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Committee Updates
PromotionsCommitteePromotions will be in fullswing this year with newevents being organizedand current events beingupgraded.
Taste of Carlisle is in fullswing. Go towww.tasteofcarlisle.com tobuy tickets.
If you are aRESTAURANT and wantto participate, downloadparticipation form here.
Sponsorships are beingsolicited. We are alwayslooking for people who arewanting to be involved inour programs ascommunity involvementand marketingopportunities to pleasecontact us at 7172452648.
Sponsorship opportunitiesare available here.
Ice FestivalCommitteeRobyn Dingle is puttingtogether a planningcommittee for the 2017 IceFestival. Meetings are onthe third Wednesday ofevery month at 8:30 am atMarket Cross Pub. Thefirst meeting was onWednesday, January 20 at8:30 am at Market Cross.Join in the fun of planning
January 2016
Board Updates2016 Board Members Company
Mike Hurley, PRESIDENT Carlisle Area School District Retired
John Thompson,VICEPRESIDENT Printed Image
Kristin Ramsay, SECRETARY Orrstown BankJames A.Schuck,TREASURER Boyer & Ritter
Ross Morris Piatto, Café BrugesMarjorie Romano Marjorie's GemsJeff Goss Market Cross Pub & BreweryShaun Foote Foote CapitalJenna Spencer Comfort Suites CarlisleKristin Tuckey the greatest giftRobin Guido Borough of CarlisleLaura Beaver, Elm StreetPres. CenturyLink
Georgia Hasse Madison Settlement ServicesJustin Witmer M&T Bank
Ryan Twigg Helena's Chocolate Café &Creperie
Nathan Tuckey Tuckey CompanyRobyn Dingle 2nd Time AroundWilliam (Trey) Braun US Army War CollegeHeather Shank Brenneman & AssociatesAshley Perzyna Dickinson CollegeRandy Williams US Army MWR
Rebecca Yearick,, RetailRecruiter
Cumberland Cty, RedevelopmentAuthority
Glenn White, Ex. Director Downtown Carlisle AssociationChris Varner, ExecutiveDirector Elm Street Program
Mary Beth Brath, ProgramCoordinator Downtown Carlisle Association
Virginia Mauk, Retail Recruiter Downtown Carlisle Association
Reports & Updates
DCA Annual DinnerCelebrate Downtown!
February 23rd, 6 p.m.Comfort Inn Suits
Mixer style event withh'orderve stations paired withbeer, wine and whiskeytastings. Silent auctionwinners announced at8:30pm. Tickets are $45 aperson and can bepurchased at the DCA office.
Elm Street ReportTire & WheelChris Varner reportsthat PIRHL is interested inbeing the developer for theTire & Wheel site.
Carlisle WorksWe are partnering withCarlisle Works on an EPAGrant to train 60 local youthin environmental cleanup.The Community TrainingInitiative involves buildingcommunity projects (such asraised beds for communitygardens).
My Brother's Keeper
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this exciting event. Thenext committee meeting isin February.
BusinessDevelopmentCommitteeVirginia Mauk handed outthe "Open for Business"flyer that was completedand is to be used as arecruiting tool for RetailRecruiters. New Businesses: No Common Scents15 N. Hanover StreetPhone 717.579.0759 Carlisle Pizza & FriedChicken204 N. Hanover StreetPhone 717.462.6661 Goody's Unlimited118 N. Hanover StreetPhone 717.462.4292 Downtown SurveyA downtown survey wasmailed out to a group ofretailers. Questions on thesurvey included businesshours, average sales perday, busiest day of theweek etc. Results willdetermine future DCA &merchant programming.We are looking for 100%participation. Committeemembers may have tomake personal visits.
Perception SurveyA perception study sent outby the PA DowntownCenter to the region togain insights on downtownperceptions. Perceptionssurvey can be downloadedhere.
