



News and Events in Flat Rock, Michigan
By Joe Pagano
By Joe Pagano
Come enjoy a witching evening in the Stone Creek Banquet Room located inside the Flat Rock Community Center.
DJ & Music will be spinning haunting tunes all evening.
Light finger food, we aren’t sure who’s finger, will be provided. 21 and older only.
Cash bar will be available.
Bring out your best costume, there will be a contest for prizes. Must have a costume to enter.
Register in person at the Flat Rock Community Center, or by phone at 734.379.1450.
It’s going to be a wicked good time!
By Joe Pagano
FROH’s Taste of Flat Rock which will be this Saturday (July 17) after a year off due to COVID. This year’s Taste will run from Noon until 5. We will be closing down E Huron River from Seneca to Garden Blvd and the participating shops and Restaurants will have booths on the road. There will be face painting, a bounce house, and slide fir kids. Demos by PKSA and Sherry’s School of dance as well as music by Courtney Lynn. There will be tents to keep you cool and a place to sit and enjoy your food.
Here is a list of the participating businesses;
Come down and meet up with your friends and neighbors and possibly make new friends, in person.
This is a family event brought to you by Flat Rock Our Hometown and support by the Flat Rock Downtown Authority (DDA).
Here is a copy of the 2021 samples that will be available at The Taste of Flat Rock;
Here is a list of our Street Businesses and the items they will have for you;
There will also be entertainment on the street including DJ and Singer Courtney Lynn, PKCA demonstration and Sherry’s Studio dancers. Stop by and check it all out on Saturday July 17th on East Huron River Road in Downtown Flat Rock.
By Joe Pagano
By Joe Pagano
Vintage Blossoms opened in July of 2019 during Taste of Flat Rock street fair. A highlight for two sisters long Journey. Through Ashlee and Alexis’s hard work their dream of having a place of their own came true. Ashlee started painting furniture when she was eighteen, selling at local pop up markets, quickly Ashlee couldn’t keep up with the demand, her sister Alexis at fifteen started to help. Their parents also pitched in to help the girls. Ashlee fondly remembers her dad towing the trailer to shows; until she learned how navigate the trailer.
When the girls found out that Darlene’s Flower Shop a downtown Flat Rock favorite was for sale, they quickly made an offer. As part of purchasing the building and business, Ashlee and Alexis wanted to keep the flower tradition, as it had been a flower shop for eighty years. Ashlee and Alexis worked for free and under Darlene’s tutelage until the purchase was complete. They also took classes and learned everything they could about the art of flower arranging. Once they had ownership they remodeled the store, brought in local vendors, they finally had a permanent location to display their custom and vintage furniture.
If you haven’t been in Vintage Blossoms, please stop by. Ashlee and Alexis are delightful. Their store is incredibly cute. They have twelve local vendors that carry, signs, candles, and gifts. The girls display their furniture, plants and flowers throughout the store. They rearrange the store every two weeks with different items. There is always something new to discover. The florist part of the business is near and dear to them, they have house plants, beautiful arrangements, a large array of beautiful flowers. Ashlee spoke about how she loves to take time with people specializing in boutiques, to make them exactly what they want, from the type, the color of flowers or maybe a sentimental item added to the arrangement.
Vintage Blossom is located at:
26249 E .Huron River Dr, Flat Rock, MI 48134
(734) 782-2266
Hours:
Monday-Wednesday 9:00am-3:00pm
Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm
Saturday 9:00am-3:00pm
Closed Sunday
Click Here for Vintage Blossom’s Facebook Page
Feature story written by Shayla Viterllo-Hopper, Flat Rock Our Hometown
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.