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OUR MISSION
 

Ashland Downtown, Inc. seeks a vibrant, attractive downtown by preserving its architectural charm, promoting economic vitality and marketing its historic and cultural resources.



OUR VISION
 

Ashland shall promote its architecture to both residential and commercial opportunities. Ashland will also enhance and market its historical and cultural resources for tourism. Located at the intersection of routes 54 and 61, Ashland will serve as a western gateway into the region. Ashland shall build upon its potential for tourism by connecting local historical and cultural sites through a coordinated  transportation and consistent “way finding” system within the region. Ashland shall become the arts and heritage hub of the Upper Schuylkill region.


Main Street designated area is 1st-13th Street and 3rd/Hoffman Blvd. from Chestnut to Walnut.


BOARD OF DIRECTORS



Gary Glessner

- President

Tom Rebuck

- Vice President

Barbara Mullins

- Treasurer

Rosita DeCarlo

- Secretary 

Joe Cataldo


John G. Devine


Bill Farley


Marylee Rebuck




DOWNTOWN MANAGER



Gregory W. Fisher


ADI Monthly Meetings


2nd Monday—Economic Restructuring Committee

3rd Monday—Board of Directors/Organization 

3rd  Monday—Design Committee 5:45 PM

4th Monday—Promotions Committee



ADI’s History


2011
 

7th Annual Old Fashioned Christmas (12/17/11)

Candlelight Vigil (12/16/11)

“Open” Banner Partnership Program with local businesses

Downtown Night at the Mine Shaft Café 09/27/11

1st Annual Ashland Downtown Christmas Ornament

8th Annual AppleFest

Capital Campaign

Downtown Clean ups

Pioneer Day Stand

Landscaping Islands on Blvd and Hoffman Memorial

Ashland Park at 5th & Centre Street Completed

5th Annual Farmer’s Market --Partnership Ashland Borough/Ashland Downtown

Spring Planter Sales

3rd Annual Ashland Art Exhibit

Banner Partnership Program with Upper Schuylkill, Inc.

Clean & Safe Equipment Partnership Program with Upper Schuylkill, Inc.

Design Challenge Façade Program

Around Ashland Newsletter

Ashland Area Coordination Event Calendar

Welcome Certificates Presentations for New Businesses

Girardville St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Business Retention & Recruitment Program-Partnership with Upper Schuylkill, Inc.

Spring 2011 Ashland Business Directory


2010

7th Annual AppleFest

6h Annual Old Fashioned Christmas

6th Annual Holiday Decorating Contest

6th Annual Farmer’s Market --Partnership Ashland Borough/Ashland Downtown

Design Challenge Façade Program

Around Ashland Newsletter

Ashland Area Coordination Event Calendar

Downtown Clean ups

Welcome Certificates Presentations for New Businesses

Capital Campaign

Pioneer Day Stand Participation

Girardville St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Landscaping Islands on Blvd and Hoffman Memorial

2nd Annual Ashland Art Exhibit

2nd Annual Ashland Easter Extravaganza-Partnerships with Ashland Borough, Ashland Elks, Ashland Ladies’ Auxiliary, Ashland Rotary, Eastern Star Chapter #154, Good Fellowship Club, Legion #434, Susquehanna Bank, VFW #7654, VFW Auxiliary #7654

Business Retention & Recruitment Program-Partnership with Upper Schuylkill, Inc.

Spring Planter Sales

1st Annual Ashland’s “The Best of the Best” Hoagie Contest

Weekend Flicks—July 23, Aug. 20, Sept. 18 Partnerships with Ashland Borough, Ashland Elks, Ashland Ladies’ Auxiliary, Ashland Rotary, Eastern Star Chapter #154, Good Fellowship Club, Legion #434, VFW #7654, VFW Auxiliary #7654

Plans being made for the Ashland Park at 5th and Centre Street

Ashland Business Directory

Music Heritage Series—Partnership with Upper Schuylkill

Painting street sign poles on Centre Street

WNEP Road Show in Schuylkill County –05/14/10  (highlighting –Ashland’s “The Best of the Best” Hoagie Contest

