December 2022

DECEMBER News from Heart of Ellsworth

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Holiday Lights on Main Street

Thanks to financial support from First National Bank, this year 38 of Main Street’s iconic lamp posts will twinkle in an environmentally sound way with commercial-grade, encased LED marine lights powered by the City of Ellsworth. Downtown Ellsworth’s lamp posts have been lit since Small Business Saturday, November 26 and are up through the new year...enJOY!

Winter Marketplace on December 3

Saturday, December 3rd | 10am - 2pm (rain date 12/10) @ 25 Pine Street - Downtown Ellsworth. Fogtown Brewing Company and Little Red Flower Truck will host the outdoor marketplace in the Fogtown Beer Garden, featuring 23 local artists showcasing and selling their fine art, hand-made products, crafts, as well as glass-blowing demonstrations and blown-glass holiday gifts for sale upstairs at Atlantic Art Glass. Coffee will be for sale from Precipice Coffee, Heart of Ellsworth is proud to sponsor this yearly event with Artsworth. Rain/snow date: the following Saturday, Dec 10th.

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

We had a great site visit with Main Street America and Maine Downtown Center on Tuesday 11/8. Ellsworth is one of 9 communities in the state and less than 35 in the country working to build our Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. Through this work, we aim to spur economic revitalization, build rural resilience, and foster inclusive, vibrant, and connected rural places for the future. Together we will accomplish this with support from area business owners and entrepreneurs as well as our sponsor Franklin Savings Bank and partners; City of Ellsworth, Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce, Machias Savings Bank and area nonprofits.

If you are interested in getting involved stay tuned to our social channels or email cara@heartofellsworth.org to be added to our email list.

I Want to Join the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem!

Holiday Drive-thru Light Display - Woodlawn Museum

November 25 - December 31: Nightly 4-9pm

Enjoy a free holiday light display on Black House Drive! The display will be up through the month of December for all to see. If you plan to drive through multiple times, see if you can find everything in the scavenger hunt! Note: Most of the lights are solar, so the best time to see them is after a sunny day right after it gets dark.

19 Black House Drive
Ellsworth

FREE
FMI : Facebook

42nd Annual Downtown Ellsworth Christmas Parade - City of Ellsworth

Sunday, December 4: 4pm *Rescheduled from Saturday

The City of Ellsworth Recreation Commission is producing the 42nd annual Downtown Ellsworth Christmas Parade. This year’s parade will start at 4:00 pm with light floats! The theme is “Christmas at the Movies”. Line-up begins at 3:00pm in Knowlton Park on State Street.

Downtown Ellsworth

FREE
FMI: email ellsworthchristmasparade@gmail.com

Live Theatre: A Musical Christmas Carol - The Grand

December 9-18: Select times

On Stanley Subaru Stage Friday & Saturday, 7:00pm, Sunday, 2:00pm. An adaptation of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” with original songs. True to the classic story with some twists. All original songs and great roles portrayed by the young and the young at heart. Sponsored by First National Bank

165 Main Street
Ellsworth

$20 Adults/Seniors, $18 Grand Members, $12 Students Reserved Seating
FMI: Facebook

Midday Concert @ 1:00 - Ellsworth Community Music

Friday, December 16: 1pm

Ellsworth Community Music Institute (ECMI) offers its next Midday Concert @ 1:00 with members of the Baroque Orchestra of Maine (BOOM) - featuring Heidi Powell, baroque violin; Phoebe Durand-McDonnell, baroque harp; and Max Treitler, cello.

Moore Community Center
125 State Street
Ellsworth

FREE
FMI: Website

Ellsworth City Council Meeting

Monday, December 19: 6pm

You may tune in and participate in Ellsworth City Council meetings through various online methods. Please visit the City Council webpage for meeting notices and participation instructions.

1 City Hall Plaza + Online
Ellsworth

FREE
FMI: Website

Ellsworth Bike Party

Sunday, December 25: 3-4pm

Ellsworth Bike Party rides the last Sunday of every month, year-round, meeting at 3pm in front of City Hall in Downtown Ellsworth. The 1-hour bicycle rides are a fun, easy pace around town. All are welcome!

Outside City Hall
Ellsworth

FREE
FMI: Facebook

So many of you have told us how much downtown Ellsworth means to you, how a vibrant downtown has enriched your life or increased your sense of pride and connection to place.

Perhaps you participated in one of our events, stopped to take in the Water Street Mural or downtown wayfinding map, enjoyed the free outdoor summer concert in the parklet, received one of our downtown grants, enjoyed a cider + cheese bag, took part in our tasting event, or pressed apples as part of the Downeast Cider + Cheese Festival. Maybe you or your child took part in our asset mapping event, Manifesting Main or hiked the refurbished trail behind the library or tuned in for Meet the Candidates forum or just simply enjoyed the flowers and holiday lights on Main Street. However you interfaced with Heart of Ellsworth this past year we hope you will take a moment to support us before the end of the year.

With your help, we can increase the number of people who have access to a vibrant and thriving downtown community!

Thank you for your support of Heart of Ellsworth!

Heart of Ellsworth is a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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DOWNTOWN NEWS
Director and Producer, Kyle Lamont of Good to Go Studios Featured in Maine Magazine

Taking some time to reflect on the completion of our largest project to date, the Water Street Mural. One of the highlights of the three-year-long project was the community celebration in June and the headlining video, Beyond the Brick, directed and produced by Kyle Lamont of Good to Go Studios. Lamont was recently featured in a Maine Magazine interview where she shares her process and the background of our multimedia collaboration. Heart of Ellsworth is extremely grateful for Lamont and all creatives in our community who dig in to do the work of promoting this amazing place we call home - downtown Ellsworth!

Read the Maine Magazine interview here.

Watch Beyond the Brick - a Multi-Media Experience here.
Pssst: Be sure to check out the timecodes in video description for your favorite Maine artists!