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Small Business Weekend in Flat Rock Nov. 27-28

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Don’t forget to Shop Small this weekend where you will get DOUBLE Punched on your Christmas Passport Card.  Here are the general rules and participating Businesses.

Flat Rock Passport Customer Rules and information.

  • Look for the Flat Rock, Our Hometown clock decal at local businesses.
  • A full list of participating businesses is available online below when available and at: flatrockourhometown.com
  • Visit local participating Flat Rock businesses (listed below) and complete the punches on the passport.
  • You must have punches from at least three (3) different businesses on each passport card (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 will get you into the SPECIAL Grand Prize drawing for a basket filled with gifts from ALL participating businesses!
  • You get bonus stamps on Small Business Saturday weekend from November 23 – November 28, 2020.
  • Fill out the your name, address and phone number of the passport card and drop in the box at City Hall for a chance to win your prize.
  • Passports Cards MUST be submitted to City Hall by December 17, 2020 by 12 NOON.
  • Customers can start another passport card for more chances to win (only ONE prize per person)
  • The new passport cards can be picked up at any participating store or at city hall, the community center or the local library.
  • The drawings will be held on December 18, 2020 and awarded at the (Virtual) City Council meeting on December 21, 2020.
  • NOTE; You are NOT required to be present for the drawing, but we ask that you plan to attend the (virtual meeting), if you are able, the (Virtual) City Council meeting for the drawing will be on December 21, 2020 at 7:30p.m.

 

Prizes; First – $500, – Second $250, Third – $100 in Flat Rock Dollars.

The Grand Prize is a Basket with something from every participating Businesses.

Here is a list of the participating businesses so far …

 

ATWATER STREET TACOS 26425 ATWATER Flat Rock, Mi.

CAHILL VETERINARY HOSPITAL 27560 CAHILL Flat Rock, Mi.

THE VARSITY BARN 29048 GARDEN BLVD. Flat Rock, Mi.

PORTER AND CLARK CHIROPRACTIC 29100 GATEWAY BLVD. SUITE 100 Flat Rock, Mi.

CREST FORD FLAT ROCK, INC. 22675 GIBRALTAR RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

FLAT ROCK LIQUOR 23960 GIBRALTAR RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

HUNGRY HOWIE’S #89 24637 GIBRALTAR RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

FAMILY & FRIENDS THRIFT STORE 24659 GIBRALTAR RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

SHAGG SALON 26317 GIBRALTAR RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

MARLO’S CUTTING CREW 25658 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

HOOKED ON A BEAN, LLC 25678 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

BYOB 26068 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

FIORELLI RESTAURANT COLLECTION INC. 26123 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

BLUE HERON TRADING COMPANY 26217 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

VINTAGE BLOSSOMS 26249 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

CHAMPION PET SALON 26268 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

BOBCEAN FUNERAL HOME 26307 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

S & J’S CUPCAKERY 26314 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

STRANDS OF HAIR 26318 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

FLAT ROCK DO IT CENTER 26329 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

NUTRITION HUB 26452 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

ABBY’S MUTT HUT 6464 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

KATE’S KITCHEN, INC 26558 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

ZORBA’S CONEY ISLAND 26582 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

EXPO NAILS 26606 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

BIGGBY COFFEE FLAT ROCK #435 26614 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

HAIR CLASSICS 26646 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

T-MOBILE 26670 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

MY SALON INC. 26854 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

ROCK ON SMOKERS 26902 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

METRO PCS 26914 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

LEO’S CONEY ISLAND 26988 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

BASHARS CUISINE 27103 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

LIEDEL CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC 27108 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

FLAT ROCK ANIMAL CLINIC 27116 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

INSTINCT SALON 27250 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

WIRELESSREVOLUTION BOOST MOBILE 27342 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

SHERRY’S ACADEMY OF DANCE 27369 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

PKSA FLAT ROCK 27383 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

SALON EUROPA 27395 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

MASSERANT’S FEED & GRAIN, INC. 27550 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

CALDER DAIRY & FARM LLC 28190 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

ADOLPH’S TOWING INC 28299 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

PETS NEEDS ETC. 28325 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

JIM’S BUTCHER SHOP 28418 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

ONE HOUR MARTINIZING 28620 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

FOR THE LOVE BAKESHOP LLC 28773 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

TOM’S COLLISION INC  26813 TELEGRAPH ROAD, FLAT ROCK MI.

