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2024 DDA Business Expo-April 17th at Stone Creek Hall

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Please Join Us at the 2024 Flat Rock DDA Business Expo where we will be promoting Dine\Shop Local.  This event bringing local businesses together in FREE public expo at the Stone Creek Banquet Hall in the Flat Rock Community Center at 1 Maguire Ave, just west of Interstate 75 off of the Gibraltar Road exit in Flat Rock, Michigan.

The Expo is FREE and Open to the public with Free food samples and opportunities to meet businesses in the area. Some businesses, along with the DDA, will conduct business raffles, drawings and giveaways. The Expo is open from Noon to 3 PM Wednesday, April 17th.

So, stop by the beautiful Stone Creek Banquet Hall at the Flat Rock Community Center for food Samples from your favorite local business and a chance to win prizes from your local businesses and the Flat Rock DDA.

 

For businesses-

The Business Expo will showcase local business and products.  The cost to your business is minimal.  You will get table space at the forum to show your product(s), hand out samples, hand out coupons and conduct drawings etc.

Note; there will be a set up time prior to start time.  Click on the forms below for additional information about either food or product business.

Businesses will have until April 10th to have the information submitted.

The Forum will be FREE for the public.

Click here for Food product.

Click here for service product.

 

2023 Diane L. Parker Community Champion Award

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Coach North and Diane Parker.

The fourth annual Diane Parker Community Award for 2023 was presented at Flat Rock City Council meeting on January 3, 2024.  The 2023 winner was Jeremiah (Coach) North.

Coach North has been a distinguished, dedicated, and selfless volunteer to the City of Flat Rock.  The presentation continued by saying that “Coach has been involved in multiple capacities for multiple organizations beginning in 1995 and continues today”.  Jeremiah is a standing member of the Flat Rock Rotary working with no fewer than 6 churches and their community meals and soup kitchens.  He is also one of the most active volunteers for Flat Rock Our Hometown and the Downtown Development Authority.

He has also raised funds for charities involving churches, children and other civic organizations such as the Flat Rock Athletic Boosters, Mimi’s Mission, Flat Rock Train Museum & Depot and the Flat Rock Historical Society, Toys for Tots and Soroptimist.  Coach has also most recently supported the Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway. He estimates that he has raised over $100.000 for charity so far.

The Diane Parker Award is not the first award of this kind that Jeremiah has received.  In 2021 he was recognized by his employer, US Steel, with the Martin Luther King Jr. United Service Award, which also included a monetary award which he promptly donated!  Ask Coach why he works so hard and tirelessly, he will tell you that his commitment is deeply rooted in his faith; it is the right thing to do to not ask but to give to others. ALL.THE.TIME.

We thank Coach for his time, talent, selflessness and passion.  Congratulations to Coach North from the City of Flat Rock, the Downtown Development Authority and all businesses and residents he has touched.

The previous three winners of this award were Diane Parker, Joe Pagano and Bill Barker.

Jeremiah North receiving award from Liz Hendley, DDA Director.
Left; Liz Hendley, Diane Parker, Coach North and DDA Chair Joe Pagano.
Coach North with former student support from Flat Rock Community School.

 

Reminder that “Sing 2” is playing at the Flat Rock Community Center Saturday January 20th at 11AM.  This event is supported by Flat Rock Our Hometown and your local Flat Rock Businesses.

Sing 2 at the FR Community Center brought to you by Flat Rock Our Hometown

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FREE MOVIE

Bring your kids and your blankets for a warm seat at the movies at your Flat Rock Community Center Saturday January 20th. The Feature movie will start at 11AM. The community center will offer popcorn and drinks to purchase.

The movie is FREE and open to the public.  The movie is sponsored by your local Flat Rock businesses and Flat Rock Our Hometown.

Flat Rock – Our Hometown

Winterfest 2023 Is on Dec. 1st and 2nd

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The Third Annual Flat Rock Winterfest is a 2-day event that happens the first weekend in December.  The event is designed to usher in the holidays!

FRIDAY

The North Pole Parade staring Santa takes place on Friday December 1st.

The parade starts at the city ballfields and end at Community Park.

The Flat Rock Lighting Festival starts at 6:30 and runs until 9 PM

This includes the Holiday Tree lighting Ceremony along with performances by Sherry’s Dance Academy.  While you are there you can also get items from S&J’s Cupcakery’s Treat Cart, the kids can meet and Greet Santa. The Flat Rock Historical Complex will be open featuring Arts, Crafts and Popcorn.

Sugar Plum Show Case 7-9 PM

Community cookie bake-off judged by Santa and The Grinch inside the Warming Building.

Santa Meet and Greet 7-8 PM

Enjoy cookies, snacks and hot chocolate with Santa

SATURDAY

Sip and Shop runs from 11 AM to 3 PM.

A Craft and Artisan show at the Stone Creek Banquet Center inside the Community Center.

Grinchmas Meet and Greet 11 AM – 3 PM

Meet and Greet the Grinch and have fun making kids crafts and photo ops.

CLICK HERE for the Winterfest flyer.

For more information contact the Flat Rock Community Center 734-379-1450.

2023 Events Continue with Family Fun Events in Flat Rock

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This year’s calendar in Flat Rock is Full of Family Fun Events in Downtown and beyond.  Starting in May at the Community Center, Flat Rock Our Hometown along with the Flat Rock DDA are presenting a Business Expo featuring our Brick and Moter business in Flat Rock and adjoining communities.  The Expo starts at Noon on May 18th and goes until 3PM.  The event is FREE and open to all.  There will be food and food sampling along with retail businesses giveaways at the community center.  For a list of businesses attending stop by the Flat Rock Our Hometown or Downtown Flat Rock facebook pages for the latest listings.

Next is 10th Annual “Chalk The Walk at HuRoc Park” on Saturday June 3rd.  This year’s event is scheduled from 11AM to 1PM. We invite artist of all ages to show their skills on the 3/4 mile walk around the park.  Chalk is and refreshments are provided to the little ones.

June continues with “Concert in the Park Series” June 8th starts with the Flat Rockers starting at 6:30pm and the second on June 22nd also featuring M125 also starting at 6:30pm. The Concert in the Park Series is at the Gazebo in HuRoc Park.

New this year is our Food Truck Rally and Artisan Show at the Flat Rock Plaza (old K-Mart Plaza). The event will take place on July 15th from Noon to 8pm.  There will be food along with plenty of specialty venders.  NOTE: if you are interested in becoming a vender at this show, Click Here.  The plaza is big and there is still spaces available.

That is only a partial list of events, below is the entire list of events for Flat Rock in 2023.

 

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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