Delaware Black Awards This Friday

This Friday evening, come out for the Delaware Black Awards at World Cafe Live at the Queen.

Here's an excerpt from the website:

The Delaware Black Awards were established to publicly promote and highlight some of the best African American Businesses, Community Organizations, and Individuals in the state of Delaware. The goal is generate exposure for the award winners & nominees while encouraging the community and youth who aspire to become Delaware's future Business and Community Leaders!

The Award is a symbol of respect and admiration that will be given to a select identified few. Award recipients were nominated in multiple categories which we felt were important to the community and selected based on the popular vote. ALL nominees will receive significant community exposure and visibility, then on October 14th, the cream of the crop will rise to the Top as they are recognized for their contributions and honored with their Delaware Black 2016 Awards.

For tickets and more information - click here.

Come on out for this great recognition of our community, our businesses, and our entertainers!

Marty

Downtown's New Garden

Downtown Wilmington has an exciting new feature - a community garden on Market Street!

If you come out to the 400 block of North Market Street you can see the fruits and vegetables being grown there.

Here's Mark Fields and Pat Shay talking about the garden...

And here's Loshawn Maxwell talking about the success she's enjoying with her tomato plants...

Come on out and see what's growing in Downtown Wilmington!

Marty

Market Street Fashion

Downtown Wilmington is a great place for creativity in the fashion world.

Cherne Altovise is one place you definitely want to check out for fashion - and our friends at Out and About Magazine just featured Cherne Bishop for her work in bringing great fashion to the area.

Here's an excerpt:

Class of 2012 University of Delaware fashion merchandising major Cherné Altovise Bishop, owner of the 316 N. Market St. accessories shop Cherné Altovise, is enthusiastic about her store’s approaching one-year anniversary on Oct. 17.

The milestone is just one check on the 26-year-old entrepreneur’s list of career goals, which includes future locations in Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York City – all of them based on her slogan of creating options for the “everyday fashion icon.”

Click Here to read the full article.

I encourage everyone - men and women alike, to come on out and see the beautiful fashion and jewelry Cherne has to offer.

The creativity is flowing in Downtown Wilmington!

Marty

Biking in Wilmington

For over ten years, Urban Bike Project has been supporting Wilmington communities by providing access to bicycling as a healthy, affordable and practical means of transportation and recreation.

Here's Paul Waters from the Urban Bike Project to explain what they do:

This Friday, September 30, you can help out by donating any used bikes or bike parts you might have at Rodney Square.

Come on out Friday to Rodney Square to learn more, drop off your bike, or sign up to have your bike picked up on Saturday.

You might also want to learn more about joining up with the Urban Bike Project - it's a great organization that's always looking for more people to get involved!

Marty

Christina Cultural Arts Celebration

We have a truly remarkable artistic community in Downtown Wilmington - and this past weekend one of the cornerstones of that community held a fantastic celebration.

Alumni, faculty, and students at the Christina Cultural Arts Center gathered for a block party last Saturday with dance, music, paints, crafts, and so much more!

We are fortunate to have so much talent in Downtown Wilmington.

Marty