 

 

Thank you for shopping local!

Thank you for shopping Flat Rock!

 

RE/MAX Masters is Flat Rock Our Hometown Featured Business.

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RE/MAX Masters – Flat Rock, Michigan

As we all know, 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone. We do know that RE/MAX Masters has refused to let this year put a damper on their spirits, or their business, as they celebrate the office’s twenty-five year anniversary in Flat Rock.

Doris started her real estate career with Mark Laboe in Monroe. After having her daughter, Lauri,​she wanted something she could do part time while raising her family. Doris quickly realized she was quite good at real estate  After time, Doris realized she wanted to open her office. She and her husband, Tom built a home in Huron Township and she wanted the workplace to be close to home. In 1995, she bought a RE/MAX franchise and opened up on Telegraph Road, just north of Monroe County with the current Flat Rock location they are able to serve both Monroe and Down River. The location was perfect; Doris grew up in Trenton and her husband grew up in Monroe. Flat Rock put them right in the middle of both locations. It also allowed them to branch out to serve Western Wayne County and Ann Arbor.

Doris has seen 16% mortgage interest rates, automotive shutdowns and start-ups, new subdivisions, lack of housing, and, of course, the internet. They have seen sellers have short sales to get out from under debt because of job loss and stock market hits, to seeing sellers get more than they are asking for due to current housing shortage and everything in-between.

These obstacles have strengthened Doris. She and RE/MAX team set out to be better, to learn, and to grow. It shows –Doris and RE/MAX Masters have been honored in Crain’s Business as a top twenty-five company two times, they received recognition in HOUR Magazine, best in Detroit, as well as many other RE/MAX and Realtor awards over the years. Recently as broker and owner, it was an honor for Doris to be named the Wall Street Journal as one of the top thousand agents and recently received the Broker Owner of the Year Award from RE/MAX region. Lastly, but certainly not least, Doris received the RIS Media Lifetime Achievement Award in Washington DC as one of two hundred thirty agents in the entire USA. Doris is proud of all these achievements but is honored to have great agents who do their best every day to help meet the challenges of an ever changing market. Doris set out with a goal to become a successful agent/broker by providing an excellent service for her clients. Along the way, she has created a nationally recognized company with incredible agents who conduct the highest professional level for their clients.

So, while 2020 is challenging, overwhelming, and has changed the world, it is time where we are most appreciative of our agents, our family, friends and customers as well as our community support. They are already planning ways, and have the ability to continue their success story!

 

HAPPY 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY RE/MAX MASTERS

 

RE/MAX is located at

28628 Telegraph Rd, Flat Rock, MI 48134

734-782-0900

Click Here for the Flat Rock RE/Max Masters website.

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

 

Flat Rock Christmas Passport Program 2020

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Flat Rock Our Hometown along with the Flat Rock DDA are once again presenting the Christmas Passport Program with some changes.

The 2020 changes are;

  • You will get a business card size passport card with 6 punches instead of a booklet with 6 stamps
  • All Flat Rock participating businesses will have a card display near the cashier that you can take and receive a punch.
  • Each business card will be coated so you can clean them
  • The card will remain in your hand while the business representative  punches it with their unique punch.
  • The program will start on November 2, 2020 and end on December 16, 2020.  Note; some stores already have their kits and may ask you if you would like to participate.

The remainder of the program is the same as last year and shown below.

Flat Rock Passport Customer Rules and information.

