DOWNTOWN KENOSHA
POP-UP BEER GARDEN
Last Chance!

Thursday, August 9th - Sunday, August 12th and Thursday, August 16th - Sunday, August 19th at Simmons Island

If you are interested in being part of the Downtown Kenosha Pop-Up Beer Garden, please fill out this inquiry form.

Last year's debut event was recognized by the WEDC as an honorable mention for "Best Special Event" at the state level. You can read more  here.
AUGUST 11TH - SECOND SATURDAY
Please submit your August Second Saturday promotions no later than Monday, July 23rd to Zohrab 

This is his final Second Saturday coordination, please be sure to thank him for all his hard work! Moving forward, all Second Saturday promotions and inquiries can be directed to info@downtownkenosha.org .

DOWNTOWN KENOSHA - HISTORIC DISTRICT INFORMATIONAL SESSION MEETING
You are invited to join DKI and Joe DeRose, Certified Local Government Coordinator, for the State Historic Preservation Office, on Tuesday, July 31 at 9:30am at Sazzy B to learn more about what creating a registered historic district in downtown Kenosha would entail.
SPARK SERIES
Our second SPARK Series topic is 
Digital Marketing. It takes place on  Thursday, August 16th at the Pop-Up Beer Garden at Simmons Island in the Exhibits

Do you have questions on Digital Marketing? Take advantage of getting your business questions answered by panelists during our business development workshops!

Let us know your questions by  submitting them here.
PEANUT BUTTER & JAM CONCERT SERIES
This free summer concert series, presented by the City of Kenosha, Happenings Magazine, and other sponsors is held every Thursday until August 23rd. This is the 17th season! The event is downtown, on Kenosha's Electric Streetcar line and held at Veterans Memorial Park. 

Fore more information  click here.
taste of wisconsin
July 27th, 28th and 29th

Taste of Wisconsin™ offers FREE ADMISSION, so it's a family-friendly and budget-friendly choice for a great summer weekend getaway. It's taking place downtown at our lakefront area, where there will be live music, demonstration center, a kid zone, and more. 

Fore more information  click here.
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY - 
AMERICAN EXPRESS
Small Business Owners

Promote your business year-round. Get materials to help attract customers to your business and show off your Shop Small ® pride.

To register,  click here.
CALENDAR UPDATES
The calendar on downtownkenosha.org gives you the ability to add your event to our Downtown calendar. With our City Spark calendar you can now enter your event on DowntownKenosha.org and it will auto-populate to the KenoshaNews.com GO Calendar as well (and vise versa). 

Here are brief instructions of where to locate the calendar and how to add an event:

STEP 1: Visit our website.

STEP 2: Go to the "Explore" tab and click on "Events".












STEP 3: Click on "+ Add Event".




STEP 4:  Login using your City Spark account, Facebook account, or Google account to submit your event.

We encourage downtown businesses to submit their own events!
JULY 2018 By The Numbers
MET WITH
46
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS
MET WITH
12
PROSPECTIVE NEW DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES
MET WITH
22
DEVELOPERS LOOKING TO INVEST AND DEVELOP IN OUR DOWNTOWN

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