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Dear –FNAME–,
I hope you have saved the date, and will be able to join us this Tuesday, February 20th at 5:30pm, for our Annual Public Meeting at Nashua City Hall! You can RSVP and invite friends at the link above. Each year, we gather to share what we’ve accomplished together, and how we will set out to build on the successes of our community in the year head! I hope to see you there!
Have a great week!
-Paul
Paul Shea
Executive Director
Great American Downtown
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Our photo of the week features one of several Little Free Libraries that have been installed around the City of Nashua, as a project in partnership between the United Way, Nashua Public Library, P&L Landscaping, and BAE Systems. You can find out where all the little libraries are located at littlefreelibrary.org – this one is located at the Dental Connection in Downtown’s French Hill neighborhood, and has just been stocked with great reads!
Do you have some great pictures of our vibrant Downtown you’d like to show off? Post them to our Facebook page, or send them to us by email! We love to share images that capture the beauty and excitement of Downtown Nashua.
Without further ado, here is what’s going down and coming up in Downtown Nashua!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
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Support Chelsea Dennis Going Over the Edge
for Gate City Community Gardens!
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Donate to the cause today!
As a member of Great American Downtown’s team, Chelsea Dennis is going over the edge to raise money to support the Gate City Community Gardens Program. The programâs Nashua Heritage Rail Trail Community Garden was established in the Tree Streets Neighborhood in 2013, with a total of 12 beds. 10 additional beds were built at the garden site in 2016. Our leased area of the trail has ample room for the addition of more garden beds, as well as the establishment of permaculture at the site, like pulbic fruit trees, bushes, and fruiting vines.
Funds raised by our team will support expansion of this program through the purchase of materials for garden expansion, replacement of older raised beds as they break down, purchase of plants, garden equipment and materials, water bills, and support education programming and garden scholarships. The GCCG program offers garden beds at a nominal fee of $35 each year, which covers 75% of our water bills â but also offers scholarship – no questions asked – to applicants who express an inability to pay. This program is part of a broader rail trail stewardship effort. In taking on the garden program â this is GADs first big step in the area of downtown neighborhood wellness. We hope you will support us, and in doing so â support a more connected, healthy, beautiful, and vibrant Downtown Nashua.
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Now Open on Main Street:
Odd Fellows Brewing Co.!
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Now Open for Business!
Odd Fellows Brewing Co. is open Thursdays 4pm-11pm, Fridays and Saturdays 11:30am-11pm, and Sundays 10am-4pm! They have 30 different whiskeys and Sunday brunches! Located at 124 Main Street!
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Great American Downtown’s
Annual Public Meeting
@ Nashua City Hall!
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20
starts at 5:30pm!
Join the Great American Downtown Board of Directors, Staff, Volunteers, Supporters and Stakeholders at the Nashua City Hall 3rd Floor Auditorium for our Annual Public Meeting.
This multimedia presentation will showcase progress made in 2017 and we will share how we will grow in the year ahead! Join us to learn about all of the exciting things coming to Downtown Nashua in the year ahead!
The presentation will be given in the City Hall 3rd floor auditorium and will last about 45 minutes, with a period for Q&A after. The presentation will be followed by the State of the City address at 7pm, which attendees are encouraged to also attend.
Please RSVP so we can prepare the room accordingly. Doors open at 5:15pm.
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Launch ‘n’ Learn Series:
Sales Basics, Intro to the Sandler Process
@ MakeIt Labs!
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
5:30-7pm
This class will introduce you to an alternative way of approaching sales.
Presented by:
Toby Payne
Exsellsior Training, LLC
Collaborating with executive management and sales teams, Toby Payne has helped numerous organizations build better structures and processes around their sales efforts. For more than 15 years he has helped companies enhance revenue as a sales representative as well as management consultant and trainer.
This class is free, but please register at the link below!
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Girl Scout Cookie Beer Pairing
@ The Flight Center!
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24
1-5pm
This event was such a popular event last year that it has been brought back again! Come in and support a group of local Girl Scouts! There will be carefully selected flights where each beer is paired with a different cookie! If you purchase a box of cookies you will get $4 off of your flight!
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NH Winter Break Kids Art Club
@ Graffiti Paintbar!
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FEBRUARY 26- MARCH 2
10am-12pm
Sign your school-age kids up now for Graffiti Paintbar’s Week-Long, Kids Art Club session during the Winter school break! (Promotional discounts are not valid for these sessions, including sale-price gift certificates.)
