Maplewood’s Springfield Avenue Partnership
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Maplewood’s HarvestFest was designed as a month-long schedule of family fun activities at participating District businesses, an iPad giveaway and a Fall HarvestFest festival held on Saturday, October 13, 2012.
iPad GIVEAWAY PROMOTION
The Partnership announces winner of HarvestFest iPad2
Participating in the presentation ceremony were (left to right) Maplewood Mayor Vic DeLuca, Springfield Avenue Partnership board member Dr. Dione Williams, iPad winner Stacy Mevs and Partnership president Jim Nering.
Click Here to read press release
iPad giveaway is co-sponsored by these Springfield Avenue District businesses:
Puppy Love 973.761.0330
Dancers Pointe 908.241.9595
Zakiya’s Way Floral Designs 973.391.3429
Springfield Avenue Partnership Board member Ina Rimpau (left) join two of the 3 sponsors of the promotion, Lisa Lert of Puppy Love (center) and Mary Dressendofer (left of Dancers Pointe to promote the iPad giveaway. Not shown is the third sponsor Zakiya Munnerlyn of Zakiya's Way Floral Designs – a new business at 1921 Springfield Avenue.
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A Benefit for Ryan Burbank |
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Saturday, November 17, 2012
7pm -11pm
Maplewood Woman’s Club
Ryan Burbank is an 18 year old Maplewood resident who became paralyzed from the chest down after a backyard pool accident this summer. He had an emergency operation that fused parts of his spinal cord and then over two months of therapy at the Kessler Institute. Ryan is now home with his parents, Carolyn and Eric, and his two brothers. He faces many more months of therapy and care.
Please help support the Burbank family. Tickets are just $20.
Many of the Springfield Avenue District businesses joined in this effort and have generously contributed items that will be raffled – merchandise, gift certificates, sporting/concert tickets, services, etc.
Click Here to see the list of items donated by Springfield Avenue District businesses to be raffled at the benefit.
Click Here to read the letter from Mayor Victor De Luca about this important benefit supporting a family in need after a tragic summer accident. |
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The District Honors Breast Cancer Month in October 2012 |
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Statewide Striping of Parsippany donates their workers and truck to Springfield Avenue Partnership to stripe the center line in honor of Breast Cancer Month.
Partnership board members (left to right) Ina Rimpau, Hilton Branch Library Manager; Kathy Blair, Hair Chalet business owner, and Louis Mercado, Walgreens manager stand behind a pink ribbon displayed in the Springfield Avenue District to mark Breast Cancer Awareness month in October.
Jeff Lafrance (center), Ricciardi Bros. Paint store manager delivers buckets of Ricciardi’s donated pink paint to Statewide Striping workers for striping the center line on Springfield Avenue. Maplewood Township Deputy Mayor Kathleen Leventhal and Committeewoman India Larrier join in the photo in support of the Partnership’s efforts to honor Breast Cancer Month.
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SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012
12 NOON TO 5 PM
Celebrating its 11th Anniversary, Maplewood MayFest has grown into one of Maplewood’s largest community festivals and the Springfield Avenue Partnership’s signature event. Visitors enjoy rides, games, petting zoo, pony rides, live music, food, a classic car show and more than 100 participating vendors.
MayFest events will take place on Springfield Avenue from Indiana Street to Oberlin Street
See Photos from MayFest 2012
Read the Press Releases
Great Food from Local Restaurants Will Highlight Maplewood MayFest
Local Bands Highlight Music Performances at Maplewood MayFest
Springfield Avenue in Maplewood to Host 11th Annual MayFest (April 20, 2012)
Classic Car Show Coming to Springfield Avenue for 11th Annual Maplewood MayFest (May 3, 2012)
MayFest 2012 Entertainment Schedule
Bands and Performing Arts Demonstrations
(updated 5/3/12)
Download the Flyer
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 DISTRICT DOLLARS
Forty (40) winners received $25 District Dollars. The District Dollars gift certificates can be redeemed at participating Springfield Avenue District businesses and restaurants.
CLICK HERE to read the rules. |
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 FESTIVAL OF FAMILY FUN
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29th
11 am - 3 pm (no rain date)
Festival located at Hilton Branch Library grounds at 1688 Springfield Avenue (Tuscan Road between Vermont Street and Oakland Road)
Maplewood’s HarvestFest is a one day, outdoor festival with family fun activities. Visitors to the festival will enjoy:
- Live Children’s Concert with Polka Dot and Pals: 12:30 – 1:30 pm, and DJ music all day, sponsored by LaChaney’s Dance & Music Academy
- Petting Zoo, sponsored by Le Petit Academy
- Pony & Hay Rides, sponsored by Maplewood 76
- Face Painting & Glitter Tattoos, sponsored by Parteaz
 Classic Car Show, sponsored by Maplewood Meineke Car Care Center- Maplewood’s Fire Department’s Fire Safety Education Trailer
- Food Sales from participating food vendors
Classic Car owners interested in displaying your car at the Saturday, October 29 HarvestFest event, CLICK HERE for details.
District businesses interested in scheduling an event or activity in their place of business, CLICK HERE to learn about The Partnership’s grant program.
HarvestFest 2011 SPONSORS
 
  
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MayFest 2011!
MayFest, held on its raindate of May 22, was a huge success with thousands attending to finally get outdoors after a week of cloudy and rainy weather.
New this year! WIN $1,000 Springfield Avenue
MayFest District Dollars.
