On Day 2 we featured the cars and car owners Charron, Thompson, Uhr, Ernie, Brent, Erickson, Christmas, Chinnick, Hendrie, Langlois, Chrichton, and McKinley. Thank you Ron Van Dewynckel from the Kent Historic Auto Club for all your help. Bands featured on Saturday were the Big Shiny Tunes and The Universe featuring Ray. Awards were announced
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You can watch day #1 RetroFest Live Stream Cruise Party. It was a stormy evening so the classic cars that were expected to come out were unable. Just the same as if we have had a live downtown event. If you scroll past the first 28 minutes, the stream will begin. On Friday you will
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Sorry Lindsay Brecka had to withdraw from the competition.
A gift sent to our FAV RetroFest™ person: Len Langlois just to let him know how much we love him!
TODAY NOVEMBER 28, 2020 between 1pm and 2pm Santa will be at 237 King St. W. Chatham ONT N7M1E6. Santa will be sitting high in his sleigh to say hi and take some pictures in front of his sleigh. All social distancing will be respected. He has a little treat for the kiddies that come
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Week #1: Santa was out in our beautiful Downtown Chatham BIA area. It is listed on Facebook page: Downtown Chatham Santa Claus Parade for people to post where they think Santa is. On the last day of this week, all the people who answered correctly and tagged both the Business and the HDTC-BIA will have
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Parking lot #10 is the gravel lot at the corner of 4th and Wellington. Also there are no 1 hour sections any longer. The 1 hour has changed to 2 hours. FYI.
In 1967, challenges were facing retailers as a proliferation of shopping malls were springing up on the outskirts of the city. As a result, some merchants were forced to close their shops or even in some instances, follow the crowds to the malls. Vacancies resulted and many local shopping areas began to look run down
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Downtown Chatham Merchants working together and in partnership with the HDTC-BIA to create a week-long “Come back to Downtown” campaign on CKXS 99.1 Several businesses chose to participate (15) all on air in one week. Starting on July 27, 2020 99.1 morning show will be broadcasted live from downtown Chatham during this marketing event. Each
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The office hours, open to the public will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. You can also book an appointment either by phone: 519-352-8387 or email: downtownchathambia@gmail.com
Municipality of Chatham-Kent 315 King Street West, Chatham, Ontario N7M 5K8 Tel: 519.360.1998 Toll Free: 1.800.714.7497 www.chatham-kent.ca Public Space Patio – Expression of Interest The Province of Ontario’s Phase 2 re-opening permits restaurants and bars to open for service outdoors. The Municipality is exploring ways to support our local businesses and that includes gauging interest
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Friday June 12, 2020 Temporary Outdoor Patio’s will be allowed to open in Chatham-Kent. Here is the Draft Guidelines to open today on Private Property (not Municipal which is areas like sidewalks). Please keep in mind this goes to Council on Monday. These guidelines may change at that time. Thank you, HDTC-BIA Chatham-Kent COVID-19 Temporary
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OFFICE CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENT Effective March 16, 2020 In order to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and adhere to guidelines of social distancing, the Historic Downtown Chatham BIA office will be closed until further notice. Office staff will be working remotely in order to continue to offer our best service. Contact via email: downtownchathambia@gmail.com Phone:
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Thank you for looking into Historic Downtown Chatham BIA . The Office will be closed Monday Feb 17, 2020 for Family Day but will be open again Tuesday Feb 18 @ 8:30am to assist you with your needs.
RetroFest now in it’s 19th year and RM Auto Restoration celebrating its 40th Anniversary… We moved the date to June 21 and 22, 2019 to create the ultimate celebration for enthusiasts. RM will add special programming to the weekend, will all proceeds to benefit local organizations like the Foundation of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Chatham-Kent Children’s
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November 16, 2018 6:30 p.m. Staging TBD due to 3rd Street Bridge being down. Route will come down King Street West down to the Wish Centre. Bring can goods and teddy’s for collections.
Blackburn News Link: Chatham Voice Link: The shortage of dollars means changes to what is being offered this year. DeNure said the focus remains on entertaining the children. There will be the popular trolley ride, firemen on stilts, face painting, and the Junior F.I.R.E. Challenge – where kids get to don firefighter gear, use a
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We can’t thank everyone enough! From the sponsors, to the volunteers to all who participated… and ventured out to see what RetroFest™ is all about! We hope that everyone had a good time and we also hope that you will support all our great sponsors because without them, RetroFest™ would not have happened.