Go Joe VIII at the Pioneer Tunnel -07/20/10

Harry Strouse, esq. Plaque Dedication—08/13/10


2009


6th Annual AppleFest

5h Annual Old Fashioned Christmas

5th Annual Holiday Decorating Contest

5th Annual Farmer’s Market --Partnership Ashland Borough/Ashland Downtown

Design Challenge Façade Program

Around Ashland Newsletter

Ashland Area Coordination Event Calendar

Billboard Partnership Program

Ashland Fire Victim’s Fund Set Up

Downtown Clean ups

Welcome Certificates Presentations for New Businesses

Capital Campaign

Pioneer Day Stand Participation

Girardville St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Landscaping Islands on Blvd and Hoffman Memorial

Sponsored 1 Blood Drives—Partnerships with Ashland Borough, Ashland Chamber, Pioneer Tunnel

1st Annual Ashland Art Exhibit

1st Annual Ashland Easter Extravaganza-Partnerships with Ashland Borough, Ashland Elks, Ashland Ladies’ Auxiliary, Ashland Rotary, Eastern Star Chapter #154, Good Fellowship Club, Legion #434, VFW #7654, VFW Auxiliary #7654

Business Retention & Recruitment Program-Partnership with Upper Schuylkill, Inc.

Spring & Fall Planter Sales


2008


3rd Annual Business After Hours –Susquehanna Bank

5th Annual AppleFest

4th Annual Old Fashioned Christmas

4th Annual Holiday Decorating Contest

4th Annual Farmer’s Market --Partnership Ashland Borough/Ashland Downtown

Phases I & II of Streetscape Project Began

Kick off of Around Ashland Newsletter

Kick off of Ashland Area Coordination Event Calendar

Billboard Program Began

Taste of Upper Schuylkill

Ashland Fire Victim’s Fund Set Up

Purchased 8 Steel Planters

Painting Light Poles

Painting Meters

Downtown Clean ups

Welcome Certificates Presentations for New Businesses

Capital Campaign

Pioneer Day Stand Participation

ABA Parade Float

Girardville St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Landscaping Islands on Blvd and Hoffman Memorial

Sponsored 3 Blood Drives—Partnerships with Ashland Borough, Ashland Chamber, Pioneer Tunnel

Vera Bradley Bingo

Design Challenge Façade Program


2007


2nd Annual Business After Hours-Community Bank

4th Annual AppleFest

3rd Annual Old Fashioned Christmas

3rd Holiday Decorating Contest

3rd Farmer’s Market –Partnership Ashland Borough/Ashland Downtown

3rd Year Selling Lottery Calendars

Upper Schuylkill Homecoming

Tidy Towns Program

Entered Cleanest Town Program

Receptacles purchased (Upper Schuylkill-8, Ashland Downtown,-4, Ashland Chamber-1)

Design Challenge Façade Program began

Downtown Clean Ups

Welcome Certificate Presentations for New Businesses

Capital Campaign

Pioneer Day Participation

ABA Parade Float

Girardville St. Patrick’s Day Parade Participation

Completed Property/Building Inventory

Completed Market Assessment

Landscaping Islands on Blvd and Hoffman Memorial


2006


1st Business After Hours –Community Bank

3rd Annual AppleFest

2nd Annual Old Fashioned Christmas

2nd Holiday Decorating Contest

2nd Annual Farmer’s Market –Partnership Ashland Borough/Ashland Downtown

2nd Spring Fling

2nd Year Selling Lottery Calendars

2nd Town Meeting

Formally Accepted into Main Street Program (11/13/06)

Capital Campaign begins (01/09/06)

Approved for 501(c)3

Upper Schuylkill Homecoming

Entered Cleanest Town Program

Planter Sales and Garden Program

Girardville St. Patrick’s Day Parade Participation

Landscaping Islands on Blvd and Hoffman Memorial

ABA Parade Float


2005


2nd Annual AppleFest

1st Annual Old Fashioned Christmas

1st Holiday Decorating Contest

1st Annual Farmer’s Market –Partnership Ashland Borough/Ashland Downtown

1st Spring Fling

1st Year Selling Lottery Calendars

1st Taste of Upper Schuylkill

Downtown Banners

Office Established

ABA Parade Float

Landscaping Islands on Blvd and Hoffman Memorial


2004


1st Town Meeting

1st Annual AppleFest

Landscaping Islands on Blvd and Hoffman Memorial


2003


ADI established

Landscaping Islands on Blvd and Hoffman Memorial

 


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