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The Venue Flat Rock’s Newest Business

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“The Venue-Flat Rock” is the city’s newest business.  The Venue is located at 24643 Gibraltar Road in the plaza with Hungry Howie’s and Royal Salon.  Their Grand opening was a great Success stated Stefany Boardman, Owner of the Venue. The Venue Flat Rock is a great place for your next occasion or meeting.   She said she is excited to be open.  The Venue Flat Rock just had their Grand Opening with a ribbon cutting, balloons and a great crowd.  Inside the hall they featured some of their preferred venders.

The Venue has a wide variety of table decorations, beautiful arches for your photos, bar area & television, kitchen, charger plates, white resin chairs or choose from our unique mixture of chair decor to make it jaw dropping for your main table, all included on your special day.

Check out the pictures below from the Ribbon Cutting.

To schedule an event at The Venue, contact them at 734-512-9654 or CLICK HERE for more information.

The Venue Flat Rock Ribbon Cutting Owner, Stefany Boardman.

 

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The 11th Annual Cruzin’ Flat Rock Car and Truck Show is On August 10, 2024

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Flat Rock Our Hometown along with the Flat Rock Downtown Development Authority and the Flat Rock Community Foundation are presenting the 11th Annual Cruzin’ Flat Rock Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show.  This year’s show will be on Saturday August 10, 2024 across from HuRoc Park.

The 2024 Title Sponsors are Adkins Insurance of Flat Rock and Public Service Credit Union.

The show is FREE for cars and trucks and the first 100 participants will receive a FREE 2024 Cruzin’ Flat Rock Dash Plaque. There is also a motorcycle show with a People’s Choice Award including a Trophy and prize.

The show is open and Free to the public.  This is a family friendly event.  There will be a DJ and live music with food on site and GREAT eating establishments within walking distance of the show area.

The 2024 Show includes.

  • Free Registration on line and on site.
  • Trophies and Prizes Awarded.
  • All Classes and Styles of Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles are Welcome.
  • Motorcycles will have a registration within the show.
  • Registration runs 9 AM until Noon.
  • Show starts at 10 AM Ends at 3:45 PM
  • Registered cars, trucks and motorcycles will get 2 discounted shirts ($5 each) Day of show price is $10 each for everyone.
  • Registered cars, trucks and motorcycles are entered into a door prize drawing. Door prizes pulled every 30 minutes.
  • FREE Cruzin’ Shirt for former Trophy Winners. (You must bring your and display your trophy to receive free shirt)
  • Awards and prizes at 2:45 PM
  • The Cruise starts at 3:45 PM

The show also includes.

  • 50/50 benefits the Flat Rock Animal Shelter
  • The Train Depot will be open and FREE from 11am-2pm
  • DJ music starting at 10 AM
  • Live performance at 11 AM
  • Food on site

The Cruise

For those who want to Cruise down Gibraltar Road, it starts at 3:45pm.  The cruise will start at Arsenal Road near the park entrance, cross over Telegraph and down Gibraltar Road to the Community Center and back to Telegraph Road. All Years, All Makes and Models are welcome to register for the show and the cruise.

Note: to ride in the Gibraltar Road Cruise, you MUST be registered at this year’s show. The show winners will lead the cruise and one of our crew will guide everyone down the Cruzin’ path.

The Cruzin’ Flat Rock show is at 28800 Arsenal Road in Flat Rock, Mi. across from HuRoc Park.

To Enter the show, use the Arsenal and West Huron River Drive near the HuRoc Park Sign.  All other streets will be barricaded to prove more show parking.

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

There will be music with a DJ Michael, starting at 10 AM

Trophy and Door Prize presentation at 2:45 PM

You can CLICK HERE for a printable form or CLICK HERE for Online Registration.

During the Cruise, Drivers MUST obey all traffic signs, signals and laws throughout.

 

Show booklets are available at local retailers and supporters of the show.  Below is a list of those retailers who support Cruzin’ Flat Rock.  Business sponsorships help make Cruzin’ Flat Rock a FREE event.  Thank You to All of them and please support them.

Thank you to our Sponsors

Adkins Insurance – Title Sponsor
Adolph’s Auto Repair and Towing
A-Lot Striping
Amen Oil Exchange
Atwater Paddle
Atwater Taco
Biggby Flat Rock
Bobcean Funeral Home
C. E.  Raines Company -Riverview
Convenient Auto Care
Crest Ford
Decks Unlimited
Easton Automotive Services
Edward Jones Investment
Fellow’s Family Auto
Fiorelli Collection
Flat Rock Automotive Parts
Frost Agency
GLC Landscaping
Gojo’s Grubhouse
Grosse Ile Lawn & Sprinkler
Hometown Ice Cream & Candy
Jim’s Butcher
Lather BarberShop
McKenna & Associates
mClean Laundry
MD1 Urgent Care
Meijer
Michael’s On The River
Michelle M Davis Group -ReMax
Porter Clark
Public Service Credit Union – Title Sponsor
RE/MAX Masters – Doris
Remer Construction
Rite On Auto Sales
Rotary – Flat Rock
Royal Shirtery
Station 24
Superior Comfort
Wash On Wheels
Zick Law Agency
Zorba’s Coney Island

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.

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.

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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