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The Leesburg Partnership Newsletter |
June 2008 |
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 Have
you heard about the new campaign for downtown?
Ever wanted
to know more about Dell of Doggibags?
How
about those beautiful flowers on Main
Street?
Find all the
answers and more in this
issue!
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Special
Recognition...
 Every
day we hear comments on how great the flowers look
downtown, especially this past month. The Leesburg
Partnership wants to send a BIG thanks to the employees
of City of Leesburg responsible for these beautiful
displays. Jennifer Magavero, Randy Mort, John Bell and
Ed Cruz thanks for all your hard work on the
flowers and landscape for the downtown
area.
Pictured above: Shelby Strickland, age
16 - 11th grader at Leesburg High School, Summer
job with Parks and Recreation Department.
**Did you know...The City of
Leesburg has a greenhouse where they grow all the
flowers for Downtown Leesburg and throughout the
city. **
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Exciting News!
Look for our new
promotional campaign
See it in Lake Magazine, Daily
Commercial and billboards. This campaign will be
accompanied by a full length music video to the
song "Downtown" by Petula Clark. It will
feature soloist from our area as well as many
cameo appearance by our own local business people,
citizens, students and community leaders!
Look for the Video Premier event at the end of
July or early
August.
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"Getting to
Know You..."
Q and A
with Your Downtown Merchants
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This Month
Spotlight is:
A: Dell Ross
Q: Business
Name?
A: Doggibags, Inc.
Q: Your
Family?
A: Guy (husband) and LuLu
(mother)
Q: How long have you been in business
and what type of
business?
A: Monogramming since 1959 and Doggibags
since 1980.
Q: How long have you been in business
Downtown?
A: Since 1983
Q: Do you have a business
Philosophy?
A: Treat people the way you want to be
treated.
Q: What would you say are your keys to
success?
A: Customer service first!
Q: What is some good business advice
you have received?
A: Don't Give Up!
Q: Has there been any advice given to
you that you wish you had taken but
didn't?
A: Maybe charging more for monogramming but
don't.
Q: What do you like best about being in
business for yourself?
A: Doing what I like to do and working with
Guy and LuLu AND working with my
Downtown neighbors!
Q: What do you like the least?
A: Bookwork!
Q: If you weren't in your current
business, what would you like to be
doing?
A:
Decorating
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FISH
FRY
was the theme for the
night!
Despite the downpour, Fish Fry was
a huge success!
Tasty
Food
Awesome Music
Great
Company!
There were even puddles to
cool your feet off!
Thanks to all our sponsors and
attendees for another great Fish
Fry!
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Volunteer of the
Month
Bob and Jackie
O'Hara
 The
Partnership is very lucky to have such loyal and
committed volunteers such as Bob and Jackie
O'Hara!
Bob and Jackie started
volunteering just a year ago. They heard about the
Partnership from the Shrine Scooter Club, which
they are active in. They moved to Florida 12 years
ago from Rochester, New York where Bob retired
from the Electrical Union. Jackie always worked
part-time doing office work and raising their two
boys.
Jackie calls Bob "Mr. Fix-It"!
We keep Bob busy in our warehouse. Jackie is a big
help to us in the office by getting our files
organized and helping with typing.
They are both also involved with
the Greyhound Rescue working with Greyhound
Adoption of Florida. They have two greyhounds of
their own (Zoey, 9 and Blaise, 5)
They really enjoy coming to the
Partnership and working with us and we enjoy
them!
THANKS, BOB AND
JACKIE!
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Mark your Calendars!
Click
here to get the 2008 -
2009 Events Calendar!
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 14th Annual
Convention and Trade
Show
August 6th - 8th
Omni Orlando
Resort at ChampionsGate
Check
www.ffea.com for more
information!
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Go Lightning!
It's a new season and time to
show our support for the
Leesburg
Lightning!
Click
here for more
information!
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The
Downtown Leesburg Business Association is holding
its first
"Trash to Treasures Day" Come Stroll
on Main Street and Leesburg Center for the Arts
located on the corner of
Magnolia and 5th
Saturday, June 28,
2008
9:00 am - 2:00
pm.
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For more
information, click here.
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Leesburg Library
presents...
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at
10:00 am
Lyndel the Magician:
Lyndel performs
feats of magic that make you wrinkle your brow in
bewilderment and laugh out loud.
For more information, please call (352)
728-9790.
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Volunteers
Wanted!
