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A typical summer in Downtown Appleton is bustling with activities and events. Thousands of customers and attendees hit the sidewalks of College Ave to shop the local stores, dine outside at local eateries, and of course patronize events like the Downtown Appleton Farm Market and the Heid Music Summer Concert Series on Thursday evenings.  Due to uncertainty of the COVID-19 [...Read More]

Spring Into Style: Ladies' Day event, originally scheduled for May 9, 2020, has been canceled to keep our community attendees, staff, and downtown businesses safe. If you had purchased tickets from one of the participating venues, please reach out to that same venue in regard to refunds/exchanges and they will work with you directly. Those [...Read More]

Appleton Downtown Inc. will be starting a new Facebook gift certificate giveaway on March 31 to encourage the community to show the downtown Appleton businesses some love during this unprecedented time.  ADI will be giving away up to $500 weekly in the form of $25 gift certificates from our various downtown businesses (watch for the weekly post [...Read More]

The safety of Downtown Appleton residents, workers, and visitors is of the utmost importance to us at Appleton Downtown Inc.. We want you to know that we are monitoring recommendations and updates from government officials surrounding COVID-19 (novel coronavirus), and we will inform our stakeholders of relevant changes. The first priority for everyone is to [...Read More]

Out of concern for the health and safety of our attendees, vendors/businesses, and volunteers, and after conferring with local public health and state officials, Appleton Downtown Inc. has decided to postpone our three upcoming March events to the following dates: Annual Meeting & Breakfast – Wednesday, April 22 If you previously RSVP’d for the event, [...Read More]

Across the US, about 10.2% of Americans claim to be from Irish ancestry which counts for about 32.3 million US residents, according to a 2016 census. This number is about seven times the population of Ireland and the second largest ancestry group in Wisconsin. Let this be your excuse for getting out and celebrating St. [...Read More]

This week Lillians is Celebrating 4 Years!  Here is our story! Kara and Tom are a husband/wife duo who had a dream. The story begins back in 1984 when we met working at the Barclay Square Mall in Rochester, Minnesota. We moved to Appleton in 1985 to follow our careers in retail management. We didn’t [...Read More]

Believe it or not, it takes the earth just a little bit longer than 365 days to orbit around the sun. That is why every four years we add an extra day to February and we call it Leap Day. Now there are many different traditions and superstitions that come along with Leap Day. Even [...Read More]

What better way to spend a Saturday or Sunday, after a long week, than by treating yourself to some relaxing spa activities. Just by traveling to downtown Appleton you can find just what you’re looking for to feel relaxed and rejuvenated for the weeks to come. If you’re feeling like your skin just needs a [...Read More]

Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to treat that special person in your life, your friends and family, as well as yourself. The best part about Valentine’s this year is that it lands on a Friday so you can treat yourself all weekend! We will be going over different restaurants, activities, drink, and dessert spots [...Read More]