Press Releases
Media Contact: Shamara Rayner Phone: (313) 943-2180 Email: srayner@ci.dearborn.mi.us For Immediate Release: September 25, 2008 “Fall Into Dearborn” September 25, 2008 - Fall Into Dearborn The City of Dearborn, the Dearborn Community Arts Council and the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce along with the WDDDA will be presenting this fall celebration on Oct 3-5, 2008.Fall Into Dearborn is a three day extravaganza with lots of fun filled activities for the whole family. All of the activities will be centered in Dearborn’s west downtown area. These activities include a classic car show, Art on the Avenue arts and craft shows, and musical entertainment from various artists such as, Fifty Amp Fuse, Marc Falconberry, Neil Woodward, Jennifer Sygit, and many others. Other Activities include a Mini Business Expo hosted at West Village Drive, Quilt shows, pumpkin carving, antique appraisals, wildlife and historical presentations. A community bike ride and health walk at U of M Dearborn’s Interpretive Center, sidewalk sales, and various other exciting events. Come out and join us for an exciting fall event! Hours for Fall into Dearborn are: For more information concerning this event please click on the link below for a complete schedule of events. Fall into Dearborn Event Poster ### Media Contact: Shamara Rayner Phone: (313) 943-2180 Email: srayner@ci.dearborn.mi.us For Immediate Release: September 18, 2008- Dearborn, Michigan “West Dearborn Downtown Development Authority Welcomes New Marketing Assistant” September 18, 2008 – The West Dearborn Downtown Development Authority has recently recruited a new marketing assistant. The new assistant will aid the DDA marketing committee with efforts to assist our current business associates and prospective businesses with email marketing and keeping the website up to date with current and future exciting events. Shamara Rayner is a junior at the University of Michigan-Dearborn studying Communications-Public Relations. Shamara is a very sophisticated, bright, and ambitious individual. She is an active member of student organizations such as: International Association of Business Communicators & Public Relations Student Society of America. She is passionate about communicating with others well, and developing new creative and innovative ideas. After, obtaining a college degree she will pursue fashion design. Shamara is eager to assist you, and is looking forward to working with the businesses in the WDDDA. ###
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west downtown Dearborn to begin week of September 8 August 28, 2008 — Work crews are scheduled to begin a pavement repair project on a one-mile section of US-12 (Michigan Avenue) in west Dearborn beginning the week of Sept. 8. The repair work, between Brady and Washington streets, is expected to take place during the overnight hours to limit the impact to business along the corridor. During the overnight hours, the contractor will maintain a single lane of traffic in each direction of Michigan Avenue. On weekday evenings, work will begin at 9 p.m. with all lanes open to traffic by 5 a.m. the following mornings. On weekends, crews will begin repair work at 9 p.m. with all lanes open by 8 a.m. the following mornings. This $456,000 investment will replace the most deteriorated sections of pavement in order to improve the ride quality on this heavily traveled artery in west downtown Dearborn. All work is scheduled to be completed by early November. ### Protect Michigan families: Where Workers Present Drive 45! -A message from MDOT and Michigan’s Give ‘em a Brake Safety Coalition
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————- DEARBORN, Mich. (July 16, 2008) – Businesses in downtown West Dearborn are coming together through a new web site www.DearbornWestOnline.com to promote their wide variety of products, services and entertainment venues. Click here to read the full story.
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