ATTENTION FLAT ROCK BUSINESSES!

Flat Rock Our Hometown along with the Flat Rock DDA (Downtown Development Authority) are once again presenting the Christmas Passport Program! The format is the same as 2021 using the passport cards.

• 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 to each business who don’t already have one
• Each business will be given a unique punch. (You can use the one from the previous year(s))
• Customers can get cards from any 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 Now ends on December 16, 2022

Businesses, if you have any questions after reading the information including the 2022 Christmas Passport Rules below, direct questions to the Flat Rock Our Hometown or the Downtown Flat Rock Facebook pages or you can CLICK HERE.

Click Here for the 2022 Application Form for the 2022 Christmas Passport.

Click Here for the 2022 the Tax Deduction Form for the 2022 Christmas Passport Program.

Halloween Safety from Downtown Flat Rock.

Kids love Halloween!

They get to dress up and get free candy! What a perfect holiday! Give your kids some precious Halloween memories that they’ll have for life.

Some of you kids already know things that you can do to be safe, like how to cross the street, not to talk to or go with strangers and things like that. But we adults know how exciting Halloween can be and that can make you forget to be careful.

Here’s some tips that we have just for your kids, to help keep you safe on Halloween night! Some of these ideas are called “common sense” ideas, that means that they are things that you should know and use every day in life. You are never too young to learn!

Kids love Halloween! They get to dress up and get free candy! What a perfect holiday! Give your kids some precious Halloween memories that they’ll have for life.

Some of you kids already know things that you can do to be safe, like how to cross the street, not to talk to or go with strangers and things like that. But we adults know how exciting Halloween can be and that can make you forget to be careful.

Here’s some tips that we have just for your kids, to help keep you safe on Halloween night! Some of these ideas are called “common sense” ideas, that means that they are things that you should know and use every day in life. You are never too young to learn!

Never, ever go into a strangers house or even ring their door for treats unless your parents are with you and say that it’s okay. There are some people in life that aren’t very nice to kids and you have to be careful. Always make sure that your mom or dad is within sight when you go out trick-or-treating.

Be careful when you cross a street. Make sure to look in both directions and make sure that there are no cars coming. If you have a little brother or sister with you, take their hand and help them get across the street, too. If the street has a stop light, wait until the cross walk light tells you that it’s okay to cross now, but still check before you cross, look both ways.

If you are an older kid or young teen, and going out with friends, make sure that your parents know where you are going and who you are going with. This may seem like a pain but they are your parents and they love you. They just want you to be safe.

If you can drive and are taking a bunch of friends to a party, make sure that you have enough gas to get there. You don’t want to run out on a dark street, all alone, like a bad horror movie!

If you parents give you a curfew, be home when they say. It builds trust between you and them and they are doing it for your own safety. If you are going to be late, call them and let them know.

Vandalism is never cool! Throwing eggs at cars and houses is not cool. Someone has to clean it up and it could be you, if you get caught. You can also be arrested and punished as a juvenile. So, don’t think that it’s fun only if you can get away with it. It’s never the right thing to do! Think about how you would feel if someone did that to your house and how bad it would make you feel.

Halloween hours in Flat Rock are set from 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Have fun on Halloween but keep it safe, have some good, clean fun and your parents will trust you for many Halloweens to come! Showing them how responsible you can be will give you a feeling of pride and make them see just how adult you really are.

Have A Safe Halloween!