Small Business Saturday – November 30, 2024

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There are two days focused on giving back this holiday season – GivingTuesday and Colorado Gives Day. Both offer opportunities to contribute to our community, whether by giving of your time, or making a financial contribution to a local non-profit.

GivingTuesday

December 3, 2024

December 6 | Holiday Tree Lighting in Willits

• • • Tree Lighting
    • Santa In Person – Deliver your wish list to Santa in person
    • Live Entertainment 
    • Food, Beverages, and Delectable Treats
    • Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides

December 13 | Merry on Midland

and a Midland Streetscape Project Celebration in Historic Downtown

Friday, December 13, 2024 • 4-6 p.m. | Midland Avenue

Keep the holiday spirit a-rockin’ with friends, family and neighbors with a holiday themed block party on the newly redeveloped Midland Avenue! Festivities will include live music, food and drinks, a visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus and more!

New this year, the tree lighting event will be held as a block party on Midland Avenue to commemorate the substantial completion of the Midland Streetscape project. Celebrate the grand opening of the newly redesigned Midland Avenue!

The evening includes:

• • • Ribbon Cutting
    • Tree Lighting
    • Santa In Person – Deliver your wish list to Santa in person
    • Live Entertainment
    • Food, Beverages, and Delectable Treats
    • A Holiday Market, featuring Andersons Engraving, Sydney Kay Jewelry, Pollinator Chocolate, Slopeside Pottery, Jeweled Musings, Random Weaver, Wrap and Roll Baked Goods, Lanie & Lexi Jewelry. Vendors will be co-located in area businesses: Mountain Heart Tap Room, Sotheby’s, Heather’s Savory Pies & Tapas, and Z Group Architects
    • And MORE! Stroll Midland Avenue for additional special events throughout downtown, including at:
      • The Golden Bough and Midland Dry Goods – Holiday Open House
      • Heirlooms Resale – FLORA, FLORA, FLORA art pop-up opening reception
      • The Art Base – Opening Reception of HOME / UN HOGAR
      • See all the details on our Season of Small page.

Colorado Gives Day – December 10, 2024

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Join one of the largest one-day giving movements in the country.

Each December Coloradans come together with the common goal to strengthen the community by helping to power nonprofits. Community First Foundation and FirstBank partner to make this day rewarding for givers, nonprofits, and the community as a whole.

Colorado Gives Day is Tuesday, December 10, and features a $1 million Incentive Fund. Every nonprofit receiving a donation on Colorado Gives Day receives a portion of the fund, increasing the impact and the value of every dollar donated. Colorado Gives Day has grown to be Colorado’s largest one-day online giving event, raising more than $257 million since it began in 2010. 

Visit the Colorado Gives Day website.

Saturday, December 14 – Historic Downtown

Santa will be leaving the Fire Station at 5:30 p.m., following this neighborhood route:

• • • Elk Run (Elk Run Dr, Hearthstone, Lauren Ln, Elk Cir, Park Cir, Mountain Ct, Riverside Dr) 
    • Historic Downtown Basalt (Midland Ave, Homestead Dr) 
    • Southside (Meadowview Dr, Allison Ln, Alexander Ln)