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ATTENTION FLAT ROCK BUSINESSES! Christmas Passport Info for 2020

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ATTENTION FLAT ROCK BUSINESSES!

Flat Rock Our Hometown along with the Flat Rock DDA (Downtown Development Authority) are once again presenting the 2020 Christmas Passport Program! The format is a little different this year due to COVID-19:

  • There are NO ENTRY FEES for any Flat Rock Business to join the program
  • ALL Flat Rock businesses can participate
  • Each business that participates will receive a supply of customer cards to punch, a window decal if needed and be given a unique punch
  • Customers can get cards at participating businesses, City Hall, the Community Center and the Library
  • Customers complete cards with punches from businesses as in years past
  • We ask participating businesses to donate a gift/product for the Grand Prize basket
  • The program begins on November 2, 2020 and ends on December 16, 2020

Businesses, if you have any questions after reading the information including the 2020 Christmas Psssport Rules below, direct questions to the Flat Rock Our Hometown or the  Downtown Flat Rock Facebook pages or you can CLICK HERE.

 

FLAT ROCK 2020 CHRISTMAS PASSPORT RULES

  • Customers look for the Flat Rock Our Hometown window decal at local businesses
  • A full listing of participating businesses are available online at:
  • Visit local participating Flat Rock businesses and complete the six (6) punches on the Passport Card
  • Customers must have punches from at least three (3) different businesses on the Passport Card
    • You can get up to three (3) punches from one business
    • The other three (3) punches must be from different businesses
    • Remember, six (6) different stamps enters you into a drawing for the GRAND PRIZE (basket filled with gifts from all participating businesses!)
  • Get bonus stamps on Small Business Saturday weekend from November 27-29, 2020
  • Fill out your name, address, phone number and email on the back of the Passport Card
  • Drop your completed Passport card off at City Hall by December 17, 2020 at 12 noon
  • The drawings will be held on December 18, 2020 for the following prizes:
    • Grand Prize Basket with a gift from all participating businesses
    • First Prize: $500 in Flat Rock Dollars
    • Second Prize: $250 in Flat Rock Dollars
    • Third Prize: $100 in Flat Rock Dollars
    • Flat Rock Dollars can be redeemed at any participating business
  • Prizes will be awarded at the December 21, 2020 (virtual?) City Council meeting
    • Customers are not required to be present, but are asked to attend the meeting if they are notified that they have won, on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 7:30p.m. Instructions will be provided when notified that you have won!

 

THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING LOCAL! THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING FLAT ROCK!

 

Flat Rock DDA and Flat Rock Our Hometown supporting Flat Rock Businesses

Leo’s Coney Island is FROH October 2020 Featured Business

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Flat Rock Our Hometowns featured business for October is Leo’s Coney Island.
These restaurant owners have a long history of family tradition. Sam and Moe opened their first Leo’s Coney Island in 2011 in Belleville. Moe had been in the restaurant business for 30 years and decided it was good time for he and his brother to start their own.
With great success at their first effort, they opened their second location in Flat Rock in 2015. Quickly after, Sam’s son, Ali, came in to help run the business. Not long after, the youngest son, Hassan, started dish washing at the restaurant. At this point, the restaurant was largely staffed by family. Working long hours and managing two locations, all of their hard work was paying off. The business was growing and customers were continually coming in. This is what Flat Rock is all about: grit, family, and community. That being said, it is not all a family affair. Their manager, Chiara, has been with them since day one. Keith, the restaurant manager, has been in the Leo Coney Island family for a long time. Most of their staff has been with Sam and Moe for years.
Now in 2020, Hassan is running the Flat Rock Leo’s location. His hard work led him to grow and run the business. Hassan said he really loves the community here in Flat Rock. He loves seeing the same happy faces. Hassan admitted he has customers who give him constructive criticism, but he likes the feedback. He wants the restaurant to always be better and the customers to be happy.
If you haven’t been to Leo’s, please do pay them a visit. They’d love to have you try all that they have to offer.
They even have a wonderful Mediterranean menu, complete with homemade hummus, fattoush, and shawarma sandwiches.
If you mention you read this article, Leo’s will you give 10% off your order of $30 or more!
Leo’s Coney Island Flat Rock hours of operation are:
Monday-Sunday: 7:00 am-9:00pm
26988 Telegraph Road
Flat Rock, MI 48134
(734) 789-7757
Click Here for Leo’s Facebook Page

Feature story written by Shayla Viterllo-Hopper, Flat Rock Our Hometown

The Flat Rock Community Center has re-Opened with New Procedures

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KNOW BEFORE YOU GO!