Art Club will meet 10AM to Noon, Monday â Friday. These are drop-off sessions. A minimum of 8 kids is needed to hold these sessions, so PLEASE spread the word and sign up with friends!
Kids Art Club will be doing a variaty of painting and drawing projects with the kids. Some projects may carry over into the next day. All supplies are included in the price. Kids will go home with finished projects.
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Nashua River Junior Naturalist Program
@ Nashua Public Library!
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FEBRUARY 26- MARCH 2
9am-1pm
This five-day program is offered for free to twenty Nashua students from ages 8 to 12 years. Children will participate in two environmental education activities related to the river and watershed each day and spend time reflecting their experiences and discoveries in their personalized River Journal. Registrants are expected to participate in all five days.
Space is limited; to register your child for this program click the button below and scroll down to February 26.
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City Arts Nashua Hosts:
Annual Psychic Fair
@ The Hunt Memorial Building
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SUNDAY, MARCH 4
11am-4pm
Where is the best place in Nashua to hold a psychic reading? In the Old Reading Room of the Hunt Memorial Building, Nashuaâs high Gothic Victorian landmark, of course!
Itâs that time of year again: the Psychic Fair Fundraiser at the Hunt!
Choose from some of the best readers in the area, find unique gifts for Motherâs Day or yourself, and support the arts all at the same time!
For more info call 603-883-8093!
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Performing Live at Riverwalk…
Big Ben Hillman!
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22
8pm-11pm
Funky retro-soul musician Big Ben Hillman was born in Boston, MA and spent some of his formative years living in Hudson, NH. After graduating from Alvirne High School in Hudson he went on to study music at U Mass Lowell. Also known as The Professor of Funk, Hillman has played and shared the stage with a wide variety of local and national acts over the course of his career, such as D-Tension, The Boston Horns, De La Soul, select members of the Wu Tang Clan, Jimmy Buffet and Les Claypool of Primus. In the early 2000s Hillman formed a band called The Royal Family and penned the hit song It Must Have Been the Music, which received worldwide airplay. Relocating to Philadelphia in 2007, a new band was formed and Hillman scored yet another hit single with the blues-tinged hip hop track Iâm Sorry, which was also accompanied by an award winning video.
After briefly touring with blues artist Greg Luttrell in China, Hillman returned to Boston with a mission to spread the gospel of the funk and to keep soul music alive. It was then that he began writing the songs that would become the album The Friday Night Consortium, a collection of twelve original funky compositions, containing the single Friday Night and the duet with Lydia Harrell called Beautiful Stranger.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
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Performing Live at Fody’s Tavern…
Joe Sambo!
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23
10pm-1am
Come out and see a great show with live music from Joe Sambo and friends! Fody’s Late Night Food Menu available 9:30pm-12:30am!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
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Performing Live at Stella Blu…
Chris Cyrus!
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23
8:30-11:30pm
CHRIS CYRUS, frontman for the reggae rock jam band SLACK TIDE, hosts an acoustic evening celebrating the music of the GRATEFUL DEAD, only at Stella Blu (2/23 8:30pm All Ages No Cover)
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Performing Live at Dolly Shakers…
Elden’s Junk!
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24
8:30pm-12:30am
Come As You Are and Join Elden’s Junk as they perform All the Best Hits of the 90s! From Gin Blossoms to Nirvana, STP to Green Day!
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Performing Live at Peddler’s Daughter…
Stereo Love!
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24
9:30pm-12:45am
Live Music at Peddlers Daughter!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
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Our newsletter goes out weekly to over 5,000 subscribers!
Contact [email protected] for information on how to become a sponsor and support our mission of vibrancy!
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There is always something great happening in Downtown Nashua. In fact, there is so much great stuff going on that we can’t fit it all into our newsletter. Make sure to follow along with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and at DowntownNashua.org to make sure you don’t miss out!
See you Downtown!
Paul Shea
This newsletter was created in part by Carolyn Walley, Marketing Coordinator at Great American Downtown Inc. a 501(c)3 Non Profit
If you would like to submit an event to be featured in The Downtowner, or are interested in any other marketing opportunities through Great American Downtown, drop Carolyn a line!
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6 Main Street Nashua, New Hampshire 03064 | phone: 603-883-5700
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