Main Street Challenge Grant

Downtown Partners is seeking project proposals for the state funded Main Street Challenge Grant. The maximum grant award is $75,000 with a minimum 1:1 cash match required. The project must be downtown; work already begun is not eligible for funding. For application information, click here. The project summary deadline is August 11. 
Farmers Market Heats Up

The Jefferson St. Farmers Market continues to attract big crowds and more new vendors and food vendors than ever before, enticing people to enjoy the market and downtown longer. The market is on the 200 - 500 blocks of Jefferson from 4:30 - 7:30 PM every Thursday for the rest of the season. On August 10, join us for the sixth annual jalapeño eating contest, and August 17 is a special Family Day to celebrate the last market before school starts. A special thanks to Two Rivers Bank & Trust for their support of the market.  
Outdoor Movies Conclude Downtown

There's one more great movie showing on the side of Drake Hardware and Software at Fifth and Valley Streets this summer:

Friday, August 4    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Sponsored by TD&T 
  
The movie starts at dusk, but there are games and activities beforehand. Check the Downtown Burlington, Iowa page on Facebook for updates in case of inclement weather. Thanks to Drake Hardware and Software and Elks Lodge #84 for making the 5 & V Downtown Cinema possible. 

The Latest News...      
  • What can we say? A Very Vintage Market was again a great success, with big crowds and three times as many vendors as last year! It drew visitors from Des Moines to Peoria and beyond. A very special thanks to Pat Curtis and Hillaurie Fritz-Bonar for all their work to make this event so sensational. 
  • The American Queen , the largest riverboat steamboat ever built, will be in port here on Saturday, August 19 from about 8 AM to 5 PM. While not open for tours, you can go down and take a look at her.  This will be the only scheduled riverboat stop this year. 
  • Work on the riverfront flood wall is underway. The City expects the project to wrap up by next summer. Other projects coming up include the addition of more parking in the 200 block of Jefferson and much needed improvements to the parking lot at Sixth and Washington. 
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"The mission of Downtown Partners is to preserve and revitalize downtown Burlington by enhancing its economy, infrastructure, and historical and cultural features."
 
A Main Street Iowa Program

A Division of the Greater Burlington Partnership
RiverPark Place
610 N 4th Street, Suite 200
Burlington, IA  52601

Steve Frevert, Director of Downtown Partners, Inc.
[email protected]  -  319-208-0056

Downtown  Events 
August 

8 - The Pirates of Penzance
Capitol Theater, 7 PM

9 - Genealogy Club Burlington Public Library 
6 PM

10 - Sit and Stitch, Burlington Public Library 
9 AM

Jefferson St. Farmers Market
4:30 PM

11 - Aaron Stevens
Olive Wine, 7:30 PM

The Pirates of Penzance 
 Capitol Theater, 7 PM

Lucky Losers
The Washington, 8 PM

Eric Pettit Lion
The Som, 9 PM

12 - Clothing Swap Burlington Public Library
10 AM   
                                   
Pamela A. Houser Exhibit Reception
      Art Center, 4 PM        
                                   
Aaron Lotzow
Olive Wine, 7:30 PM
                                   
Frankie Fontagne 
& the Ramblers 
The Washington, 8:30 PM

17 - Jefferson St. Farmers Market, 4:30 PM

18 - Cruise night
                                   
Jared Rouggly
Gallery Lounge, 6 PM
                                   
Trystan Grisham
Olive Wine, 7:30 PM
                                   
 Evan Stock Band, Shamemaker
The Washington, 8 PM

19 - American QueenDocking
8 AM
                                   
Memory Lane
Olive Wine, 7:30 PM
                                   
Some Like It Hot
Capitol Theater
2 PM & 7 PM
                                   
Bluzillion, Boat Motor
The Washington, 8 PM

Weird Science
Capitol Theater, 9 PM

24 - Sit and Stitch
Burlington Public Library 
9 AM
                                   
Jefferson St. Farmers Market 4:30 PM

25 - D'Allan Rice, Olive Wine 7:30 PM

26 - Jarred Morris Rouggly
Olive Wine, 7:30 PM
                                   
Grease 
Capitol Theater, 9 PM

27 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Capitol Theater
2 PM & 7 PM

31 - Jefferson St. Farmers Market,  4:30 PM

September

1 - Crush, Leaving Abbey,
Jive Radio
Memorial Auditorium, 5 PM

Mark Your Calendar
 
Are you interested in getting involved in Downtown Partners' activities? Contact Steve Frevert at 319-208-0056 and consider attending one of the monthly committee meetings.

Marketing & Promotions 
August 29,  8 AM
Weird Harold's
411 Jefferson

Design Committee
Ausgust 30, 11:30 AM   McConnell Cafe
208 N Fourth

Downtown Partners, Inc. Board of Directors 2017
 
Zach James - Chair
Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission

Janine Clover - Chair Elect Small Business Development Center 

Julie Anderson - Past Chair  Hope Haven Area Development Center

Ryan Nagrocki
  Treasurer - Two Rivers Bank & Trust

Becky Anderson
Legacy Partners

Laura Beckman
Alliant Energy

Mike Darnall
McConnell Lofts

Jessica Dean
Great Western Bank

Jim Ferneau
Burlington City Manager

Tyler French
The Washington

Hillaurie Fritz-Bonar
Art Center of Burlington

Jason Hutcheson
Greater Burlington Partnership

Jerry Johnson
Capitol Theater

Bill Partain
Two Rivers Bank & Trust

Doreen Roy
Gypsi on Jefferson &
Red Screen Door

Stephanie Waples,
Klingner and Associates