|calendar| at a glance
feb-13 feb 3, 2013
Super Bowl Sunday
feb 6, 2013
Depot Meeting @ Little Sheba’s: 9:30A
feb 9, 2013
Winter Farmers Market @ The Townsend Center: 2nd & 4th Saturday’s, 10:00A 2:00P
feb 14, 2013 Valentine’s Day
feb 19, 2013
Center City MeetUp @ the Innovation Center: 9:00A
feb 23, 2013
Winter Farmers Market @ The Townsend Center: 2nd & 4th Saturday’s, 10:00A 2:00P
interactive workshops to begin in 2013 chamber of commerce, center city work together You asked, we answered. When small business owners and local professionals were asked what kind of educational workshops they felt would be beneficial, everyone said “interactive, help me now” type of workshops.
skillset is being taught right in the room, that day, with the ability to ask questions and get one-on-one assistance. The goal is to allow professionals and business owners to come in, learn something new, and accomplish a task before they leave.
Beginning in February, Center City Development Corporation and The Wayne County Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a series of interactive workshops. Each one of the workshops will be over a different, pertinent technology-based topic relevant to small business owners and professionals.
The interactive breakfast workshops will be on the last Friday of each month, at 8:00 am at The Innovation Center. Seat reservations can be made at www. mycentercity.com closer to the date of the event(s).
Workshop attendees will be able to bring their laptops/iPads/iPhones to the workshops and learn how to do whichever
Center City would like to thank Richmond’s Urban Enterprise Association and Wayne Bank for sponsoring this workshop series and helping make this enrichment opportunity possible.
unwind yarn shop re-opens
january 23 showed great success for re-opening
CONTACT US: Center City Development Corp. The Innovation Center 814 East Main Street Richmond, Indiana 47374 Phone: 765.962.8151 E-mail: info@mycentercity.com Web: www.mycentercity.com
Unwind Yarn Shop re-opened its doors on Wednesday, January 23rd under new ownership. Samantha Miller & John Purcell, both of Richmond, opened the store as new owners after former owner Vicki Hair moved to California. Samantha, a Fibers and Textile Design major from the Savannah College of Art and Design, found the yarn shop to be a perfect fit. Visit them at 921 E. Main St Richmond, Indiana 47374. Contact them by phone at 765-966-KNIT(5648), by e-mail at info@unwindrichmond.com, or online at www.unwindrichmond.com.
Store Hours will be as follows: Tuesday-Friday: 11:00am - 6:30pm Saturday: 10:30am - 4:30pm
snow & ice
mighty tots read & paint expands
Center City Development Corporation would like to remind businesses that they should remove the snow and clear off the sidewalk areas in front of their stores by 10am during such weather events.
Paint the Towne Pottery Studio recently expanded their Toddler Painting classes because of high demand and popularity.
paint the towne grows toddler pottery classes
please shovel walks
Their next Read & Paint is scheduled for Thursday February 21, at 10:30 am & 2:00 pm. Children will hear a story & paint a pottery character from the book. In February they will be reading about & painting penguins!
Center City, local businesses, and the visitors of Downtown Richmond thank you!
The Mighty Tots Read & Paint is for children ages 2-5 and they always include lots of fun extras like coloring pages, candy, and stickers to take home! Cost for a Mighty Tots Read & Paint session is $10.00 and reservations are required.
farmers market winter 2013 dates Local produce, food, crafts, and entertainment, all homegrown and handmade in the Whitewater Valley, is available for our community this winter.
Step 1: Choose from their wide selection of unpainted bisque. Everything from plates, mugs, bowls, vases, banks & fun characters for children!
Every second and fourth Saturday of the Month the Richmond Winter Farmers Market will be held at The Townsend Center Auditorium (855 N. 12th Street, Richmond, IN) from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm.
Step 2: Paint your pottery. They have lots of paint colors to choose from, stencils, stamps and idea books to help you create your design.
March 9, 2013
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The Richmond Winter Farmers Market is sponsored by: Wayne County Minority Health Coalition, Cope Environmental Center, Summersault, the Richmond Urban Enterprise Association, and the Townsend Community Center.
design by j. Kaitlin Vaughn
March 23, 2013
If you have any questions, please contact Mary Jones, Market Manager by e-mail at m.jones@copeenvironmental. org or by phone at (765) 8553188.
Photo courtesy of Paint the Towne’s Facebook page
national movie to show in richmond on march 14
February 23, 2013
April 27, 2013
Open Tues - Fri 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Located in Richmond’s Historic Depot District 197 Fort Wayne Ave. Richmond, Indiana 765-488-2163
Startup kids movie to show in richmond
February 9, 2013
April 13, 2013
Step 3: Then leave the work to them! They will glaze and fire your pottery in our kiln and then you may pick it up the next week.
“The Startup Kids is a documentary about young web entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Europe. It contains interviews with the founders of Vimeo, Soundcloud, Kiip, InDinero, Dropbox, Foodspotting and many others who talk about how they started their company and their lives as an entrepreneur.” (thestartupkids.com) The goal of this video is to motivate other young people to become entrepreneurs and meet and learn from other entrepreneurs around the world. The producers grabbed a video camera and traveled around the U.S. and Europe to interview founders of startups. Richmond, Indiana will be one of the few
cities to show this inspiring video. The Richmond showing, hosted by Richmond Social Media, will be at McGuire Hall in Richmond High School on March 14th. For more information and to reserve your free seat, please visit us on our website at www.mycentercity.com. Thanks to our sponsors: West End Bank, Richmond Art Museum, The Innovation Center, & Richmond Social Media.