ADI’s History
2003
ADI established
Landscaping Islands on Blvd and Hoffman Memorial
2004
1st Town Meeting
1st Annual AppleFest
Landscaping Islands on Blvd and Hoffman Memorial
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
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
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
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
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
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