40 winners are being contacted and will receive their District Dollars gift certificate in the mail.
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2011 MayFest, celebrated its 10th anniversary as one of Maplewood’s largest events and the signature event of the Springfield Avenue Partnership! MayFest has grown from a modest gathering in Maplecrest Park to a powerhouse festival celebrating the arrival of Spring. This year’s activities included a petting zoo from Kafka Farms with over 40 animals and 4 ponies, a kiddie train, inflatable rides, balloon animal maker and so much more! Local bands performed and kept attendees tapping their toes while being tempted by over 125 vendors, and delicious tasty treats.
Click Here to see Event Flyer(Note: the date on the flyer does not reflect the rescheduled date of Sunday, May 22nd.)
MayFest Memories and More on Misty Monday About Town from Maplewood.Patch.com Click here to read Maplewood.Patch.com
The Partnership acknowledges the fans of Maplewood’s Springfield Avenue MayFest 2011:
74th Spring LLC, Churrasco Steakhouse, Clawson Architects, LLC, East Side Fitness, Fringe Salon, Hair Chalet, , Meineke Car Care Center, Our Gang Travel, Overlook Hospital, Park Wood Diner, Piast Meats & Provisions, Sherwin-Williams, QuickChek, Waste Industries
The Springfield Avenue Partnership thanks all the many VOLUNTEERS, TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, DPW WORKERS, POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PEOPLE AT EMS for their untiring efforts to work with the Partnership to bring this event to the Maplewood community.
MayFest 2011!
MayFest, held on its raindate of May 22, was a huge success with thousands attending to finally get outdoors after a week of cloudy and rainy weather.
New this year! WIN $1,000 Springfield Avenue
MayFest District Dollars.
40 winners are being contacted and will receive their District Dollars gift certificate in the mail.
Click Here for Rules
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Black History Month |
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The Partnership Co-Sponsored 2011 Black History Month events and activities in February at several participating businesses. District Dollars gift certificates winners have been notified of their winning District Dollars.
Click Here for list of businesses that will redeem winners' District Dollars gift certificates
For District Dollars Rules and info Click Here
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HAPPY LOCAL WINNERS ANNOUNCED FROM SPRINGFIELD AVENUE PARTNERSHIP’S HARVESTFEST CONTEST |
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 Maplewood, NJ, January 14, 2011 – The best part of winning a year’s worth of lessons from Blue Life Karate & Fitness Center on Springfield Avenue in Maplewood is spending more time with her grandson, says Bernadette Pleasant of Maplewood. One of several local winners in the Springfield Avenue Partnership’s Passport to Win promotion, part of the annual HarvestFest on the Avenue, Pleasant gets to watch her grandson, Jadin Collins of Edison, when he comes for his class each week. “He is excited about it, and I’m so pleased to see more of him,” Pleasant concludes.
The Partnership’s Passport to Win Contest featured District Dollars gift certificates good at participating Springfield Avenue businesses and restaurants. Grand prizes included a one-year membership from East Side Fitness, a snow blower from P & P Lawnmowers and the full year of lessons from Blue Life Karate & Fitness Center.
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In 2010, the Partnership created a festive winter holiday atmosphere on Springfield Avenue. |
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Springfield Avenue was decorated with holiday wreaths, street light poles wrapped with evergreen garland and many district businesses plus storefront windows were painted with a variety of colorful designs and greetings of the season.
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2010 HarvestFest Activities Wrap Up Breast Cancer Awareness Month on the Avenue |
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 Springfield Avenue hosted the second annual HarvestFest on October 30th. The Springfield Avenue Partnership organized entertainment and activities ranging from pony rides and a petting zoo, to blood pressure screenings and a Classic Car Show in Verjus Restaurant’s parking lot. Amazing local bands had the crowd rocking, while stilt walkers and balloon artists kept the kids smiling.
HarvestFest was the culminating event in a month-long series presented by the Partnership to help inform local residents and visitors to Maplewood’s Springfield Avenue Business District about the importance of early breast cancer detection and treatment. From a Taste for the Cure event at Churrasco Restaurant to a Walk for the Cure 5K and other events involving the business and commercial property owners of Springfield Avenue and their customers, neighbors and friends, Springfield Avenue was a hub of activity in October.
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Churrasco Hosts Taste for the Cure Event on Springfield Avenue |
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 Maplewood, N.J., October 22, 2010 – Local community members mingled with guests from beyond the Maplewood/South Orange area, sipping wines from around the world and savoring great tapas and other fine cuisine at a Taste for the Cure event hosted by Churrasco Restaurant and the Liquor Cabinet on Springfield Avenue in Maplewood. The event was organized by the Springfield Avenue Partnership as part of its month-long series to support breast cancer awareness and raise funds during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.
The debut performance of Broads’way, led by Susan Leone, the owner of Jazzberries on Springfield Avenue, added a fun and festive edge to an event with a serious purpose. “I have a few cancer survivors in my family, as well as some who did not make it,” noted Sherri Mitchell of Montclair. She attended the event with her friend Sonia Moore of Maplewood, a fan of Churrasco’s take-out service who had come inside for a meal for the first time because of the event. “It’s a wonderful time and a great opportunity to meet people while supporting a good cause,” Mitchell concluded.
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In October 2010, The Partnership held events to help promote Breast Cancer Awareness and the district’s businesses.
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Past Promotions and Events