Flexible Hours - Great Benefits - No
Pay
Volunteer for one
or all of these exciting events! Office Volunteers
are needed for weekly shifts Monday thru Friday,
9am - 12pm or 12 - 4pm. Answer phones, computer
data entry, meet and greet.
Call
Janelle at (352) 365-0053 for more information.
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Do
you need a speaker for your Civic Club meeting?
Call Sandi at the Partnership,
365-0053.
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Eye on Downtown...Mark n' Deb's Bargain
Bin 
Mark N Debs Bargain Bin
104 South 2nd
Street
Mark N Debs Bargain Bin is the newest addition to
beautiful historic
Downtown Leesburg.
We
are the newest and best little Thrift Shoppe in
town!
When looking for a location for our second
store (Original store is in Inverness)
we chose Downtown
Leesburg due to its old northern historic
character.
Our hours
are Monday - Friday from 10am to 5:30pm.
Mark & Debbie Stapleton
Owners
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Bikefest
Success!
What do you
get when you have a weekend full of great entertainment,
festive foods, awesome police and emergency support and
300,000 Bikers?
One Awesome Bikefest!
If you came looking for non-stop fun
and entertainment galore, then this year's Bikefest
surely delivered!
It was
great to see so many of our Downtown Merchants get into
the spirit of the event. Alada's had a very
biker-friendly window display, Connie from A Quilter's
Dream spent part of the weekend sewing patches on
leather vest and jackets, Gardner's produce set up a
table and cut up fresh fruit to sell to event goers and
Search Me Cities set up an Internet Cafe. In talking to
many merchants, the general consensus was the weekend
was a success!
Here's
what a few of our Downtown Merchants had to
say about the weekend.
Dear Partnership,
I just wanted to
take a minute and tell you how much we enjoyed our first
Leesburg Bike Week experience. The atmosphere was great
and the crowd was very well behaved. I lived in Daytona
for 10 years and the difference between the two
festivals is night and day. We sold fresh cut fruit and
boiled p-nuts in front of the store both Friday and
Saturday and had a blast doing so! The whole event was
very well managed and you could not ask for a better
turnout. What a great impact this has on the economy for
all of North Lake County. Bikers were telling us that
hotels were sold out all the way from Mount Dora to
Clermont and as a business owner here on Main Street in
Leesburg this did nothing but help my business. Thanks
for all you guys have done and continue to do making
downtown Leesburg a better place to live and work. Your
Partnership here is truly a great model for other cities
to follow in he revitalization of downtown communities.
Sincerely,
Bradley and Ruth Gardner
Gardner's Fresh
Produce Inc.
Here's
another way Bikefest delivered...
Our preliminary
counts show over $75,000 raised by Civic Clubs, School,
Church and other non profit groups during the
event.
This
type of event takes lots of help to make it happen. So
many people worked behind the scenes to make Bikefest a
success.
Thanks to all our many
Volunteers...VIP, Road Crew, Block Captains, Office
Volunteers, Beer Crews and Merchandise Crews.
Thanks also to the City of Leesburg,
Police, Fire and EMS, to the citizens of Leesburg who
help to welcome our weekend guests with such wonderful
hospitality.
A BIG THANKS to
all our sponsors:
Gator Harley
Davidson
Budweiser
Lucky U Cycles
Mount Dora
Estate Jewelry Company
Cycle Rider Radio
State
Farm Insurance
RoMac Lumber
LPG Urban &
Planners
RSC Equipment Rental
Lake County
Florida
The Daily Commercial
Comcast
The Lake
County Sheriff's Office
English
Communications
Lake-Sumter EMS
Born to Ride
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Leesburg Partnership...a Florida
Mainstreet Community |
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 Our
Mission
Leesburg
Partnership shall restore, promote and maintain the
historic character and viability of Leesburg for the
enjoyment and education of residents and
visitors.
Our Vision Main
Street will be the commercial, civic and cultural center
of Leesburg, providing a diverse mix of business,
residence and public activities in an environment that
is inviting, clean, safe and attractive for residents
and visitors.
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Sponsor a Downtown Street Bench for
$1.000. Great way to honor family and
friends.
Sponsor a Towne Square Brick for
$100. Great Graduation, Wedding, Birth gift
idea.
Applications are available at
Leesburg Partnership
PO Box 490043
401 W. Magnolia Street
Leesburg, Florida 34749-0043
(352) 365-0053
http://www.leesburgpartnership.com
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The
Leesburg Partnership
PO Box 490043
Leesburg, Florida 34749-0043
(352)
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