The Flat Rock Community Center, recreation area, is NOW OPEN with updated rules and procedures for your safety.

  • You Must – Mask up
  • You will take a quick – Health screening
  • Your account will be Updated upon entry

They ask you to be patient as they to go through these extra steps to keep everyone safe.

The current hours are  M, W, F 6 am-11:30 am & 3:30 pm-8 pm.
NOTE: the pool will close a half hour before the building (11 am & 7:30 pm).

The recreation department will have extra staff ready to help where needed. They are looking forward to seeing everyone again!

They also have a new and improved website that will keep you up to date and changing programing.  Click here for their site.

2020 Cruzin’ Flat Rock Car and Truck Show This Saturday

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The Flat Rock DDA along with Flat Rock Our Hometown and the Community Foundation is presenting the 2020 Cruzin’ Flat Car and Truck Show.

The PSCU Cruzin’ Flat Rock Car and Truck Show “COVID 2020 Edition” is ON for this Saturday, September 12, 2020.

Registration fee is FREE on site.

The show runs from 10AM ends at 2PM with a special addition this year of a cruise down Gibraltar Road.to show off your Classic Cars to the folks in Flat Rock.  The small one loop cruise starts at 2 PM at HuRoc Park.  You must register your car at the show to ride in the cruise. Click here to see route.

Registration for the show and cruise starts at 9AM

This year’s entry point will once again be at Arsenal and West Huron River Roads near HuRoc Park.

Visitors to the show can park on Atwater, East Huron River and Gibraltar Roads.

The show will feature only one trophy, this year, the “Chairman’s Choice Award”.

There will be music with a DJ, Stay Cold Entertainment, starting at 10 AM and a live performance by local singer Courtney Lynn at 11 AM.  There will also be Door prizes, including a gift card from Flat Rock Auto donated by Key Bank along with 10 FREE car washes from Cobra Car Wash in Flat Rock, tools from the Flat Rock Do-It-Center and wash bucket kits from the local auto parts places.  You can get into the drawing by registering on site when you come in.

The “COVID Edition” Entry includes a free T-Shirt to former trophy winners when displaying your trophies.

There will also be carnival style food trucks for those who want purchase a snack to eat. Or you can walk to some of our great local restaurants like Atwater Street Taco.  Atwater Taco is offering a discount  by just showing your completed and signed registration form.

Cruzin’ Flat Rock T-Shirts will be available for only $5 for most sizes.

 

We will be following the Social Distancing Rules.

The registration forms are available here or at area your small business shops.

We want to thank Public Service Credit Union for being our Title Sponsor.

Click Here for the Printable Registration Form

 

Cruzin’ Flat Rock COVID 2020 Edition Sept. 12th

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The “COVID 2020 Edition” of the Cruzin’ Flat Rock and Truck Show is ON and will take place on Saturday September 12, 2020.

Because of the COVID outbreak there are some changes for this year’s show.  Registration fee is FREE because there will only be ONE trophy.  The show runs from 10 AM to 2 PM with registration starting at 9 AM.  The entrance to the show will still be at Huron River and Arsenal.  There will not be a festival this year so we are bringing in a couple of festival style food trucks where you can purchase lunch or you can go to a few of the local restaurants within walking distance of the show.

We ask that everyone practice social; distancing for the safety of participants and for our friends and families visiting along with the spectators.

New this year, because there isn’t a festival tied to the show, there will be a live performance at 11 AM along with a local DJ, “Stay Cold Entertainment” during the Cruzin’ Flat Rock Show.  As in last year’s shown there will also be Door prizes, when filling out the entry form along with a 50/50 drawing.  The money will go for the dog shelter to help purchase food and cat litter.

The “COVID Edition” Entry includes a free T-Shirt for former trophy winners when displaying their trophies.  Cruzin’ Flat Rock T-Shirts will be available for only $5 for others who want purchase one.

Click Here  for a printable version of the registration form.  You can also get the forms at many local Flat Rock stores or restaurants.

 

WELCOME TO FLAT ROCK

The first Euro-American settlers in Flat Rock were Michael Vreeland and his five grown sons between 1811 and 1820. Michael had been captured by British Rangers during the Revolutionary War and released after American independence.

The family purchased 800 acres (3.2 km2). The town was called the Village of Vreeland until 1838 when the Vreeland family sold off the majority of the land and relinquished control of the area. The Vreeland families built the first grain and lumber mill, having brought the grinding stones from New York.

Descendants of Michael Vreeland still live in the town and attend Flat Rock public schools, being the seventh generation to reside in the town their family founded.

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