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Adkins Insurance is January 2019 Business of the Month

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Adkins Insurance at 26263 Gibraltar Rd, Flat Rock, MI

Doug Adkins started Adkins insurance in November of 1990. Just on the edge of the city limit, Doug began his small insurance business after working for some time at MET insurance. His drive to create his own mark lead Doug to opening his insurance agency with the intention of offering many options with many other companies. In offering more, Doug Adkins has created a unique insurance agency for the people of Flat Rock as we know it today. In 2011, Doug made the official move to Flat Rock by opening the new Adkins Insurance at the old Flat Rock theater. His presence within the Flat Rock community is visible in devoted involvement to the Flat Rock train depot and a member of Flat Rock Our Hometown Design Committee. Speaking further to his character, you’ll often see Doug plowing the sidewalks for neighboring businesses.

Doug and the Adkins Insurance Company also are a sponsor of the spring Cruzin’ Flat Rock Car Show.

Kristi is the face you will see walking into Adkins Insurance today. Kristi has been working with Doug since 2013, originally as a secretary. She then decided she would also obtain her insurance agent license in 2014, and later continued her education to obtain her Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) designation in 2018. Kristi also obtained a business degree from Henry Ford College in 2016. Kristi provides outstanding customer service, only adding to the profoundly helpful and personal nature of this Flat Rock business. This very nature is truly what defines Adkins Insurance. In working with Doug and Kristi, Adkins provides policies that feel as though they work for you and your budget. In acknowledging the importance of strong and successful small businesses in Flat Rock, it is important to consider the way Doug Adkins brings a personal feel to something so impersonal as insurance policy.

Adkins Insurance is located in the former Flat Roc Theater.

Adkins Insurance offers a wide variety of insurance;

  • Home
  • Auto
  • Commercial
  • Health, plus Medicare plans along with advantage plans
  • Bonds
  • Annuity’s
  • Life insurance

Adkins insurance is located at 26263 Gibraltar Rd #800, Flat Rock, MI 48134
www.adkins-ins.com or https://www.facebook.com/adkinsins/
734-783-1717

Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

SHOP LOCAL – SHOP FLAT ROCK

Kate’s Kitchen Flat Rock November 2018’s Featured Business

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Kate’s Kitchen Flat Rock, Mi.

 

Kate’s Kitchen’s is Our Hometown Flat Rocks Featured Business for November 2018. From its humble beginning Kate’s Kitchen started just a few blocks from the restaurant’s present location, in a basement on Arsenal Road in Flat Rock.

You can get Kate’s Famous Pies during Business Hours.

Word of Catherine Gillespie’s pies traveled fast, and in 1979 she and her husband Aaron opened Kate’s Kitchen at 26558 W. Huron River Drive in Flat Rock. Pies were what got them started, breakfast fare was soon to follow.

Fast forward to 1997, the business was passed down to their daughter, also named Catherine, who is the present owner. Since then, with the help of a group of talented and devoted women including Becky, Gina and Catherine’s daughter, Alexis, have kept the tradition of quality and homemade comfort food alive.

Kate’s Lunch Menu.

Kate’s Kitchen is open for breakfast and brunch and of course its pies.  Business hours are 7am to 2pm Tuesday through Sunday.

Kate’s Kitchen is located at 26558 W. Huron River Drive in Flat Rock and they may be reached by phone at 734-782-3909.  Kate’s is also on Facebook, Click Here for their facebook page.

The featured business of the month is presented by Our Hometown Flat Rock.

Remember to SHOP/EAT LOCAL – SHOP FLAT ROCK

 

Flat Rock Our Hometown Christmas Passport Program has started for 2018

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Forty Four Local Businesses participate in this year’s Christmas Passport Program.  You can be a part of this program by simply stopping by one of these businesses and picking up a Passport Booklet.  The Booklet is FREE.   The program runs through December 14, 2018.  You can Win one of Three Shopping Sprees.

WIN ONE OF THREE SHOPPING SPREES!…
FIRST PRIZE: $500.00
SECOND PRIZE: $250.00
THIRD PRIZE: $100.00

All prizes are awarded in Flat Rock Dollars, spendable at participating businesses.

GRAND PRIZE!

Complete your passport with six (6) DIFFERENT stamps from six (6) DIFFERENT businesses and you will be eligible to win a basket filled with gifts from all participating businesses!

Flat Rock Passport Rules
• Look for the Flat Rock, Our Hometown clock decal at local businesses
• A full list of participating businesses are listed below and available at: www.flatrockourhometown.com
• Visit local participating businesses and complete the squares on the passport
• You must have stamps from at least three (3) different businesses on each passport form (i.e. you can get up to three (3) stamps from one business, but the other three (3) must be different businesses
• Remember, six (6) different stamps enters you into the Grand Prize special drawing for a basket filled with gifts from ALL participating businesses!
• Get bonus stamps on Small Business Saturday weekend from November 23-25, 2018!
• Fill out the back of the passport and drop in the box at City Hall for a chance to win prizes
• Passports MUST be submitted to City Hall by December 14, 2018
• Start another passport for more chances to win (only ONE prize per person)! There are four (4) passports included in this booklet for your convenience.
• Drawings will be held on December 14, 2018 and awarded at the City Council meeting on December 17, 2018. You are NOT required to be present for the drawing, but we ask that you plan to attend, if you are able, the City Council meeting on December 17, 2018 at 7:30p.m. if you are notified that you have won one of the prizes.

