Promotions Committee

Chair Person: Jill Avery

Promotion
Marketing the traditional commercial district's assets to customers, potential investors, new businesses, local citizens and visitors.

Upcoming Projects

Gardiner Main Street is currently accepting applications for the Arts and Crafts Festival to be held June 19th. Water Street is closed to traffic and Maine artists will line the street with a variety of art and craft. This events marks the beginning of the Whatever Family Festival. If you would like to participate as an artists, please click here for an application. Deadline is June 1st.

Current Projects

• Halloween Downtown, Oct. 31
• Gardiner Days of Light, Dec. 1 - 25
• Ongoing cooperative marketing opportunities around events and holidays
• Shopping & Dining Guide
• Keep calendar current on website

Past Projects
· Annual Celebrate Gardiner Arts Festival June

  Celebrate Gardiner Festivals
· Reading Rumpus - Maine Children's Book Festival
· Home for the Holidays
· Bi-Centennial & Fall Festival
· Developed cooperative marketing opportunities

Monthly Updates
Notes and Updates from the recent Meeting Coming Soon.

The Baby Congress
In 1895 the Gardiner Board of Trade organized "Carnival Week." On May 21st more than 100 horse-drawn floats wound through the streets of Gardiner and more than 20,000 people viewed this grand parade. A highlight of the week was a "Baby Congress" held at the Coliseum. Gardiner photographer, A. T. Reynolds— a man of infinite patience— posed 137 babies under the age of two years for a group photo. One wonders if such a feat has ever been duplicated. Perhaps we should check with the folks at Guinness.