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Annual Spooktacular and Trunk or Treat is Saturday October 18th

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The 11th Annual Spooktacular and Trunk or Treat event is scheduled for Saturday, October 18th, from 3-5pm. The festivities will be held on East Huron River Drive, between Telegraph and Garden Boulevard, in Downtown Flat Rock.

All Businesses on East Huron River Drive will be open, but the road will be closed.

The Fun starts at 3PM including

  • Costume Contests
  • Bounce House
  • Music,
  • Food
  • Clown Balloons Creations and
  • Prizes

TRUNK OR TREAT STARTS AT 3:00 PM

DOG COSTUME CONTEST AT 4:00 PM

CHILDREN COSTUME CONTEST AT 4:30PM

NOTE: time is approximate.

This event is FUN for the entire family including the family dog.

Wear Your Best Halloween Costume!  See You There!

 

Just a reminder….

East Huron River Drive will be closed to traffic both before and during the event.

 

Business note: for those who want to participate, Click Here for participation form.

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9th Annual Spooktacular and Trunk or Treat is October 21st

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The 9th Annual Spooktacular and Trunk or Treat is Saturday October 21st. Spooktacular will take place on East Huron River between Telegraph and Garden Boulevard in Downtown Flat Rock.

All Businesses on East Huron River Drive will be open.

SPOOKTACULAR IS FREE AND OPEN TO PUBLIC.

The Fun starts at 3PM including

  • Costume Contests
  • Bounce House
  • Music,
  • Food
  • Clown Balloons Creations and
  • Prizes

TRUNK OR TREAT STARTS AT 3:00 PM

DOG COSTUME CONTEST AT 4:00 PM

CHILDREN COSTUME CONTEST AT 4:30PM

This event is FUN for the entire family including the family dog.

 

Just a reminder….

Huron River will be closed to traffic prior to and during the event.

 

Business note: for those who want to participate, Click here for the form.

Have a Safe and Happy Halloween 2022

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FYI- Trick or Treat Hours in Flat Rock have changed.  The new Hours are 5:30 PM to 8 PM.

Kids love Halloween! They get to dress up and get free candy! What a perfect holiday! Give your kids some precious Halloween memories that they’ll have for life.

Some of you kids already know things that you can do to be safe, like how to cross the street, not to talk to or go with strangers and things like that. But we adults know how exciting Halloween can be and that can make you forget to be careful.

Here’s some tips that we have just for your kids, to help keep you safe on Halloween night! Some of these ideas are called “common sense” ideas, that means that they are things that you should know and use every day in life. You are never too young to learn!

 

After Trick or Treating you are invited to the Flat Rock Community Center from 7-9PM for Games Prizes and Pizza.

Halloween Party at the Flat Rock Community Center.

 

8th Annual Spooktacular and Trunk or Treat is October 22nd

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The 8th Annual Spooktacular and Trunk or Treat is Saturday October 22nd. Spooktacular will take place on East Huron River between Telegraph and Garden Boulevard in Downtown Flat Rock.

All Businesses on East Huron River Drive will be open.

SPOOKTACULAR IS FREE AND OPEN TO PUBLIC.

The Fun starts at 3PM with Music, Food Balloons and More….

DOG COSTUME CONTEST AT 4:00 PM
CHILDREN COSTUME CONTEST AT 4:30PM
TRUNK OR TREAT STARTS AT 5:00 PM

This event is FUN for the entire family including the family dog.

Just a reminder….

Huron River will be closed to traffic prior to and during the event.

Pictures from the last Spooktacular–

For this year’s Spooktacular event. East Huron River Drive will be completely closed between Telegraph and Garden Boulevard in downtown Flat Rock.

 

 

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Flat Rock Our Hometown

DDA Fall 2021 Activities and Downtown Projects

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Façade Grant Improvements

The Flat Rock Downtown Development Authority has approved two grant applications from business and property owners for façade improvements.

Applications for the grant funds have been received from the proposed Sugar Island Baking Co. at 28773 Telegraph Rd. and for improvements to a parcel at 27500 Telegraph Rd. that formerly housed a sign shop for many years.  The baking company is from Gibraltar and will move in to a site located behind Fifth Third Bank.

Under the façade program, the DDA provides financial assistance to property or business owners wanting to renovate commercial buildings and structures within the DDA district. The assistance is in the form of grants or loans.

Click Here to see how this program can help your downtown business.

Façade Grant Work

Spooktacular 2021

Also, Flat Rock Our Hometown organization in planning the seventh annual Haunted Fall Spooktacular and Trunk-or Treat pre-Halloween celebration set for 3-6 p.m. Oct. 23 in the downtown area. The DDA is providing tables, chairs and tents for visitors to take part in the celebration.

Holiday Lighting downtown.

Holiday Lighting Downtown

The DDA has hired Grosse Ile Lawn and Sprinkler Company to help illuminate the downtown at night for Christmas.  They have also purchased new decorations from Bronner’s in Frankenmuth to hang on utility poles downtown.

Completion of Telegraph Street Lighting

DTE has finalized a project to adding 44 new street light poles along Telegraph Rd. (US-24) from Ypsilanti to the Railroad Viaduct.  Now all of Telegraph Road in Flat Rock has the newer style LED lighting making downtown a safer place to be.

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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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