Abby’s Mutt Hut 26464 W. Huron River Drive
Amer’s Liquor 23960 Gibraltar
Anytime Fitness 24619 Gibraltar
Atwater Street Taco’s 26425 Atwater
Bashar’s Middle Eastern Cuisine 27103 Telegraph
Biggby Coffee 26614 Telegraph
Blue Heron Trading Company 26217 E. Huron River Drive
Build Your Own Burrito 26068 E. Huron River Drive
Calder Dairy 28190 Telegraph
Captain Nemo’s 28801 Telegraph
Champion Pet Salon 26268 E. Huron River Drive
Crest Ford 22675 Gibraltar
Darlene’s Flowers & Gifts 26249 E. Huron River Drive
Expo Nails 26606 Telegraph
Family & Friends Community Thrift 24659 Gibraltar
Family Farm & Home 27311 Telegraph
Fiesta Grande 27003 Telegraph
Flat Rock Animal Clinic 27116 Telegraph
Flat Rock Community Center 1 Maguire
Flat Rock Do It Center 26329 E. Huron River Drive
Flat Rock Historical Society 25486 Gibraltar
Great Clips! 26100 Vreeland
Hungry Howie’s Pizza 24637 Gibraltar Road
Jim’s Butcher Shop 28418 Telegraph
Kate’s Kitchen 26558 W. Huron River Drive
Leo’s Coney Island 26988 Telegraph
Marlo’s Cutting Crew 25658 E. Huron River Drive
Masserant’s Feed & Grain 27550 Telegraph
Metro PCS 26914 Telegraph
Michael’s on the River 28828 Telegraph
My Salon 26854 Telegraph
Nutrition Hub 26452 W. Huron River Drive
Old Town Bar 27298 Telegraph
Pet Needs, Etc. 28325 Telegraph
PKSA Karate 27383 Telegraph
Salon Europa 27395 Telegraph
Sherry’s Academy of Dance 27369 Telegraph
Strands Salon and Barbershop 26318 E. Huron River Drive
The Compound Detroit 24641 Gibraltar
The ROC Restaurant and Wine Bar 26123 E. Huron River Drive
The Varsity Barn 29048 Garden Boulevard
Tom’s Collision 26813 Telegraph
Wimpy Burger 26128 Gibraltar
Zorba’s Coney Island 26582 Telegraph

SHOP LOCAL = SHOP FLAT ROCK

Flat Rock Our Hometown’s 4th annual “Spooktacular”

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Costumes from Spooktacular 2017 Flat Rock, Mi

Flat Rock Our, Hometown’s 4th annual “Spooktacular” event is Saturday October 20, 2018.

For this year’s Spooktacular event will have East Huron River Drive will be completely closed between Telegraph and Garden Boulevard in downtown Flat Rock. But All Businesses on East Huron River Drive will be open. Parking will be available in the Bobcean Parking lot, along

Atwater and Gibraltar roads. There will be signs showing parking locations.

There will be Games, a Costume Contests, Inflatable Bounce House, Slides, Music, Food, Balloons with Sweet Potato the Clown, and more from 3-5pm Followed by Trunk or Treat from 5-6pm. The event is sponsored by Flat Rock local businesses and the Flat Rock Downtown Development Authority.

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This is a family and community event. See you there.

SHOP LOCAL – SHOP DOWNTOWN FLAT ROCK

 

 

 

 

Parking for Spooktacular is available at the Bobcean Funeral home lot that you can get to from Atwater Street.   Additional parking is available with access from Gibraltar Rd.at Schroeder Tax Service located at 28726 Division St, and at Kaleidico Digital Marketing lot at 28747 Church St, Flat Rock, MI 48134

 

Spooktacular 2017
Flat Rock, Mi.

The 4th Annual Spooktacular was cancelled due to high winds and rain.  We will try again next year.

 

SHOP LOCAL – SHOP FLAT ROCK

Motor City Canoe and Kayak Rental -FR Our Home Town Business of the Month-August 2018

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Motor City Canoe and Kayak Rental Atwater and Telegraph Flat Rock, Mi FROH Business for the Month of Aug. 2018

Motor City Canoe and Kayak rental opened in Flat Rock in 2016. Owners Alex Knoch and John Blevins think that Flat Rock is the perfect location combing retro style with old town charm.

Alex came up with idea as there was really no place downriver to canoe or kayak. Alex was a Boy Scout and had worked with the scouts up north for years with canoeing and kayaking. His friends asked him where they could rent canoes and kayaks in the area and seeing none south of Ann Arbor, Alex decided to open a place since there was a significant need.

Their location at Atwater near HuRoc Park in Flat Rock is the perfect entry point. Patrons can do a short 2 hour trip to Dodge Park or a longer 5 hour trip to Lake Erie.

Flat Rock Our Hometown (FROH) is excited to highlight Motor City Canoe and Kayak to our business community. It’s a perfect addition to our downtown that highlights why Flat Rock is quickly becoming a destination and recreation hub downriver. Just a note, it’s nice to have young business owners invest in our city, Alex is only 26 and now successfully runs other locations on top of starting in Flat Rock.

During the month of August, Motor City Canoe and Kayak is offering rent one get the other rental half off, Monday thru Thursday.

Contact Motor City Canoe and Kayak by visiting their website at www.motorcitycanoerental.com or calling 313.473.9847. You can book outings by phone or online.

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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