The DDA is excited to announce our inaugural Neighborhood Celebration Month, where we honor Traverse City’s neighborhoods; including their residents, businesses, and eclectic histories Throughout the month of June, we will feature two neighborhoods per week and tell you stories of their past and present. Downtown businesses will also be getting in on the fun by providing special promotions and commemorations on their own, including a special coffee blend honoring each neighborhood available for purchase at Espresso Bay. Stay tuned to our social media accounts to learn about great city and its neighborhoods! 

Participating Downtown Merchants:

  • Kayak Bike & Brew- $5 to city neighborhood residents
  • Oryana- Old Town Celebration
  • Table Top Underground- 10% off all board games, card games, tabletop roleplaying books, and dice + $2 off admission for all-day in-store play
  • Acoustic Tap Room- Special neighborhood lends
  • Grand Traverse Pie Co.- $1 off 9 inch pie at all three locations (West Front, 101 N Park, and the food truck located at Right Brain Brewery)
  • Ace Hardware (West Front St.)- Deals below on regularly priced merchandise. Mention your neighborhood to receive the following:
    • Boardman/Oak Park- 10% off camping and marine
    • Central- 20% off pet supplies
    • Kids Creek- 20% kids toys
    • Midtown/Downtown- 20% paint and painting supplies
    • Old Town- $5 off a $25 purchase
    • Orchard Heights/Base of Old Mission/East Side of TC- 20% off of lawn and garden
    • Slabtown- 10% off of YETI merchandise
    • SOFO- 10% off of tool department merchandise
    • Traverse Heights- 10% off of BBQ Accessories
  • Trattoria Stella- Beverages honoring Central, Slabtown, and Traverse Heights Neighborhood (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic), including:
    • Nightmare on Elmwood
    • Mongo in the Meadows
    • Neighborhood News (non-alcoholic)
    • Wadsworth’s Pantry
    • Chugga Chugga Chartreuse
    • Fernwood
    • Urban Gardener
  • Park Place Hotel
    • $25 gift certificates for Minervas **social media contest to occur

Special thanks to our celebration sponsor, Espresso Bay for creating a coffee blend and unique label for each neighborhood. All nine specialty blends are available in store and on their website.