Stroll the Avenue to explore and enjoy rhythm and music, performing arts, visual arts and more. Take the time to enjoy the art of food & beverage while you are out! Angels Forever / Windows of Light featured artist will be Amii John! Art on the Town Friday, May 20th - One Great Window Featured [...Read More]
Appleton Downtown Inc. is celebrating 25 years serving downtown in 2016! We thought we would share some of the great changes in our downtown over these last 25 years. Can you think of any more great changes in Downtown Appleton in the past 25 years? Please share your ideas by leaving us a comment. 1. [...Read More]
As part of the City of Appleton's long-term planning for the city, the City of Appleton is updating our Comprehensive Plan. It's the document that guides development of the city 20-years out. Key parts of the plan include sections on downtown as well as a section on our parks/recreation programs/trails. "Our current Comprehensive Plan has been [...Read More]
The 66th Annual Appleton Flag Day Parade will pay tribute to the United States Air Force and the many faces of freedom. The oldest Flag Day Parade in the nation is scheduled for Saturday, June 11th at 2:00 p.m. This year’s parade theme is “Let Freedom Ring”. The event will feature military units and military [...Read More]
A traveling display of the exhibit (In)visible: Homelessness in Appleton will make its first stop at City Hall beginning this week. The traveling exhibit is a scaled-down version of the larger exhibit that opened at the History Museum at the Castle this week. Both the main exhibit at the museum and the traveling component feature snapshots [...Read More]
Appleton Downtown & Trail Plan Design Workshop May 16-18 Design Workshop The purpose of the design workshop is to help build consensus around priority action items and projects within the downtown study area as well as the City’s off street trail network. The workshop will address land use, transportation, place-making, and specific redevelopment/new development opportunities [...Read More]
Downtown Appleton business owners support efforts to find cancer cure Raising funds to fight cancer is the goal behind Downtown Appleton’s annual Giving Hope Campaign, beginning Sunday, May 1 through Saturday, May 7. Participating downtown businesses, retailers, bar owners and restaurants are all collaborating with Appleton Downtown Inc. (ADI) and the American Cancer Society to [...Read More]
Prepare for an evening of side-splitting laughter as famous actress Jane Lynch (Glee) brings her musical comedy and dash of wit to the Fox Cities. Laugh along with Lynch as she explores her love of the beauty and absurdity of the American standard and show tunes with her trademark humor in a style you’ll love. [...Read More]
The City of Appleton’s annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony is scheduled for Monday, May 30th, 2016. The parade route will be east on College Avenue from Appleton Street to Meade Street, north on Meade Street to Pacific Street, east on Pacific Street ending at the corner of Pacific Street and Owaissa Street (at the [...Read More]
Appleton Downtown Inc. has pulled together a fresh lineup of musical entertainment for two of its popular summer events offerings, the Lunchtime Live and Heid Music Summer Concert Series. ADI, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2016, has filled the concert lineup with plenty of crowd pleasing favorites again this summer, and in August [...Read More]