The Better Bennington Corporation is launching a trio of First Fridays on Friday, July 7 on Main Street between Putnam Square and Island Flavor. The street will be closed with games, outdoor restaurant service, sidewalk sales, and buskers. Please refer to the event page on the website: www.betterbennington.com for a list of sales and specials. This event is FREE and open to the public.

While the footprint is just a small piece of Main Street, all our downtown merchants are, of course, welcome and encouraged to participate!

Each First Friday has its own identity/theme. For the July date, we will celebrate the "unveiling" of the new Street Banners at 7:30pm with art by the 48 students whose pieces were chosen out of 121 submissions.

The banner project, spearheaded by the Design Committee of the BBC, was funded by a Better Places Grant with $4500 raised via crowd-funding and a $9000 match by the state. The art was juried by a wonderful group of volunteers: Jackie Berry, Martin Mahoney, Edie Sawitsky, Jonah Spivak, and Ahmad Yassir. Each chosen artist will receive $100 Downtown Dollars at the First Fridays celebration. The location map of each banner and the artist will be unveiled that afternoon on the DISTRX app. We also plan to hold the drawing for a $200 gift certificate. All the artists who submitted art are eligible to win!

All of the kids who submitted art will receive a coupon for an ice cream cone or cup from Bringing You Vermont starting at 5pm. We will have the coupons and the list of kids at the info booth.

If you would like to be a busker for tips only, please contact Jenny: [email protected].

Date: July 7, 2023 - September 1, 2023

Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Downtown Bennington - Main Street,Bennington, VT, 05201

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