Another survey was doneby Dickinson students.Ashley Perzyna fromDickinson stated therewere over 400 responsesand the results are beingcompiled.
Design CommitteeUpdatesHoliday Store FrontDecorating ContestTopic will be revisited inJuly to discuss eligibilityrequirements and winnerscategories for 2016.. Flags or BannersKristin Tuckey suggestedbright flags to be placedoutside of shops. Maybe a
We would like to thank all of our board members for theirwillingness to serve with us. Please remember, the National MainStreet program along with Pennsylvania's Main Street programisa community driven program and we need help from EVERYONEto make downtown a success. We also have a wonderful list ofliaisons who attend board meetings, and additional volunteerswho attend committee meetings, and additional people whovolunteer. If you have a downtown business and you are notinvolved, there are many others who are striving to makedowntown Carlisle great, we need everyone involved in somemanner! If you have any questions please feel free to call us!!
Spotlight Becky RichesonCALC
Carlisle Arts Learning Center UpdateBecky Richeson, director of CALC, gave the DCA an updateabout how the planning of the 2016 Summer Camps, "Works inthe Windows", is commencing. CALC collaborated with theCarlisle Elm Street Project on the "Home Tweet Home" program,where over 100 birdhouses were painted and displayedthroughout the town. Also, the new Bosler "library boxes" will beinstalled by April 9th. Becky thanked the DCA for their service andstated that we can all be proud of downtown Carlisle.
New DCA ProgramCoordinatorMary Beth Brath is the newProgram Coordinator and hastaken the place of SusanLehman. Mary Beth was thepromotions chair for theDowntown MechanicsburgPartnership and downtownMechanicsburg Art Galleryowner. We are excited to have her on board and we are alreadydrawing from her experience. You may contact Mary Beth [email protected], she will also be contacting you for ourvarious events and programs.
First Night Sell Out Success!Crystal Kerns of the Carlisle Theater reports that First Night wasa huge success! 22 venues with a total of 30 acts participated. 2500 buttons sold, ad movie tickets were sold out.
Carlisle Theater Amateur Film FestivalThe next big event for the Carlisle Theater is the 2nd AnnualAmateur Film Festival.
Chris attended a MyBrother's KeeperConference in Philadelphiawhere additional training andprogramming was revealedin the continuing program.
DickinsonTown will be busy on May 21& 22 due to DickinsonGraduation. Additional datesof 2016 2017 academicyear can be downloadedhere.
Additional ways will bediscussed on how to betterintegrate new students intodowntown.when they firstcome.
Discussion has beenhappening for years onstudent's ability to use theirmeal cards in downtownrestaurants. Opinion revolvedaround cost of the equipmentand higher rates used byprovider for transactions. She will look into it.
Downtown CleanupEarth Day is April 22nd.Tuesday "Downtown Cleanups" will start on TuesdayApril 19th at 10am. JudithMohr and Pat Craig will chairthe project. Glenn will sendthem an agenda outliningwhat needs to be done.
Future DevelopmentIdeasIdea Find qualifiedpeople/secret shoppers fromoutside of our town to comeand give critiques tomerchants about how tobetter their offerings incomparison to regionalcompetition. Give freshideas. It could be anexchange and we could sendsomeone to their town. Idea online site formerchants to share photosand ideas of signage, design,merchandising, windowdesigns, etc. DiscussedPinterest and Instagram aspossible platforms. Leaningtowards Pinterest.
Santa Comes to TownReCapApproximately 160 familiesattended tree lighting. 204families had their picturetaken with Santa and theDCA sent free photo printsin commemorative downtownCarlisle cards to each familyfor free. Over 100 families
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flag just for Christmas andanother "open" flag forshops to hang all yeararound. Glenn showed aflag from Lititz. Kristin willresearch the idea andreport back to Glenn. Spring Flowers/PlantersHardy plant types werediscussed including potatovines and lamb's ear.Begonias work great inhanging baskets. Considersunlight on storefront.Plants must stay healthy when planters are not wellkept, it is a negative.