  • Look for the Flat Rock, Our Hometown clock decal at local businesses.
  • A full list of participating businesses is available online below when available and at: flatrockourhometown.com
  • Visit local participating Flat Rock businesses (listed below) and complete the punches on the passport.
  • You must have punches from at least three (3) different businesses on each passport card (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 will get you into the SPECIAL Grand Prize drawing for a basket filled with gifts from ALL participating businesses!
  • You get bonus stamps on Small Business Saturday weekend from November 23 – November 28, 2020.
  • Fill out the your name, address and phone number of the passport card and drop in the box at City Hall for a chance to win your prize.
  • Passports Cards MUST be submitted to City Hall by December 17, 2020 by 12 NOON.
  • Customers can start another passport card for more chances to win (only ONE prize per person)
  • The new passport cards can be picked up at any participating store or at city hall, the community center or the local library.
  • The drawings will be held on December 18, 2020 and awarded at the (Virtual) City Council meeting on December 21, 2020.
  • NOTE; You are NOT required to be present for the drawing, but we ask that you plan to attend the (virtual meeting), if you are able, the (Virtual) City Council meeting for the drawing will be on December 21, 2020 at 7:30p.m.

 

Prizes; First – $500, – Second $250, Third – $100 in Flat Rock Dollars.

The Grand Prize is a Basket with something from every participating Businesses.

Here is a list of the participating businesses so far …

 

ATWATER STREET TACOS 26425 ATWATER Flat Rock, Mi.

CAHILL VETERINARY HOSPITAL 27560 CAHILL Flat Rock, Mi.

THE VARSITY BARN 29048 GARDEN BLVD. Flat Rock, Mi.

PORTER AND CLARK CHIROPRACTIC 29100 GATEWAY BLVD. SUITE 100 Flat Rock, Mi.

CREST FORD FLAT ROCK, INC. 22675 GIBRALTAR RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

FLAT ROCK LIQUOR 23960 GIBRALTAR RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

HUNGRY HOWIE’S #89 24637 GIBRALTAR RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

FAMILY & FRIENDS THRIFT STORE 24659 GIBRALTAR RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

SHAGG SALON 26317 GIBRALTAR RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

MARLO’S CUTTING CREW 25658 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

HOOKED ON A BEAN, LLC 25678 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

BYOB 26068 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

FIORELLI RESTAURANT COLLECTION INC. 26123 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

BLUE HERON TRADING COMPANY 26217 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

VINTAGE BLOSSOMS 26249 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

CHAMPION PET SALON 26268 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

BOBCEAN FUNERAL HOME 26307 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

S & J’S CUPCAKERY 26314 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

STRANDS OF HAIR 26318 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

FLAT ROCK DO IT CENTER 26329 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

NUTRITION HUB 26452 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

ABBY’S MUTT HUT 6464 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

KATE’S KITCHEN, INC 26558 HURON RIVER DR. Flat Rock, Mi.

ZORBA’S CONEY ISLAND 26582 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

EXPO NAILS 26606 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

BIGGBY COFFEE FLAT ROCK #435 26614 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

HAIR CLASSICS 26646 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

T-MOBILE 26670 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

MY SALON INC. 26854 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

ROCK ON SMOKERS 26902 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

METRO PCS 26914 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

LEO’S CONEY ISLAND 26988 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

BASHARS CUISINE 27103 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

LIEDEL CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC 27108 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

FLAT ROCK ANIMAL CLINIC 27116 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

INSTINCT SALON 27250 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

WIRELESSREVOLUTION BOOST MOBILE 27342 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

SHERRY’S ACADEMY OF DANCE 27369 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

PKSA FLAT ROCK 27383 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

SALON EUROPA 27395 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

MASSERANT’S FEED & GRAIN, INC. 27550 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

CALDER DAIRY & FARM LLC 28190 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

ADOLPH’S TOWING INC 28299 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

PETS NEEDS ETC. 28325 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

JIM’S BUTCHER SHOP 28418 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

ONE HOUR MARTINIZING 28620 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

FOR THE LOVE BAKESHOP LLC 28773 TELEGRAPH RD. Flat Rock, Mi.

 

Thank you for shopping local!

Thank you for shopping Flat Rock!

 

Grand Opening Pictures from Two New Businesses in Downtown Flat Rock

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Bare Aesthetics Ribbon Cutting. Flat Rock, Mi.

