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The Downtown Denville Business Improvement District (Downtown Denville) will host the Annual Spring into Downtown Denville event on Saturday, April 11 from 11am-1pm in the heart of Denville’s downtown district. This year’s event is generously sponsored by Lakeland Bank. Carrying on the long tradition of hosting a fun, kid-friendly springtime event, Downtown Denville will also be collecting donations for two autism-related organizations in the local area. Denville SPARK and Celebrate the Children School will be the organizations supported by event-goer donations and increased marketing and public education campaigns throughout April, which is Autism Awareness Month. The event boasts activities including face painting, balloon animals, photos with the Bunny, bonnet making at Art Classes by Mary Shadbolt, performances from the Denville String Band and plastic eggs filled with goodies at most downtown shops. Over 10,000 eggs were handed out at last year’s event. Participating stores are marked with painted puzzle pieces painted by Denville’s SPARK students. There will also be an egg hunt at Rotary’s Santa Land immediately following at 2pm.

The Downtown Denville district began tying the event to Autism Awareness Month last year in 2019. “We thought it was an amazing opportunity to support our local autism-related organizations as the event usually coincides with Autism Awareness Month” said Ryan Gleason, Downtown Denville’s Executive Director.

Spring into Downtown Denville is an event for kids and families and an opportunity for Downtown Denville, parents, and related organizations to educate event-goers about autism, its challenges, its stigmas, and its opportunities for growth and fulfillment. “If we can raise some money and spread the word to even just a few families, it will have been worth it,” continued Gleason

“The Business Improvement District’s  mission is to drive more commerce and business to our downtown area, and this event usually draws a great crowd to our local stores and restaurants,” said Gene Fitzpatrick, Downtown Denville’s Chairman of the Board. “By involving our stores, tying our events to worthy causes, and creating a buzz around Denville, we are accomplishing that mission in more ways than one.” Lakeland Bank is once again the sponsor of the event. “We give out free photos with our Easter bunny, hand out eggs, and help raise awareness for Denville SPARK and Celebrate the Children School”. noted Alexis Schoerner-Neinstedt, Branch Manager at Lakeland’s Denville location
For more information about Spring into Downtown Denville, visit www.downtowndenville.com or follow Downtown Denville on Facebook or @dwtndenville on Instagram and Twitter.

Downtown Denville will recognize the Lunar New Year with a grand celebration, lion dance performance and pet-parade on February 9, 2020 (1pm-3:30pm) sponsored by Hunan Taste, NJ’s #1 Chinese Restaurant.  For the third year in a row, one of Morris County’s best downtown’s will be holding various activities to ring in Lunar New Year. The “Year of the Rat” will arrive in style with costumed mouse characters, a giant inflatable maze, decorations throughout town, festive music, ice sculpting, pet pictures, traditional eastern activities and more. The yearly pet parade, welcoming socially acclimated pets, begins at 2:15pm starting along Broadway at First Ave and culminating in Hunan Taste’s parking lot on Bloomfield ave. Traditional Lion Dancers will lead the parade and then perform in the parking lot immediately after the parade commences followed by proclamations and other traditional chinese activities.  “We are so excited to highlight our Lunar New Year traditions outside our newly renovated restaurant” commented Amy Hsiung from Hunan Taste, the event sponsor.

The event is a great opportunity for the downtown’s stores and shops. “This is our 3rd year doing this annual event and it’s been a great draw to Downtown Denville during the winter months” says Ryan Gleason, Executive Director of the downtown business district. A popular Lunar New Year custom, red envelopes, will be handed out during the event that will have small prizes,specials and coupons for Downtown Denville shops and eateries enclosed. Owner of The Urban Muse Spa, Kristin Pamperin, who is also a co-chair of the event stated: “This a great opportunity to recognize the eastern culture, celebrate pets and highlight our stores, services and restaurants”

Community causes are often integral to the Downtown Denville’s shopping events and this year the celebration and parade will raise awareness and donations for Eleventh Hour Rescue and the Denville Animal Shelter.  “We’ll have several tables and demonstrations to highlight and accept financial donations for Eleventh Hour” noted Ashley Cook, owner of Viva La Pet and additional co-chair of the celebration. There will also be a station for visitors to drop off donations for Denville’s Animal Shelter such as cat beds, cat food, kitty litter, bleach, paper towels, pet supplies and more.  Many other vendor tables and participating stores will also have other promotions related to Lunar New Year and animal causes. 

A great opportunity to get awareness for your company or business and support a good cause. Downtown Denville hosts several events throughout the year to help bring shoppers, diners and neighbors together in our beautiful downtown. Our organization non-profit dedicated to downtown improvements and local charity support.

PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING EVENTS

we have a list and details of all of our events here !

Platinum Sponsorship – $5,000 (limited 2 per event)
Business name or logo featured in all marketing and event advertising (website, email blasts, posters, flyers, social posts, state of the art digital display billboard along Route 46, print ads, press releases, etc…). Large banner with platinum sponsor logo, and mention over downtown speaker system / event speaker system depending on event location. Vendor Table included. (Downtown Denville reaches approximately 15-30k on social media per event. Our downtown billboard along Route 46 garnishes over 200k impressions)

Gold Sponsorship – $2,500 (limited to 5 per event)
Business name and logo mentioned on downtowndenville.com and facebook event page. Banner listing all gold sponsors. Four social posts on facebook/instagram. Live mention throughout downtown sound system during event and Vendor Table included.

Silver Sponsor – $1,250 (multiple depending on activities)
Exclusive sponsorship of event activity (ice carver, bouncy house, carriage ride, etc…) Exclusive signage at activity location and listing in event activity materials and marketing. Vendor Table included. Mention on all social posts/pics and live announcements featuring the event

Bronze Sponsor – $500 (limited to 10 per event)
Business name and logo listed on select social media posts and on Downtown Denville website. Banner listing all bronze sponsors at event location. Vendor Table included. Live mention during event.

Vendor Table – $100
Vending rights during event. Table placement to be determined by event staff. See vending contract for more details.

Your sponsorship supports our downtown improvements, many partnered charity organizations and is also a great marketing opportunity for your business with many different sponsorship levels. Below are are many different sponsorship options or reach out to us with any other suggestions. They are going fast so grab your sponsorship option quickly as we only have limited spots.

Downtown Denville’s events usually range from approximately 500-1750 attendees.  Our social media presence per events usually reach over 15-30k Facebook users and our public email list is over 1500 recipients.)