Downtown Lincoln Association is happy to announce the return of Shop the Blocks, Lincoln’s premiere VIP shopping event. The event will feature downtown boutiques, restaurants, caterers, and bars partnering together to create the most exciting and glamorous night of shopping Lincoln has ever seen. Leisure Limousine will also be there to provide luxury transportation between the shops, as well as to the after party hosted by Single Barrel.
Lincolnites can spring into fashion this season with exclusive bargain-hunting shopportunities by visiting the 20 participating downtown boutiques. Retailers will keep their doors open late on Thursday, May 9 from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. to offer discounts, light bites from downtown restaurants and caterers, as well as prizes and surprise gifts for shopping participants. Don’t miss out on this exciting shopping event! Round up your friends and mark your calendars for this fun night on the town.
All-Access Passes go on sale soon. Passes include exclusive access to the in-store discounts, use of the limo chauffeur service, appetizers, and entry into the after party. Several lucky pass-holders will also win exciting shopping prizes such as gift cards and merchandise.
Visit ShoptheBlocks.com for more information or like Shop the Blocks at Facebook.com/ShoptheBlocks for up-to-date details and deals coming your way!
Downtown News: New Smart Parking Meters are now Installed in Downtown Lincoln
The city has finished installing 1,400 new “smart” parking meters downtown. The new meters are solar-powered, programmable and will accept credit, debit and pre-paid parking cards in addition to dollar coins, dimes and quarters. Meters take Visa and Mastercard, but users must buy a minimum of one hour of parking for $1.
The city maintains about 2,300 parking meters downtown. The new meters will be installed generally in the area bounded by 7th, 16th, “M” and “R” streets. New meters also will be installed in the Haymarket lot north of “O” street and on 14th and “W” streets on the UNL campus. Some of the meters will be multi-space meters.
For more information on downtown parking, call Parking Services at 402-441-PARK (7275), visit parkandgo.org or follow @LincolnParking on twitter.
Give the gift of Downtown!
Downtown Gift Cards can be purchased in $5 increments between $10-$500, and are available online at downtowngift.org, or at DLA’s office at 206 S. 13th Street, Suite 101 in the Sharp building. Recipients of the gift card will have the luxury of spending their funds at more than 200 restaurants, boutiques, movie theatres, parking garages, bars, hair salons and other establishments downtown! Downtown Gift Cards are now accepted at all parking meters that accept credit cards!
For questions about the Downtown Lincoln Gift Card program, contact DLA Marketing Director, Todd Ogden, at 402.434.6906 or togden@downtownlincoln.org.
Founded in 1967, the Downtown Lincoln Association provides services and champions initiatives for maintaining and enhancing our vibrant downtown. Our vision is to create an energetic downtown environment where we live, learn, work, invest and play. DLA has evolved into a multi-faceted organization supporting a wide range of programs and activities including maintenance, economic development and advocacy.
For a complete listing of downtown businesses, events and residences visit downtownlincoln.org. ‘Like’ us on Facebook at facebook.com/downtownlincoln.