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2025 Shop Local Holiday Incentive Program!

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🎄 Flat Rock DDA – New 2025 Shop Local Incentive Program! 🎄
The Flat Rock Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is excited to announce a NEW way to celebrate the holiday season while supporting our local businesses!

For 2025, the traditional Christmas Passport Program has been replaced with the Shop Local Incentive Program powered by Goosechase.com.

It’s fun, easy, and all done right from your phone!

⭐ How It Works

Use your phone to join the game, complete fun missions at your favorite Flat Rock businesses, and earn points toward FREE gift cards from local shops and restaurants.

The more missions you complete, the more prizes you can win!
Top participants will receive premium gift cards starting at $100.

đŸ“± Three Easy Steps to Join

  1. Scan the QR Code with your phone’s camera.

  2. Download the Goosechase app and enter the JOIN CODE-  LYQYFD

  3. Sign up and start completing fun missions!

🗓 Dates

  • Start Anytime: Now through Friday, December 12, 2025

  • Prize Awards: Monday, December 15, 2025 at the City Council Meeting

🔗 Join the Game

Click here to get started or use QR Code below.

SHOP/DINE LOCAL – SHOP/DINE FLAT ROCK

2025 SummerBlast Vendor Information

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This years SummerBlast has a new location.  The 2025 SummerBlast is scheduled for three days, July 17th-19th and will take place at Community (City) Park on Gibraltar Road next to City Hall.

Please NOTE the application deadline change of date to July 1, 2025.

Here is the general information for our 2025 vendors including application and instructions.

Dear Vendor Applicant,

Attached is the application packet for the 2025 Flat Rock Festival. Your application deadline is July 1, 2025. We will be selecting only several vendors with the same merchandise and some vendors there will only be one of its kind. So, the sooner you send in your application the better. Once your application and fee has been received and your application is accepted, you will receive a letter of confirmation. Space assignments will be given during check-in Thursday, July 17, 2025, 9 am – 2:30 pm.

Your application and photos will be reviewed to ensure proper placement as well as the diversity of products offered. Festival staff will accept applications based on product, display and diversity of products compared to vendors approved prior to your application. We limit the number and type of vendors, so it’s important to get your application to us as soon as possible.

Please be sure to read the festival regulations and let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to working with you!

Regards,

Vendor Committee

To apply, read and sign the application, hold harmless agreement and rules and regulations agreements.

Once you have completed and sign the agreements,

Make checks payable to the

FLAT ROCK FOUNDATION

then send to following address:
Flat Rock Summer Blast
P.O. BOX 981
Flat Rock, Michigan 48134

All forms Must be filled out and post marked by July 1, 2025.

Vendor Application (food, craft, non-profit, commercial)

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

The Flat Rock Shop Hop’s Return this Summer

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NOTICE: Change of Location

The Flat Rock DDA and Flat Rock Our Hometown are bringing back the Downtown Flat Rock Shop Hop.

NOTICE: due to the closure of Gibraltar Road near Telegraph, the SHOP HOP and Sidewalk Sale has been moved to its previous location at East Huron River Drive and Church Streets only a few blocks east of Telegraph.  The Shop Hop and Sidewalk Sale runs from 1PM to 7 PM with many businesses like Sugar Island Baking Company, BARE Aesthetics, Cardinal Quill Tattoo and others are conducting sidewalk sales. Some of these stores will also have pop-up vendors at their respective stores.  Stop by Downtown Flat Rock for some great sales from these and other local businesses. Shop Local – Shop Flat Rock.

Come shop the streets of Downtown Flat Rock on the second Thursday in June, July and August. There will be local venders and artisans who will present their UNIQUE goods to you from 1-7pm.

You can also shop local eaters and bakeries along with other local shops to snag goodies and so much more!

The first shop hop of the season will be Thursday June 13th!   The next two will be Thursday July 11th and August 8th.

We will post more information as it comes available.

 

For vendors who would like to participate, CLICK HERE.

Contact Liz Hendley for more information at: EHendley@flatrockmi.org

SHOP LOCAL – SHOP FLAT ROCK

 

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

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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