Aledo Main Street

Ladies on the Loose continues to be a BIG hit with the Ladies & Merchants

Saturday, April 28^th was a windy and cool day, but the downtown was alive with activity and energy.  When you add almost 80 women with hot pink shopping bags in hand a mission to spend the day enjoying wonderful food, shopping, great ways to win and just spending time with each other you can’t go wrong.  The 8^th Annual Ladies on the Loose organized by Aledo Main Street was another success! Brunch was held at Liberty Station Steakhouse with rave reviews- 76 ladies enjoyed the wonderful food prepared by Chef Adam Vipond.  The scrumptious food was served up by the “famous” Aledo Main Street gentleman volunteers!  This day wouldn’t be the same without this great bunch of guys, pampering the Ladies ALONG with singing and dancing to the popular song Downtown!  They were a HUGE hit! 

A Dessert Bar was also held in the afternoon at La Belle Vie and this was also a great and YUMMY addition to the day- where 52 ladies enjoyed the desserts served. 

Not only was the food great the shopping was a hit too!  There were ways to win and 4 lucky ladies walked away with great prizes. 

Basket Bucks- 30 out of 76 ladies turned in their receipts from that day of shopping at the participating businesses.  Over $3000 worth of receipts were tallied in 3 hours.  Each Lady that turned in their receipt was able to enter one ticket for every $10 spent and then a winner was given a huge basket containing great products from each of the participating stores.  At the end of the event the winner drawn was Tiffany Newswander from Aledo- she was very excited to win a basket valued at over $160.

Scavenger Hunt for the Hot Pink Daisy- Each participating business hid a daisy and the Ladies had to locate the daisy, when the daisy was found the merchant signed the scavenger hunt cards.  The completed scavenger hunt card was entered and three winners were drawn for Main Street Moola Gift Certificates:

The 3^rd Annual Aledo Main Street Scholarship was awarded
Wednesday, May 2^nd at the Mercer County High School.

The mission of Aledo Main Street is to honor and preserve our past by continuing to improve the appearance, promote and revitalize Aledo’s central business district through teamwork, promotions and marketing.   This scholarship was therefore created for two reasons.  To promote doing businesses in our community by encouraging people to shop locally and secondly, to assist local students in furthering their education as Main Street understands that the youth of our community are our future. Tonight, Aledo Main Street will award 2 - $600 Scholarships to the top 2 vote getters.

A total of 20 Mercer County High School Seniors applied for this scholarship.  Shoppers who spent money at our local participating businesses were encouraged to vote for their favorite MCHS Senior.  In general, each dollar the shopper spent equated to 1 vote for the student of choice, so $20 spent meant 20 votes for their favorite student.  You might find it interesting to know that within the 24 participating businesses nearly 90,000 votes were cast.  

Here are quotes from essays on what do you think the downtown will be like in 20 years? First, “The downtown would still keep its older hometown feel, that is one aspect that it cannot ever lose.”  And from the other recipient “I see more people traveling to the downtown area, and the local economy will rise.  This will also cause an increase in profits for the local businesses and restaurants.”

It is my honor to announce the 2012 Aledo Main Street Scholarship recipients are Taylor Bennett and Christopher Hedrick.

  

This Scholarship was sponsored by:
Aledo Main Street, Richard Lee, CPA, Knox Heating & Cooling, Ltd.,     LaBelliVie Wine & Martini Bar, Wagner Pharmacy, PC Works, Stuts Drug & Hallmark, Cooper Floor Covering, Hall Shoe Store, Aledo Meat Market, McKnight Pharmacy, Hyett Furniture, BankOrion, The Vintage Button, Boney’s Farm Store, Edward Jones-Tony Holtschlag, Blessed By Nature, Goldsmith Jewelers, Cokel’s Welding & Muffler Repair, Aledo Pawn & Gun, Curves For Women, Country Financial Agents: Tracy Bigham, Lou Sutton & John Waugh, & Blackhawk Bank & Trust.

2010 Aledo Main Street Annual Report (pdf)