"Shop and Dine Locally" Night and "Ladies Shopping Night"

See the sample flyer that you can print out and give to customers who buy or eat at your stores/restaurants on one of the special shopping nights. It's really important to emphasize that this is NOT a coupon that can be used any other time. Customers will have to show a receipt from a participating business for an item or food bought at one of our stores/restaurants THAT NIGHT ONLY in order to get the discount or free drink.

Volunteer for the Turkey Trot

Our major fundraiser of the year, the Turkey Trot, is coming up on Thanksgiving morning (Thursday November 27). The funds from this event are used for such important things as DRBA marketing (Mt. Vernon Avenue banners, website, maps, and brochures) and leadership development.

Almost 100 volunteers are needed to help, mostly on the morning of the race. Please consider volunteering, even if you only have a short window of time. Most volunteer jobs will be around 1 to 2 hours. Volunteers receive a complimentary Turkey Trot t-shirt. To sign up as a volunteer, please email Suzanne Caldwell at AlexTurkeyTrot@gmail.com, or call her at 571.221.0614.


How You Can Participate in the
12th Annual Del Ray Halloween Parade

The Halloween Parade will be held on Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 2 pm. Last year more than 5,000 participated in this annual event which included over to 2,000 children, special dignitaries and elected officials, over 50 pets in their finest Halloween costumes, and 25 Decorated Strollers.

Goodie bag sponsorships are due on October 14th. For more information on how to participate, click here or contact Gayle Reuter.

Looking Ahead to Holiday Tree Lighting

Our traditional holiday tree lighting will take place at the corner of Mt. Vernon Avenue and Commonwealth at 6pm on December 6th. There will also be luminarias placed up and down the Avenue and throughout Warwick Village in honor of Nancy Dunning that evening. Nancy was a local realtor who spent many hours volunteering for the business association and organized the first luminaria display shortly before she was murdered in December 2003. Click for more information.

Businesses are encouraged to organize special holiday events and to stay open late on December 6th. Help placing, lighting and cleaning up luminarias would also be greatly appreciated by the events committee. Email delraybusiness@gmail.com to volunteer.

Map Brochure Printed

The map brochure can be picked up at A Show of Hands.

September Luncheon; Footsteps to the Past

The speaker at the September luncheon was Betty Ward with Footsteps to the Past, a company that organizes historically oriented walking tours for tour groups. She is proposing to bring tour buses to Del Ray to drop off their clients who will then spend a few hours eating and shopping in our neighborhood. The company will also create a tour of Del Ray highlighting some of our history.