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Exciting things are happening in Downtown
Arab!
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May 12, 2010:
The Downtown Merchants would like to
welcome Yancy's Eclectic Decor to Downtown
Arab. Located next door to Arab Jewelry and
Pawn, Yancy's has an eclectic mix of
antiques and unique home decor items. Stop
by on Friday May 21 at 8:00 a.m. for
the ribbon cutting and welcome Yancy's
Eclectic Decor to Downtown Arab.
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Arab's Farmers Market
Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Downtown Farmers
Market is located on Main Street, next
door to Marshall County Gas Company, on
the corner of Main Street and 2nd Ave
NW.
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The
26th Annual Poke Salat Festival & BBQ
Cook-off was held on May 14th and 15th
in Downtown Arab. The weather was great...
and crowds enjoyed the vendors and
entertainment on both days.
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March 19th:
Looking for something to do this weekend?
How about this:
Arab Home and Garden Show
Sponsored by Arab's Professional Realty
March 20th is the official first day of
Spring and what better way to kick start the
season than a visit to the 2010 Arab Home
and Garden Show sponsored by Arab‘s
Professional Realty. It is March 20th and
21st at the Arab Rec Center on Main Street.
Come out on Saturday 8am-3pm and Sunday
11am-3pm
For more information visit Arab’s
Professional Realty's website http://www.facebook.com/l/ba46b;www.dynamicsmithteam.com
or call 586-1357.
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Congratulations to Jennifer and John -
owners of Flower Exchange - Jennifer, John
and Jada welcomed a new family member,
beautiful daughter Julie Ann, on January
19th.
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January
2010
Happy
New Year from your Downtown Merchants!
2010
has arrived and the Downtown Merchants are
busy planning a full year of events and
exciting things to happen in Downtown Arab.
In conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce
and the City of Arab, The Downtown area will
feature several events for the 2010 Year of
the Small Town and Downtown reunion -
including a historical walk, cemetery stroll
and the unveiling of a new historical marker
in September. Events will begin with the
Poke Salat Festival in May and continue
through the fall.
New
this year - The Downtown Merchants will be
hosting a monthly Art Walk in Historic
Downtown - featuring artists and musicians
from North Alabama.
The New
Farmer's Market Pavilion is already causing
a stir among farmers with phone calls nearly
daily wanting information about
participating. The rules and regulations are
being set by the Downtown Merchants, The
City of Arab and The State of Alabama
Farmer's Market Authority and we will be
planning a grand opening weekend. Please
watch for more information.
The
past few years have seen a resurgence of
businesses and retail shops moving into
Downtown Arab and we're pleased to announce
that Yancey's Antiques will be opening in
late March. Kathy Ramsey has purchased the
Cross The Creek building (formerly Tony's
Pawn) and she and her husband are busy
renovating the building to house their
antique shop - Yancey's
Antiques.
2010 Calendar
of Events coming soon!
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December
5th
Downtown
Arab's Christmas Open House
Bring your Christmas shopping list to Historic Downtown Arab this Saturday for our Christmas Open House - Downtown Arab is in the middle of a huge revitalization project and we are ready to show off all our new shops and businesses. If you haven’t been Downtown lately - this is the perfect time to come explore. In Downtown Arab we have home decor, fine jewelry, handmade jewelry, new furniture & home accessories, collectibles, clocks, basket weavers, antiques, collectibles, garden items, lady’s footwear and accessories, women’s handmade, new and consignment clothing, toys, original art, painted furniture, stocking stuffers, Christmas decorations,
hand painted ornaments, wreaths and much more!
Shopping locally owned stores supports your friends and neighbors!
During the Open House, select Downtown Merchants will be offering special savings, refreshments
and other in store specials. See individual stores for offers.
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November
27th, 2009
GRAND
OPENING!
DEB'S GIFTS & BEYOND
Arab's
Downtown Association of Merchants would like
to welcome Deb's Gifts and Beyond to
Downtown Arab. With Grand Opening on
November 27 & 28, Deb and Dennis Hilty
return to Downtown with a new gift shop.
Deb's Gifts and Beyond offers a variety of
gift items including beautiful figurines,
music boxes, purses, toys, antiques, gift
baskets and much more.
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October
2010
Downtown's
2nd Annual Scarecrow Harvest was a huge
success. Please click
here to see all the entrants and
winners.
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Honoring
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