Thank you to our Luminary Sponsors!

Many, many thanks to those of you who sponsored a luminary during Christmas on Court! Your support of Pekin Main Street is very much appreciated. Click the image above to zoom in to read the names.

Christmas on Court

It is going to be a beautiful sight to see and we hope that you come down and experience the Christmas season in Pekin.

Christmas Window Paintings by PCHS Art Students

Windows in Downtown Pekin received some holiday flair last Friday, thanks to Pekin Community High School Art Students. Many thanks to Ms. Kruck and Ms. Psinas for allowing the students to come down and many thanks to Dale and Katey Thomas and Lisa and Dennis Sheehan for great hospitality and lunch :).

Pekin Main Street Costume Contest Winners

Ashlyn, 6, as the King of Pop

Willow and Autumn looking fang-tastic!

Big Bad Wolf is after...

Granny... so it's up to....

Little Red Riding Hood to save the day!

May the force be with you, James and Sean.

Mrs. Danielle Bieber and her hubby, Justin

It's a Squirrel! It's a Dog! It's Digger!

Lydia the Hedgehog

Hi there, Minnie, I mean, Nora!

Freaker's Ball! Saturday Night

Welcome our New Members

Please welcome our newest Main Street Members:

Roxy's Lanes, 114 N. 3rd Street in Pekin
Pottsie's Place, 303 Margaret Street in Pekin

We are so glad to have you as members of Pekin Main Street!

Jacksonville Main Street Pictures

Illinois Theatre in Jacksonville Illinois

Wall Dog Mural in Jacksonville, Illinois

 Highlights from my recent trip to Jacksonville, Illinois for an Illinois Main Street meeting. The Wall Dog Mural project that they have is really, really cool! I think we need some murals too :).

Canton Main Street Pictures

 Mural on the JCPenny Building in Downton Canton

Recent facade update in downtown Canton!

Out and about for Main Street!

I've had the pleasure to travel to Canton and Jacksonville this month to meet with other Illinois Main Street folks as well as Amy Martin, Interim Director of Illinois Main Street. It was neat to see how the facade programs and other TIF loan programs are working in other towns as well as to see some of the public art projects that they have as well. I took some pictures of the buildings and murals in both Canton and Jacksonville and will post them on here soon!

These trips gave me lots of ideas and I hope to implement them here for us! Stay tuned - there is always new stuff on the horizon for Pekin Main Street.

Ghosts will be flying in downtown Pekin!

Today was a very busy day for Pekin Main Street - and a bit haunted at that too! There was no school today as it is Columbus Day, so I was able to wrangle up two young Main Street volunteers to help me make 30 ghosts that are going to hover around the downtown light poles for our annual halloween event. We had a great time making ghosts and they are going to look fabulous!

Many, many thanks to Catie and Theresa for spending their day off with me today and helping out Pekin Main Street!

The ghosts will be making their grand flight into downtown next week! Don't get scared!

Mark your Calendars! Freaker's Ball in Downtown Pekin

The Speakeasy sent me a fabulous flyer to post on here, but for some reason, Blogger hates me and won't let me upload it, but here is a great article on the event happening in downtown Pekin on October 30th. http://www.pekintimes.com/features/x244483941/-Freaker-s-Ball-slated-to-begin-Oct-30

Dancing in Downtown Pekin!

Great article in today's Pekin Times regarding Classical Dance Academy and Jazzercize's move to downtown Pekin.
http://www.pekintimes.com/highlight/x241581924/Classical-studio-believes-in-dream

Click to read and welcome to downtown Pekin!

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!

Welcome to our blog - our little corner of cyberspace devoted to the happenings of Pekin Main Street! I hope to use this blog not only to inform the public about Main Street events, but I want to allow Main Street members the opportunity to share their news and promote their business as well! We'll see what this blog turns into - but hopefully it will be a good resource and a great way to stay connected to Pekin Main Street!

So let's get the blog ball rolling - email me your good news or info to share! mheien@ci.pekin.il.us