Mid City Merchants

Come join us this Friday, May 10th for our annual Hot Art Cool Nights art hop!  From the commercial buildings that line Government Street is emerging a uniting force that lends the part of town known as Mid City a heart and soul. It’s art, and it’s back, en masse, when the Baton Rouge Mid City Merchants present the spring progressive art hop “Hot Art, Cool Nights” in dozens of shops and restaurants throughout the neighborhood. Thousands come out to enjoy exhibits of original, local art by well-known artists and new talents; in media including painting, sculpture, jewelry design, art photography and more. In most cases, participating artists will be out and about, too, to introduce their work and chat with passers-by. A nice feature of the hop is the presence of free shuttles that ferry folks from stop to stop, so park somewhere and proceed accordingly.  See you there!

Click on images to see full sized versions of the Hot Art Cool Nights poster (including a list of this year’s participants!) and map.

To see this image larger, click here.

Thanks so much to everyone who worked to make Better Block a success this weekend! It was amazing to see how much business Mid City can support when our infrastructure supports bicycles and pedestrians.  It was such a beautiful, inspiring day! For more information on Better Block BR and what you can do to help make permanent changes in Mid City, visit http://betterblockbr.blogspot.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/BetterBlockBr.

We’ve answered your requests and extended the deadline for Grow Mid City! The deadline to apply is now April 1st.

Also, as a part of tomorrow’s Marketing and Social Media workshop, we’ve added an Innovation Workshop. This will be an opportunity for business owners to brainstorm on growth ideas.

Hope to see you tomorrow!