Tenth Annual Grand Prix

Thousands of cyclists and fans are coming to Wilmington for the 10th Annual Wilmington Grand Prix!  This event has grown from a regional bicycle race to one of the premier cycling events on the East Coast. This year’s race will be the eighth stop on USA Cycling’s Pro Road Tour and will attract pro cyclists from around the world. 

May 13 - 15, you will want to come out to see these truly awesome athletes as they make their way through Downtown Wilmington and the surrounding area.

Here's some great photos from Leslie W. Kipp from previous years:

I hope you can come out and join in the fun! Click Here to learn more.

Marty

Wilmington is in the center of Arts and Culture

I want to pass along this message from our friend Brendan Cooke, Executive Director at OperaDelaware:

Please join OperaDelaware for the historic East Coast Premiere of Franco Faccio's lost Hamlet, and Verdi's Falstaff. Our first ever grand opera festival is attracting press attention from all over the world. So far, over 500 people are attending from outside a 30 mile radius of Wilmington, and almost 700 attendees who are new to our patron base. We'd obviously love to have the critics from Paris, Milan and London see full houses.

I continue to be impressed with the truly incredible talent that Wilmington attracts. I hope you'll join me in enjoying these beautiful and powerful productions!

Click Here for more information.

Marty

Meet & Greet opportunity for Downtown Wilmington

Please join the downtown business community on Tuesday, May 10 at the Baby Grand as we celebrate our upcoming "Summer in the City" - trust me, this will be a great event!

Downtown Wilmington Celebrates Shakespeare Day

Lunchtime on Market Street on Friday provided a real treat as the Delaware Shakespeare Festival coordinated a production of all of Shakespeare's plays in under an hour using more than 50 people from our community.

All of this took place in front of The Grand Opera House - and I would dare say we had participation from people from all walks of life and all of our great communities - artists, musicians, attorneys, business leaders, young, not so young, students, professionals, and more!

I am proud of our vibrant arts community in Wilmington - and I am proud that Downtown Visions helped sponsor and support this event.

Marty

Helping businesses prepare for everything

We really have some great resources to help our business and nonprofit communities around here.

The Delaware Small Business Development Center, in conjunction with the University of Delaware and the Small Business Administration, is hosting a Delaware Resiliency Summit, free of charge and open to all Delaware businesses, nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies, academic institutions and the general public.

The 2016 Delaware Resiliency Summit will cover how to protect your business through disruptions - whether from a storm, cybersecurity breach or supply chain interruption. 
The summit will include breakfast and lunch. Participants will receive a free business continuity guide and other giveaways.

April 6 Summit

Time: 8 a.m. until 1:15 p.m.
Location: at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington

Click Here to Register for this FREE event.

I encourage all businesses and non-profits in the area to take advantage of this great opportunity.

Marty