The festival-style event commemorates the recent completion of the $5 million construction of the Boca Raton CRA's enhancement program and the new Downtown Boca Pedestrian Promenade that has created a new destination hub at its centrally located Sanborn Square Park. The new reconstructed paved streets and widened sidewalks strengthen the physical and experiential connection and enhance and promote walkability between south and north ends of Downtown Boca. With the strategic installation of new pop-up bollards that can easily be raised to close off the streets around Sanborn Square, the new hub provides yet another great outdoor event locale within Downtown Boca for both private and commercial rentals and community activities.
Showcasing the eclectic live-work-play-stay features of Boca's new generation Downtown for all generations, Meet Me On The Promenade event programming is designed for discovering all there is to see and do along the Promenade and the areas that it connects such as Palmetto Park Road, N.E. First Avenue, Boca Raton Road, Mizner Park and Royal Palm Place. An on-going schedule of live entertainment; family-friendly activities; sports programming; a classic and exotic car show by Cruz-N-America; non profit and cultural showcases; a Health-Full Community pavilion; an Art Attack Artists & Crafters Expo; food tastings, demos and special Promenade weekend menus; trunk shows; the first annual "Picture Downtown Boca" open photography competition exhibition presented by South Florida Sunrise in association with the Boca Raton Museum of Art and Multi Image Group; art gallery shows; guided and self-walking tours of Historic Downtown Boca hosted by the Boca Raton Historical Society; Gourmet Truck Expo; “chances to win” and two nighttime “Dancin’ In The Streets” parties are just a few of the offerings. Participating shops and restaurants will be extending their hours into the late evening with plenty of free parking and complimentary trolley transportation sponsored by Investments Limited/Royal Palm Place and GGP/Mizner Park will be running during event hours.
Friday night festivities hosted by the Boca Raton Resort & Club opens with a ribbon-cutting ceremony launched by a community line dance: the Official Downtown Boca Bop that is being choreographed, produced and led by the award-winning Fred Astaire Dance Studio based in Downtown Boca and feature celebrity dance leaders. It will be followed by live entertainment and family activities in and around Sanborn Square.
Saturday morning kicks off with the American Cancer Society’s 10th Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk that begins at the Mizner Park Amphitheater and takes walkers through the new Downtown Boca Promenade and the north and south ends of the Downtown destination. Meet Me On The Promenade programming throughout the Downtown immediately follows the Walk. A “Sip & Stroll Around Downtown Boca” self-guided tour program will help attendees to easily navigate through Downtown Boca's community’s assets: dining, shopping, fashion, culture, family fun, living, and nightlife and all the Meet Me On The Promenade scheduled activities and programming, entertainment, retail and dining discounts, and giveaway offerings. Participating retailers and restaurants will remain open late, and trolleys will run continually during Meet Me On The Promenade activities. Verizon Wireless Cellular Sales-South Florida is sponsoring Segway tours throughout the Downtown Boca community as well.
“Meet Me On The Promenade is the perfect example of successful public/private partnership engagement as is hosted by the CRA; developed and implemented by the City's branding and marketing consultants; produced by City staff; supported by the connectivity, participation and collaboration of Downtown Boca businesses and completely underwritten by community stakeholders and partners who understand the important impact a vibrant Downtown community has on lifestyle and economic benefits for an entire community and destination,” said Boca Raton Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Chair and City Council Member Constance Scott.
She reported that to date founding sponsors of Meet Me On The Promenade include premier sponsors: Boca Raton Resort & Club, Verizon Wireless Cellular Sales South Florida and Office Depot ; gold sponsors: Office Depot Foundation, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Ram Realty Services, Investments Limited/Royal Palm Place, GGP/Mizner Park, Penn Florida Companies, Fred Astaire Dance Studio-Boca, Kaye Communications, Multi Image Group; silver sponsors: First Southern Bank, Coldwell Banker Residential, Comerica Bank , HubGARAGE.com, Allianz Championship, Boca Raton Museum of Art and South Florida Sunrise, Palm Beach Outdoor Cinema Events;“Friends of Downtown Boca” sponsors: Habitat For Humanity. Community partners: Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce, Palm Beach County Convention & Visitors Bureau, and American Cancer Society-South Palm Beach Unit. Media sponsors includes but is not limited to Forum Publications and its City Link, South Florida Parenting and Boca Piquant publications; WRMF Radio; Boca Raton Tribune, bocaparent.com, South Florida Sunrise, Coastal Star, and Boca Observer.
Programming partners to date include Fred Astaire Dance Studio-Boca Raton, Cruz-N-America, Gourmet Truck Expo, Art Attack, Boca Raton Children's Museum, Boca Raton Historical Society, Boca Raton Museum of Art, South Florida Sunrise, Multi Image Group, Allianz Championship, Junior League of Boca Raton, Peter Blum Family YMCA of Boca Raton, South Florida Parenting, Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance/Boys & Girls Club of Broward County, bocaparent.com, Lake Worth Playhouse, Habitat For Humanity, Beehive Fitness, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Travel & Cruises, Rotary Club of Boca Raton "Future Stars", and Segway of Delray.
"There are still plenty of ways to 'be a part of it, in the heart of it'," noted Boca Raton Downtown Manager Ruby Childers. "Great sponsorship and programming partnership opportunities are still available and encouraged. This event provides Downtown businesses, nonprofit organizations, schools and universities, and business friends of Downtown Boca the ability to share their missions, products and services with thousands while showing their support of Downtown Boca."
To learn more, visit www.downtownboca.org and click on the Meet Me On The Promenade logo to access the dedicated website section that provides event announcements and updates, brochures for downloading, participation opportunities, sponsorship options, registration forms, and more or contact Jon Kaye at Kaye Communications, Inc.-- the official Marketing & PR firm for Downtown Boca -- at jkaye@kcompr.com, 561-392-5166-office, or 561-756-3097-cell.
For more information regarding programming highlights and attractions, please visit
http://www.downtownboca.org/?p=3297.
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