Stay up to date by following the 24th Annual Spring Art Walk event on Facebook. |
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Win a Trip to Chico Hot Springs!
Enter to win when you visit the participating businesses during the Spring Art Walk.
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Ales for Trails Fundraiser Pioneer Park
May 15 ~ 5-9 pm.
Support Helena's trail system. Stop by the fundraiser before or after the Spring Art Walk!
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Saturday, May 16
Several participating businesses will be featuring art pieces and offering items for sale dedicated to breast cancer awareness and research funding. These businesses will be labeled with a pink star in the brochure. Stop by to support the cause and browse the fabulous art!
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TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!
$25 - two day pass
$15 - single day
(available at the gate)
Ticket outlets:
Downtown Helena, Inc
Martin's Wines
Birds & Beasley's
Scenic Brew Coffee
The Base Camp
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18th Annual Downtown
Helena Alive @ 5
Friends of Alive @ 5 Sponsorship deadline: May 20
Sponsorship amount is $100 and includes your logo on a "Friends of Alive @ 5" banner, which will appear at every show during the season (13 weeks!) and social media promotion throughout the season.
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Downtown Helena Flower Barrel Program
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2015 Downtown Helena, Inc. Annual Membership Meeting
Join fellow Downtown Helena members and supporters for a morning program including keynote speaker, Tash Wisemiller of Montana Mainstreet. The program will include organization updates and a chance to connect with your fellow downtown neighbors. Feel free to bring your employees also.
2015 Program
8:00 am -- Social/Coffee and continental breakfast provided by several member businesses (unfortunately, Blackfoot brews will not be served)
8:30 am -- Welcome - Donna Torgerson, DHI Board President
8:35 am -- Keynote - Tash Wisemiller, Montana Mainstreet
9:00 am -- State of Downtown Helena, Inc - Donna Torgerson & Board
9:30 am -- Adjorn & social time
We look forward to seeing you May 20th!
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Members & Supporters Events & Announcements
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Now offering a delicious hot breakfast sandwich daily from 7:00-10:00 at the bakery. It's an egg and cheese sandwich with your choice of ham or bacon served on a cheese breadzel. See all the delicious offerings
here.
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Blackfoot Community Monday,
May 11
Special Early Opening
Saturday, May 9
After the Don't Fence Me In Race, t
he Blackfoot will open at 12:30 with the E-Trail Pale Ale on tap, music with the growlers, raffle prizes. Proceeds from the sale of the E-Trail will benefit PPLT.
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Upcoming Events
Carroll Choirs Spring Concert
, May 10, 4 p.m., St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 80 E. Lawrence, Helena
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Grandstreet Theatre presents: Tuesday in June
(first ever event of this kind)
Tuesday June 23rd, 2015 ; Doors open at 5:30 PM
Performance begins at 7:30 PM
Location: Gateway Center - 1710 National Avenue
Ticket Prices: $50/per person
Order Tickets Now
Call the Grandstreet Box Office 406-447-1574
The event celebrates the beginning of summer with gourmet picnic-style fare, a tribute to founding member Sheila Sullivan and a performance of Ordinary Days. Join the celebration and bid on our unique silent auction items- beautiful Petersboro baskets filled by local favorites, such as the Parrott and Morrison Maierle, just to name a few! Our FIVE live auction items are also guaranteed to offer a once in a lifetime experience. Come check out the opportunities that await you, such as an exclusive Rock Creek golf getaway or a Helena Behind the Scene Tour.
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ExplorationWorks! is excited to showcase our re-designed
LIVE Beehive
as it returns on May 9th! Join our BEE TEAM for a special TinkerLab from 11:00 am-1:00 pm
Using observation hives, the BEE TEAM will demonstrate and discuss a year inside a honeybee hive - including who lives there, who's in charge, winter survival, spring cleaning, bee life-cycles and how bees live in different types of hives. There will be time for questions and answers throughout. This presentation is guaranteed to "bee" fascinating and sting-free!"
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Summer Science Camps registration continues! Summer vacation time is about having fun, doing new and different things and exploring our glorious Montana outdoors. Our camps are full of outdoor explorations, laboratory experiments and creative inventions guaranteed to keep young minds and bodies engaged. Young scientists and adventurers expand their current interests and explore new ones while having tons of hands-on fun!
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A CALL FOR BIKES
May 9nd & May 16th
9-11 a.m.
810 Front St. (between Triple Divide Spirits & Montana State Fund)
The Helena Bike Tower celebrates Helena's biking culture and recreates Helena's iconic structure, the Firetower, with donated bicycles from the community.
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Celebrate the beginning of summer break
at Reeder's Alley!
Live music from 6-9pm in the Gazebo. Food and adult beverages available for purchase from Karmadillos and the Old Miners Dining Club/Caretaker's Cabin.This evening will also be the Grand Opening for several shops in Reeder's Alley including the Helena Tourism Alliance Visitor Information Center and the new art studio, Dalton Abbey. This event is FREE and OPEN to the public. Bring the entire family and enjoy a fun evening in historic Reeder's Alley! Parking available across the street in the Park Avenue Building parking lot
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Business Resources & Trainings
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Monday, May 11, 8:00-10:30am
Whether you are trying to generate leads, add new donors, build sales (or donations), increase foot traffic or drive people to your website, it requires an understanding of an evolving media mix.
More information
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Monday, May 11, 1:00-3:00pm
Capture donor attention and grow your nonprofit using six simple marketing strategies from Allegra. Attend our educational seminar to learn how!
More information
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Do You Know? is a free weekly electronic newsletter published and produced by the
Helena Business Improvement District (BID) & Downtown Helena, Inc. (DHI).
DHI is a non-profit business membership organization established in May of 1964.
Are you a supporting member of DHI?
Join today! For more information call 447-1535 or
click here for more information on joining Downtown Helena, Inc.
Call-to-Action Link
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