“Knowledge is power, community is strength and positive attitude is everything.” Lance Armstrong Take a minute to sit back and catch up on all the exciting things that are happening in downtown Klamath Falls.

Downtown Scoop

Summer Festival Season has arrived Celebrate the Blues: Summer Kick-Off Festival

May 2016 Klamath Falls Downtown Association

Have a talent or booth idea you’d like to share? Maybe a

business you’d like to promote? Contact our coordinator at 541-591-9444 for more information

on becoming a vendor at Celebrate the Blues: Summer

Kick-Off Festival.

Calling all Vendors

A place to l i ve, shop, work, & so much more!

Join us as we kick summer off with a new and fun for all

ages street festival right on Main Street. Celebrate the Blues:

Summer Kick-Off Festival will have live music, a beer and

wine garden, interactive activities and games, great food,

and many other surprises. The festival will also highlight

Blue Zones Project and Crater Lake National Park with

arts and crafts, interactive demonstrations, and many

more related activities.

Celebrate the Blues: Summer Kick-Off Festival will take

Main Street by storm on Thursday, June 16 from 6-9PM.

Be prepared to share laughs, relax, and build new

memories downtown. Admission is free of charge and all

ages are welcome.

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Give Back Day Thursday, May 26th

Klamath Falls Downtown Association is partnering

with Klamath Union High School to once again bring

Give Back Day downtown. Give Back Day was created

as a way to inspire the youth of our community to

engage in community service efforts. In past years, KU

students have been tasked with graffiti removal, planting

flowers, painting murals, cleaning windows, and many

other essential projects to beautify our downtown.

This year KU students will be promoting downtown

beautification through a variety of projects including:

creating a new mural, cleaning up trails, removing

graffiti and thanks to a partnership with American Red

Cross they will be hosting a blood drive downtown.

One blood donor can help save three lives! The

Bloodmobile will be parked at the corner of 9th and

Main Street near BRD Printing. We need 32-35 donors

and are challenging downtown businesses to get

involved. Visit, www.redcrossblood.org sponsor code

GiveBack or you may call Rebecca at 714-604-7914 to

reserve your donation time. Blood donations are always

in high demand so let’s do this Klamath Falls!

New Downtown Park

This summer, Klamath Falls will be welcoming a new park to our community. Sugarman’s Corner Park will be located on the corner of 6th and Main Street in our downtown. The park will provide a welcoming space for anyone that spends time downtown and will soon prove to be a community favorite. Sugarman’s Corner Park is expected to spur cultural and economic revitalization and deepen a sense of pride and place. It will allow for people of all ages to enjoy being outdoors in the heart of downtown. The park is scheduled to be open early July 2016. For more information visit http://www.sugarmanscorner.com/

Lake Jam Oregon Klamath Falls will be hosting a new multi day festival;

Lake Jam Oregon. Lake Jam Oregon will boast plenty of

activities for all ages including corn hole and a wool pit.

Lake Jam Oregon will also have a beer garden, live music,

and a 3x3 basketball tournament with over $10,000 in cash

prizes. See http://lakejamoregon.com/ for more

information.

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Featured

Business

Have you been to the newest market in Klamath Falls? Old Stables Market has your grocery essentials like apples, lettuce, bread, eggs, and many others right on Main Street. Visit them at 427 Main Street Open everyday 8AM-8PM| 541-887-2828 Like ‘Old Stables Market’ on Facebook

Hanging flower baskets are [almost] here!

Thanks to

volunteer

efforts and

generous

community

donations the

hanging flower basket

program will be returning this summer.

Hanging flower baskets will be installed on June 1st

and will remain up through the end of September.

This year you will note that there will be a decorative

banner adjacent to the flower basket instead of a

second flower basket. This is due to efforts to

conserve water and keep costs low.

KFDA appreciates the continued community support

toward downtown beautification. We are still some

dollars short of fully funding the hanging flower

baskets and are gladly taking donation. Please

consider donating, your dollars will lead to

immediate downtown beautification. Mail your

donations to PO Box 372 Klamath Falls, OR 97601

or contact our coordinator at 541-591-9444 for more

information.

Exploring a Historical District

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$200 Gold Sponsorship

• Thank you mention in Herald and News

• Promotion of your business on KFDA’s

Facebook page

• Logo on print ads in Herald & News

• Business acknowledgement on 75 posters

printed and distributed before the event

Monthly Spotlight: Old Stables Market

So you want to sponsor Celebrate the Blues? Our events would be impossible to plan &

execute without your generous financial

support. Please consider becoming a sponsor

for our Celebrate the Blues: Summer Kick-Off

Festival. Sponsorship perks are detailed below.

Silver Sponsorship

• Thank you mention in Herald and News

• Promotion of your business on Klamath Falls

Downtown Association’s Facebook Page

Sponsorship forms can be downloaded from http://www.downtownklamathfalls.org/events.php

$100

Platinum Sponsorship

• Thank you mention in Herald and News

• Promotion of your business on KFDA’s Facebook

Page and website

• Logo on print ads in Herald & News

• Prominent business acknowledgment on 75

posters printed and distributed before event

• Sponsor mention on radio ads

• Prominent logo on TV commercial

$500

Klamath Falls Downtown Association is seeking dedicated and joyful individuals to be part of our volunteer

team for Celebrate the Blues: Summer Kick-Off Festival. As a volunteer, you will be a part of Klamath Falls

history! You will be helping run a new downtown summer festival and can do so in a variety of ways.

Whatever your passion or talent may be KFDA would appreciate your volunteering spirit and we will ensure

that your talents are being accentuated and most importantly that you have fun giving back. Please email

downtownklamathfalls@gmail.com with your contact information or call 541-591-9444.

Thank you to all our members, friends, and volunteers!

Your hard work and dedication is always appreciated and never goes unnoticed.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

KFDA’s next membership meeting will be held at

Gaucho Collective (1038 Main Street) on

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 6PM

Interested in volunteering?

Stay up to date with KFDA Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram

Klamath Falls Downtown Assc.

@downtownklamathfalls

www.downtownklamathfalls.com | downtownklamathfalls@gmail.com | 541-591-9444