November 2015 Member Update

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November News

Enchanted Holiday Events
2016 Workplan & Budget
Member Bulletin Board
Edmonds Holiday Market
Scarecrow Contest Winners
Are you listed? edmondsdowntown.org
Welcome New Members
Advisory Board Meeting Schedule

Enchanted Edmonds

We've partnered with some friends to bring to downtown Edmonds a host of fun activities through the holiday season.

November 28th:
Shop Small Saturday all day
Holiday Farmers' Market 10am-2pm near City Hall
Free Holiday Trolley with Santa 12 - 6pm
Edmonds Tree Lighting 5pm

December Friday Nights:
Carolers and live music from 6 - 8pm
Free Family Movies the 4th & 11th

December Saturdays:
Free Holiday Trolley with Santa 12 - 6pm
Holiday Farmers' Market 10am - 2pm

Spread the word! Share Enchanted Edmonds event information with your employees, clients and customers: edmondsdowntown.org/enchanted-edmonds/ and facebook.com/edmondsdowntown.

A big thank you to the following folks for making this year's event possible:

Comstock Jewelers, HouseWares, Rick Steves Europe & Walnut Street Coffee for sponsoring this year's Holiday Trolley and holiday graphics;
Cline Jewelers for sponsoring this year's Holiday Movies at the Edmonds Theater.
Downtown Edmonds Merchants Association (DEMA) for funding this year's holiday postcard mailing;
City of Edmonds for launching the Holiday Farmers' Market;
Edmonds Chamber of Commerce for hosting the Annual Tree Lighting.

2016 Workplan

The 2016 Workplan and Budget was approved by the City Council. The final Work Program and Plan can be viewed here.

Member Corner in Monthly Newsletter

Members are welcome to showcase events and promotional announcements in Ed!'s newsletter.

Please submit content to nicole@edmondsdowntown.org by the last day of the month. The member event/announcement will be featured in the following months newsletter - which is sent out by the third Friday of each month.

Specifics for this Pilot Program:

25 word limit
1 link only
No images
Only Ed! member business events & promotional announcements will be shared

Edmonds Holiday Market

The City launched Edmonds’ inaugural Holiday Farmer’s Market near 5th and Main on Saturdays, November 21st. The market will be open every Saturday thru December 19th between 10am and 2pm. Grab local produce, meats and other edibles along with fresh garlands and more from nearly 20 vendors.

Scarecrow Contest Winners!

Congratulations members! This year's winners are as follows:

Service Business Category:
First Place - Dewar Meeks and Ekrem for "Dewey Cheatem and Howe CPA"
Second Place (tie) - Ten Gun Design for "Scared Crows"
Second Place (tie) - Wilcox Construction for "Lieutenant Heroic"

Retail Category:
First Place - Arista Wine Cellars for "Bottoms Up Boris"
Second Place - WhimSea Boutique for "Dashing Feline"
Third Place - Sound Styles for "Our Miss Twiggy"

Finance/Insurance/Real Estate Category:
First Place - Windermere Real Estate for "Inside Out Crows"
Second Place - Coldwell Banker for "SLOTH"
Third Place - ReMax for "Dr Kenny and Dr Magnuson"

Food/Beverage:
First Place - Anthony's Homeport for "Ariel"
Second Place - Girardi's Osteria for " Where's Waldo"
Third Place - Scott's Restaurant for "Clumsy Scott"

Art/School/Government/Civic Category:
First Place - Edmonds Senior Center for "Mr. Potter and his puppy sPot"
Second Place - Gallery North for "Frida Kahlo"
Third Place - Holy Rosary School for "Trick or Treaters"

The results can also be found on the Museum website along with photos of all the winners in each category.

Nearly 250 Edmonds' businesses are listed at edmondsdowntown.org.

Haven't gotten your information included yet? Just one click is all it takes.

It's another great benefit of Ed! membership.

Questions: email nicole@edmondsdowntown.org.

Welcome New Ed! Members

Waterfront Coffee Company (New ownership) - waterfrontcoffeeco.com

December Advisory Board Meeting

December Advisory Board Meeting will be held on December 10th at 8am Edmonds Center for the Arts, Room 225

In January, the Advisory Board Meeting returns to its regular schedule on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month. We encourage members and the public to attend.