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Grand Island Chamber of Commerce: Light Up the Boulevard Nov. 19

Fri, Oct 28th 2016 10:35 am

New: '12 Small Business Days Before Light Up the Boulevard'

With the holiday season quickly approaching, the excitement is building for the fifth annual Grand Island Light Up the Boulevard Electric Light Parade and Festivities. A joint venture between the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Grand Island, especially the Recreation Department, this community event will take place Saturday, Nov. 19.

The chamber notes what it calls its family-friendly timetable with festivities starting at 2 p.m. Events will include:

•Santa's first visits of the season.

•Vendors and food trucks.

•Games, music and crafts.

•The Rudolf Run. Grand Island Boulevard will close at 4:30 p.m. for the run, which will start promptly at 5 p.m.

•The Electric Parade and Tree Lighting will follow the run in the Town Commons.

Festivities will continue until 8 p.m., and Santa will return to visit with the children.

12 Small Business Days

New this year is "12 Small Business Days Before Light Up the Boulevard."

"National Small Business Saturday is only a day, but here on Grand Island we want to highlight our local small business throughout the month of November," said the chamber. "Light Up the Boulevard kicks off the traditional holiday shopping season with local businesses; this is where you get involved and all the fun begins!"

The chamber will run two contests between Nov. 8 and 19. One is a selfie contest, and the other is a punch card contest for a grand prize. All participants have to do is stop at each business location on its designated day and hours take a selfie at each stop with the chamber poster, upload that selfie to the Light Up the Boulevard Facebook page, and "like" each business; throughout the 12 days the chamber will randomly pick winners. To enter in the grand prize, fill up the punch card; at each stop make sure to get the punch card punched. Pick up a punch card at the chamber office or any of the participating locations.

Decorating contests

Local businesses will compete for the prestigious award and bragging rights for most decorated establishment, while homeowners can also win the prestigious award and bragging rights in the Residential Light Contest. Forms and more information are available at www.gichamber.org or http://www.gigov.com/departments/recreation.

Sponsors

On Nov. 19, it will be "Flip the Switch Night." Judging will take place Dec. 10 and 11.

Leading the way in sponsorship's are: LDC Construction Co., AccuTheranostics, Dana's Styling Pets, Brad Bowman with Century 21, Island Ship Center, McMahon's Family Restaurant, Grand Island Optical, and Liz Wilbert with Reality USA. The chamber still has room for more sponsors. For more details, call the chamber office at 716-773-3651, or www.gichamber.org.

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