Uptown Holiday Shop-Hop: Thursday, Dec. 1st, 2011.
Enjoy holiday shopping at your favorite Eastown stores.  Holiday bargains, festivities, and even trolleys!

Enjoy the Holiday Decorations in Eastown! Join us with white lights in your business windows inside or out!

REMINDER - Uptown Holiday Shop Hop participation
forms are due no later than this week Friday the 11th
at 5:00pm with your logo, if you want to be included
in the marketing materials.  We are also looking for
six shuttle sponsors who want to benefit
from the added event exposure.
Quite possibly the best (and busiest!) time of the year is here! It’s time again for Uptown Holiday Shop Hop. Thursday, December 1 is the date and believe it or not, we’re only weeks away!
The Uptown Marketing Holiday Shop Hop Subcommittee has been volunteering time and energy to bring this event to life, so now we need a little help from you! Please take a minute and download/fill out/send in the Uptown Holiday Shop Hop Participation Form (click here).  We want to know what your business plans to do for this special occasion!   
The event will begin at 4pm and free shuttles will be running through all of Uptown from 5-10pm. We encourage you all to take advantage of the fact that thousands of customers will be right at your doorsteps! Have fun with this event! Get creative! Ring in the holiday season with the rest of your Uptown business neighbors!
You can return the form via email or snail mail to Jessa Dutton at Neighborhood Ventures (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)). These forms are due by NOVEMBER 11! Please return ASAP so we can print our materials and get them distributed.
You can also direct your customers to our Uptown Facebook Page. They can become a “fan” and we’ll post the latest updates to the Holiday Shop Hop event.
It’s never too early to say this so, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Cheers!

The Eastown Business Community was again saddened in September by the death of another business community member, Michael Bowman. (ACK Co-Owner Jason Stewart this past summer). Following plans to close his business the end of September, Michael died in a very unfortunate accident on September 26. Mystic Mill was located at 1436 Wealthy Street SE for about two years. Eastown’s Business Association extends its sympathies to Michael’s family and loved ones.
Jude’s Barbershop opened at 1551 Wealthy Street SE in September—-welcome!
So did the Stephen J. Group at 1514 Wealthy Street SE.
The remodel at Smitty’s Specialty Beverage is coming along. Reopen update is November 15.
Harmony Brewing Company is making progress and hopes to open in December!
Get ready to welcome several new businesses to Eastown in the next couple months. Look for more info at their websites and watch the EBA’s Facebook Page and http://www.eastowngr.com for updates.
Uptown Kitchen. http://www.uptownkitchengr.com
Allegro Coaching , http://www.allegrocoaching.com
Icapsa Books is relocating to Eastown from Comstock Park.
Renewal Body Boot camp http://www.renewalbodybootcamp.com
Striders, http://www.stridersrun.com