Experience Downtown Wilmington: Take a Closer Look with this Video!

Are you considering moving to Wilmington, DE or perhaps taking a vacation here? Experience the best the area has to offer and watch this stunning video put together by our friends at the Greater Wilmington and Brandywine Valley Visitors Bureau. Even if you have been in the area for ages, you are sure to discover a new place to visit!

Below are some of the definite stops you will want to make during your travels that are in the Downtown Wilmington area and featured above.

• Delaware Theatre Company
• Clifford Brown Jazz Festival
• The Queen Wilmington
• Wilmington Grand Prix
• Merchant Bar
• Riverfront Mini Golf

Looking for some more incredible downtown businesses and attractions? Check out our full directory here. 

Post by Julia Mason of Enthusiasm Lab

Wilmington, DE has Never Tasted so Good: Take a Tour of the City's Best Gems with Matt Sullivan of Good Taste Blog

When your neighboring city is Philadelphia, a place known nationally for their delicious eats, you have to step up your game and Wilmington does just that.

With some precious gems, award winning restaurants and mouth watering bakeries such as Market Street Bakery and Cafe, which serves up the cream puffs pictured above, the food critics around here are well-versed and blunt. Which is exactly why we love Matt Sullivan's local Good Taste Blog. 

Whether you are looking for the next best place for brunch, or Wilmington's newest hotspot or even some of the greatest brews and meads, Matt has you covered. With 34 posts on Downtown Wilmington you might just find yourself salivating at the pictures alone!  

As Matt proclaims, "From four-star dining to the best holes in the wall, we’ll cover it all. Come along on our gastronomical tour of Greater Wilmington, Delaware and I promise you’ll get a good taste of everything."

Photo Credit: Jim Graham

Inspired by all the local eats and ready to start up your own restaurant downtown? Downtown Vision's business resources can help get you started!

Post by Julia Mason of Enthusiasm Lab

Your City, Your Park, Help it Come to Life!

Photo Courtesy of Spaceboy Clothing

Humble Park at the corner of 4th & Shipley is about to not be so "humble" anymore! Thanks to a collaboration between The City of Wilmington, Downtown Visions and Sanchez of Spaceboy Clothing, the park will soon be filled with vendors, art and entertainment! 

The press is excited for what is to come, and the park is already receiving attention from Technical. ly Delaware and The News Journal! The very first event is a comedy show, scheduled for August 25th at 7 PM and we need YOUR help to prepare! Join your fellow neighbors and business owners in cleaning up the space for everyone to enjoy! We will be meeting on Saturday, August 12th from 9 AM- 1 PM. Feel free to let us know you are coming through our Facebook Event and be sure to spread the word by inviting your friends. This is your chance to be a part of the renaissance happening in your city!

Each future event at the park will not only provide incredible entertainment, it will be giving back to those who need it most. A hot dog stand ran by the Wilmington-based Rick VanStory Resource Center, a recovery-oriented peer center for people with psychiatric disabilities will provide food for sale for each of the shows. Additionally, each of the shows will be free to the public, and have a fundraising effort on-site for a special cause. The show on the 25th will raise funds for Ramona Robinson of Wilmington, who is battling breast cancer and is a family member of Sanchez of Spaceboy.

Have an idea for the park, or want to help contribute to its positive future that is going to affect hundreds of Wilmingtonians? Let us know!

Click the image above to watch a short video provide by Delaware Online on all of the progress made by the generous volunteers!

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Post by Julia Mason of Enthusiasm Lab

Downtown Farmers Market Grand Opening May 17th

The market begins Wednesday May 3rd and May 10th from 10 am - 2 pm and on Wednesday May 17th at 12:00 PM, Downtown Visions celebrates the Grand Opening of the Downtown Farmer's Market at Rodney Square sponsored by Chase Card Services.

Now in its 14th year the 2017 season of the Downtown Farmers Market at Rodney Square operates every Wednesday, rain or shine, through October 25th from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM, except for June 21st for the Jazz Fest. Join us every Wednesday, in beautiful Rodney Square, between 10th & 11th Streets and Market & King Streets. The Square comes to life each Wednesday beneath the statue of Caesar Rodney, for whom the park is dedicated. The Farmers Market offers an array of the freshest local produce, plants, herbs and cut flowers, a large assortment of beautiful handmade items, including arts and crafts, unique jewelry and delicious home baked goods. Stroll the Square and then relax under an umbrella at one the many café tables. The food truck craze continues with returning favorites like Kapow Food Truck, Koi On The Go and I Don't Give A Fork.  We are also looking forward to our new vendors including River Rock Kitchen and Mrs. Robino's.  Enjoy a delicious breakfast or lunch while listening to a variety of free live entertainment.

This market is another example of our commitment to assisting small businesses, entrepreneurs and startups as well as many community organizations with the goal of a more vital, vibrant downtown for all.  The market has grown each year to become the go to place for 1,000's citizens and Downtown workers every Wednesday. Much of what is sold at the market is grown by small family owned farms in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Come out and enjoy all Downtown Wilmington has to offer!

Marty

Idea Challenge 2017

Downtown Wilmington is the place for great ideas!

Here's what our friends at the Technology Forum of Delaware are putting together:

Tech Forum presents our 4th Annual Idea Challenge - this year as part of The Open Data Challenge - a partnership with the State of Delaware's Government Information Center andOpen Data Delaware. The Open Data Challenge will help to build tangible, sustainable solutions for community issues using innovation and data from the State's new Open Data Portal.

We have an exciting new theme this year - "Access to Hope Through Innovation". Teams, such as Eugene Young's Network Delaware and The Food Bank of Delaware, will compete to demonstrate that innovation, collaboration and passion can create solutions to important issues such as access to housing, food, education, healthcare and other resources.

Winning ideas generated at the 2017 Idea Challenge will move forward to Open Data Delaware's National Day of Civic Hacking in June where teams will have the opportunity to win cash prizes to implement their projects. 

Join us for this high energy, entertaining and motivating event! 

Register as:

A member of the audience to evaluate and judge the concepts presented by the teams. Audience members should arrive at 5:30 PM for networking and be ready at 6:30 for the presentations.

OR

A participant on a team that will work from 3:00 – 6:30 PM to develop a solution to the Challenge Problem, and present to the audience starting at 6:30 PM. Some of the leading non-profit organizations in the state are sponsoring teams and need participation by digital marketers, technologists, and creative thinkers.

 When: Wednesday, March 15, 2017

 Time: Teams: 3:00 - 8:00 PM
 Audience: 5:30 - 8:00 PM

 Where: 1313 Innovation
 1313 North Market Street
 Wilmington, DE 19801

Event registration is $25 for TechForum Members and $40 for Future Members. Team Members attend for Free!
Register online today!
Walk-ins are welcome, but will be charged an additional $5 fee at the door.

I hope to see you there!

Marty