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Kelsick Specialty Market Awarded 2019 Retailer of the Year and Smith’s Florist and Gift Shoppe Earned Peninsula Top Award GLOUCESTER, Va. – Two staple businesses from Gloucester Main Street took home the Retail Alliance’s top 2019 honor and the Peninsula region’s highest award. The Retail Alliance, a non-profit trade association that represents businesses across Hampton … Continue reading “Gloucester Main Street Businesses Take Home 2019 Retail Alliance Honors”

Connecting community through fitness. That’s the mission of the popular Downtown Fit program, which returns to Gloucester Main Street for the 2019 season on June 10 with the first in a series of group fitness classes, collaborations with a local brewpub and other special events for the community that run through the fall. Presented by … Continue reading “Downtown Fit, Free Community Fitness Program, Returns to Gloucester Main Street for 2019 Season”

Familiar faces, as part of a famous familiar series, are set to return to Main Street in Gloucester this summer, the Gloucester Arts Festival committee announced this week. As part of the annual summer 2019 arts event, iconic Seward Johnson life-size works of art will arrive on Main Street and kick off with a community … Continue reading “Gloucester Arts Festival to Feature 10 Seward Johnson Sculptures at Community Unveiling”

Gloucester Main Street. The Downtown. The Gloucester Village. Gloucester Courthouse. Whatever you call this historic retail corridor in the heart of the Middle Peninsula, one thing is for certain – there is a lot of support for local business here. It very much is the definition of businesses supporting businesses. That’s why YOU ARE INVITED … Continue reading “Let’s Get Visual: A Dynamic Visual Merchandising Session on Tuesday, May 14, 2019”

The Middle Peninsula Alliance announced today it is accepting nominations from the community for private-sector leaders in business or non-profit organizations to serve on its Advisory Board. Nominations will be accepted through May 30, 2019 online at www.mpava.com. The Middle Peninsula Alliance is the region’s economic development lead organization, with a mission to promote the … Continue reading “Middle Peninsula Alliance Seeking Advisory Board Member Nominations”