Category: HoB News
Enjoy this special post from Biddeford native, Emma Bouthillette. She is a marketer, yoga teacher, and author of A Brief History of Biddeford. Coming of age as the city’s Main Street was mostly vacant, she has fully embraced the downtown renaissance. If you don’t see her supporting small businesses, you’ll probably find her on the...
New 0% Interest Loan Funds Now Available for Downtown Facade Improvements! Main Street America (MSA), Maine Downtown Center (MDC), and the Heart of Biddeford are pleased to offer the Maine Historic Commercial District Revolving Fund, made possible through generous support from The 1772 Foundation, Inc. Over the next three years, the Maine Historic Commercial District...
In an effort to support frontline, essential workers as well as local restaurants during the “Stay healthy. Stay home” statewide order, Heart of Biddeford launched a fundraising campaign called, “Share the Love” on Tuesday, April 20. To date, nearly $12,000 has been raised through the online campaign. Heart of Biddeford will use 100% of the...
We are Better Together (Just a Little Further Apart…) Biddeford has always been known as a can-do community, and we are being called upon now to show great care for one another. The coronavirus is affecting all of our lives, creating new challenges daily. Let’s stay in contact (virtually) and find ways to support each...
Thank You! Wow! Sunday night’s Community Soup-er and “Love Your Downtown” Raffle awards were such a success. Thanks to 14 restaurateurs, more than 25 volunteers, talented bowl and plate makers (and their teachers), and about 200 attendees, our community will be able to contribute $2000 to Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center. This will enable...
The 11 Hottest Restaurants in Maine Right Now (Eater, February 4, 2020) Featuring Magnus on Water. After undergoing the ambitious renovation of a gift shop and the adjacent public park, this Biddeford cocktail bar opened to crowds in late January…..Read More Baked in Biddeford (Eat Drink Lucky Portland, February 3, 2020) Part & Parcel is...
2019 Heart of Biddeford Annual Fundraiser Raffle Heart of Biddeford is holding its annual raffle fundraiser. Tickets this year are $25 each, and enter you to win 1 of 5 “Love Your Downtown” Grand Prize packages! (See list below.) In addition, if you purchase 4 raffle tickets, you will receive a free Bonus Ticket, which...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Everyone is invited to Reilly’s Bakery for the Small Business Revolution Top 5 Reveal Party! Small Business Revolution will be announcing their Top 5 Towns pick on the 12th at 8:30 AM. Can’t make it? Join us live on Facebook or Youtube! Spread the word! Bring your friends![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Clothing & Luxury Items Trillium Trillium has these beautifully soft alpaca scarves, clothing, and gifts for all ages and genders. Suger Suger is home to local designer Roxi Suger’s clothing line angelrox. (Check out this article in DownEast Magazine). Find the beautiful wool hat shown above, jewelry, clothes and cool items for the men in...
Downtown Halloween was a blast! Check out photos on Facebook and feel free to share your own with us! Learn about more events going on downtown in our weekly newsletter.