 

 

Flat Rock Opened Two New Businesses in July.  Bare Aesthetics has been a dream coming true for Chelsea Haupricht.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To learn more about her story Click Here. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For The Love Bakeshop and Café Flat Rock, Mi.

The second business is For the Love Bakeshop & Café.  It is a vibrant new bakery café is at the corner of Telegraph Rd and East Huron River Dr, next door to Bare Aesthetics. They are the latest on a growing list of eateries and small businesses revitalizing the downtown Flat Rock community.

 

 

 

 

 

For more information about For The Love Click Here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR THE LOVE BAKESHOP OPENS WITH A WEEKEND OF FUN

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For the Love Bakeshop & Café is located at 28773 Telegraph Rd in the former Premion building, newly rehabbed and home to several new and exciting Flat Rock businesses.

This Flat Rock Bakeshop & Café Plans To Nourish And Sustain the Downriver Community.

For the Love Bakeshop & Café, is a vibrant new bakery café is now at the corner of Telegraph Rd and East Huron River Dr, is the latest on a growing list of eateries and small businesses revitalizing the downtown Flat Rock community. The shop is driven by a sense of purpose around fresh, local, real food. For the Love offers an inviting space accommodating a wide variety of dining preferences from grab and go, to a place to meet up with friends and socialize, and even offers a private dining section for parties, meetings and events.

For the Love will host a fun-filled Grand Opening weekend July 17th – 19th with giveaways, fun events, a local market and more. Space is limited due to current COVID-19 regulations and guests will be served first come, first served.

The creators of For the Love hope to do more than just serve great food. From its beginnings, the shop has been designed to nourish the community in both body and spirit every hour that they are open. From staff whose mandate is to treat all neighbors with familiarity and love, to the authentic and natural food that is served, just as they would serve to their own families. Additionally, The For the Love of Neighbor program was an integral part of developing the eatery and offers a generous opportunity for guests to pay it forward when they can. Neighbors can support their fellow community members in need, by purchasing a Breakfast Break or Lunch with Love Benefit that a guest can use to pay for their meal whether they simply forgot their wallet or truly don’t know where their next meal will come from. The business will even share in the cost by offering a discount for any neighbors who choose to share the love.

“It’s definitely something that’s close to home,” says Nichole Kahl, For the Love’s General Manager, “It’s a great feeling paying your bills on time, but sometimes your food runs out before your next check and that’s ok, it happens.  Our FTLON benefit is there to help those who are in need, in any way!”

For the Love uses Ingredients that are local whenever possible and always the highest quality. The fare is multicultural, based on the creators’ life experiences around the world. The menu includes a variety of breakfast, lunch and bakery items, handcrafted fresh daily. Gourmet sandwiches, refreshing salads and bowls, indulgent bakery goods including cakes, brownies, pastry, cookies and more are just some of what you will find on the counter and in the pastry case. An elevated coffee program includes coffee from several metro Detroit roasters, including the nearby, Monroe-based Frenchtown Roasters. For events and meetings, For the Love offers a full catering menu, which can be served in-house, picked up or delivered to your office or home.

Menu favorites include the, always popular, Vanilla Bean Cake, Salted Dulce de Leche Cheesecake and Double Cocoa Brownies that your mouth just will not believe. For breakfast, there is an unforgettable variety of bread and muffins in flavors like Morning Glory Banana and Lemon Thyme, as well as savory favorites like Bacon and Egg Brioche Buns and Kale Cheddar Sausage & Egg Muffins. The lunch menu boasts a variety of individual pizzas, scratch-made soups and sandwiches, baked treats like beef bourguignon pot pie, hot bowls such as spicy chickpea with grits and more.

About For the Love Bakeshop & Café

For the Love Bakeshop & Café is located at 28773 Telegraph Rd. The shop will open for carryout and delivery plus limited seating and events in July from 8 am – 6 pm. Keep up on progress and announcements at www.forthelovecafe.com and on social media on Facebook and Instagram as @forthelovecafe.

Contact For the Love at 734.210.0290 or

Email at info@forthelovecafe.com.

Story written by Michele Bezue

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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