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Downtown Business & Stakeholder Resources

📌ACTION ITEMS

We’re gathering stakeholder feedback on several issues currently affecting downtown, including parking, lighting, and allowing the use of golf carts downtown.

DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE SURVEY

🎄WAYS TO PARTICIPATE

Apply to be a Vendor at the Holiday Market at the Tree Lighting at Turnbow Park on Nov. 21 from 4 to 7 PM
Are you an artist or a Join the kickoff to the downtown holiday season as a vendor or volunteer - and consider ways your business can activate around the increased activity downtown that evening.
APPLY TO BE A VENDOR
Deadline Nov. 9 at 5pm
Send us your holiday specials for promotion Nov. 21 - Jan. 1
Planning a seasonal menu, sale, extended hours, special event, promotion, or other reason for people to stop in? We want to help connect downtown visitors with what you have happening. Including a major push the final weekend/week before Christmas.
Submit Your Holiday Specials
Deadline: Monday Nov. 9, 5pm
Register for the Downtown Holiday Window & Storefront Decorating Competition
Nov. 21 - Dec. 19
Help create a festive downtown experience that encourages visitors to walk, explore, discover businesses, and experience more of Downtown Springdale.
Register for Window Decorating Competition
Deadline: Monday Nov. 9, 5pm
Apply to host an International Hot Cocoa Crawl Stop for Dec. 11, 5 - 8 PM
Apply to become an official Hot Cocoa Crawl stop and bring visitors directly through your doors while showcasing your business or organization.
Apply for International Hot Cocoa Crawl
Deadline: Monday Nov. 9, 5pm
Register to participate in Elf on the Shelf Downtown Scavenger Hunt
Dec. 7 - Dec 25
We’re bringing back our downtown-wide Elf on the Shelf scavenger hunt designed to encourage visitors to explore participating businesses throughout the holiday season.
Register to host the Elf on the Shelf
Deadline: Monday Nov. 9, 5pm

📣 Important Updates

Holiday Activation Calendar for Downtown Springdale
Let us know if we are missing anything!

Nov. 21 | Tree Lighting at Turnbow Park (Sat)
Nov. 21 - Dec. 19 | Holiday Window & Storefront Decorating Competition
Nov. 28 | Rodeo of the Ozarks Christmas Parade (Sat)
Dec. 4 | Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at The Medium (Fri)
Dec. 5 | La Posada through Downtown Springdale (Sat)
Dec. 11 | International Hot Cocoa Crawl (Fri)
Dec. 11 - 12 | Star on Spring Carriage Rides (Fri-Sat)
Dec. 12 | Fam Jam: Uno Dos Tres Andrés at The Jones Center (Sat)
Dec. 13 | Candy Cane Run at Luther George Park (Sun)
Dec. 19 - 20 | Holiday Shopping Weekend

Golf Cart Ordinance

Thank you to everyone who has shared feedback with DSA or contacted the Mayor and City Council regarding the proposed downtown golf cart ordinance. The City’s working group will continue incorporating feedback from downtown stakeholders and elected officials into a revised proposal. We anticipate the ordinance going back to the council:

Nov. 16 — Presentation of revised ordinance to City Council Committee of the Whole
Nov. 24 — Potential City Council vote on the ordinance

If stakeholders want the ordinance to move forward, continued participation will be important. We encourage residents and business owners to communicate directly with the Mayor and City Council and attend the upcoming meetings. We’ll share additional information as those dates approach.

Outdoor Dining District

Request your property for inclusion in the Outdoor Dining District
We are working with the City to better define and clean up the Outdoor Dining District edge boundaries. Properties already completely within the district are covered. However, some properties along the edge of the boundary may have sidewalks included while portions of the actual private property, entrances, or patios are not. No property currently outside the district will be added without written confirmation from the property owner requesting inclusion. If your business or property sits along the edge of the current district, and you want to be included in the boundary we want to hear from you. You can check the current Outdoor Dining District map.

Request Your Property to be considered - Deadline Nov. 9 at 5pm

OUTDOOR DINING DISTRICT REQUEST FORM

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