2016 Important Carlisle Event DatesUnderlined DCA produced eventsItalics National / Religious Holidays & Events of Interest
January 18 MLK Day (Monday)23 Dickinson College New StudentOrientation25 Dickinson College Classes Begin
February7 Super Bowl (Sunday) 15 President's Day (Monday)23 DCA Celebrate Downtown March1121 Dickinson College Spring Vacation 13 Daylight Savings Time Begins (Sunday)17 St. Patrick's Day (Monday)20 Taste of Carlisle (DCA & Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce)27 Easter (Sunday) April 2024 Carlisle Events: Spring Carlisle23 Pomfret St. Art, Music & Wine Walk (Noon5 p.m.)25 PSD LAW Last Day of Classes2830 Jim Thorpe Days US ARMY Barracks May6 Dickinson College Classes End6 Downtown Carlisle First Friday Art Walk8 Mother's Day (Sunday)13 Carlisle High School Prom 14 PSD LAW Commencement2022 Carlisle Events: Import & Kit Nationals2122 Armed Forces Day Army Heritage Days22 Dickinson College Commencement26 Downtown Mile30 Memorial Day (Monday) June2 Carlisle High School Graduation35 Carlisle Events: Ford Nationals3 Downtown Carlisle First Friday Kids NightOut4 Ford Parade & Street Party5,12,19,26 Summer Artist Series (Thornwald Park)10 U.S. Army War College Graduation1012 Dickinson College Alumni Weekend14 US Army Birthday19 Father's Day (Sunday)1719 Carlisle Events: GM Nationals22July 4 Carlisle Summerfair July3,10,17,24,31 Summer Artists Series (Thornwald Park)4 Independence Day (Monday)9 Bluegrass on the Grass, Dickinson 1 pm 9 pm1517 Carlisle Events: Chrysler Nationals August
5 Downtown Carlisle First Friday Restaurant Walk/Welcome Jam57 Carlisle Events: Truck Nationals7,14,21,28 Summer Artist Series (Thornwald Park)811 Restaurant Week10 US Army County Fair17 PSD LAW Classes Begin
came to the Bosler Libraryfor Doughnuts with Santa,special thank you to Boslerand all of our volunteers andBimbo Bakery! Storytellingwith Mrs. Claus was wellattended too. Overall the event was a success.
Would like to expand thisevent with additionalvendors, times,programming.
Other project updates
Dining DecksThe Borough is still workingwith PennDOT on developingways to allow dining decks onstate roads (Hanover &High).
Any restaurant on otherstreets who would like todesign/erect a dining deckshould contact the DCA.
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24 Dickinson College Orientation2528 Carlisle Events: Corvettes at Carlisle27 Corvette Parade & Street Party29 Dickinson College Classes Begin September 2 Downtown Carlisle First Friday FootballFriday!5 Labor Day (Monday)24 Harvest of the Arts30Oct 4 Carlisle Events: Fall Carlisle October2 Rosh Hashanah (Sunday / Sundown)7 Downtown Carlisle First Friday MusicWalk69 Oktoberfest Carlisle Barracks10 Columbus Day (Monday)11 Yom Kippur (Wednesday / Sundown)1419 Dickinson College MidTerm Pause17 Carlisle Halloween Parade27 Carlisle Trick or Treat Night2830 Dickinson College Homecoming & AlumniWeekend31 Halloween (Monday) November6 Daylight Savings Time Ends8 Election Day (Tuesday) 11 Veteran's Day (Friday)2228 Dickinson College & PSD LAW Thanksgiving Vacation24 Thanksgiving (Thursday)26 Small Business Saturday28 PSD LAW Last Day of ClassesDecember23 Santa Comes to Town / Christmas Parade(Friday)1217 Dickinson College Final Exams24 Hanukkah (Sundown Saturday)25 Christmas (Sunday)31 First Night (Saturday)
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