Spring Butterfly Stroll Returns To Downtown Manchester

Manchester CT

29 April, 2022

1:34 PM

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Press release from Downtown Manchester Special Services District: April 29, 2022 For the 2nd year, Downtown Manchester will celebrate the start of our Summer Downtown with a Spring Butterfly Stroll. Join us as we celebrate our businesses and our community. Take a Spring StrollTake a stroll down Main Street to view Spring and Butterfly-Inspired Creations on display in our planters. Local families, businesses and organizations created beautiful spring versions of our fall scarecrow festival. Come on down and vote for your favorite! Butterflies decorated by local youth and artists will also be displayed in the planters! (It is not too late to decorate your own- Pick up a blank butterfly at WORK_SPACE or Angry Egg.) Hunt for ButterfliesExplore our Downtown Businesses as you hunt for butterflies! Find the special butterfly and be entered to win a prize! Spot a tiny butterfly resting on a light post? Feel free to choose your favorite and bring it home! This was a favorite for children last year! Solve a riddle for another prize entry! Games, Activities & CraftsGreen Parking Lot 10am to 2pm Downtown Welcome Tent (maps, prizes, and more!) Butterfly Craft Lutz Museum: Meet Chuckles the Mascot & Butterfly Photo Opportunity Relay for Life: Games Manchester Garden Club: Learn about Pollinators CAST Children's Theatre More to come! Mary Cheney LibraryAdult/Teen Take and Make Butterfly Feeder CraftGet a Library Card! Downtown Businesses Foran's Nutrition: Butterfly Craft Silk City Coffee: Butterfly Selfie Spot Frog & Fable Antiques; $5 Face Painting Sweet Pepper & Manchester Cheesecake Co: Children's Activity Downtown Roots: Craft WORK_SPACE: Gallery Exhibit & Selfie Spot Bray Jewelers: Activity The Firestone : Craft Shop Til You Drop!The Market at 1115 Main 10am to 4pm : Large outdoor market featuring local artisans!Grateful Headshop: 10% Off Storewide 12pm to 8pm Special Menu ItemsAngry Egg Cafe: Buttefly TeaForan's Nutrition: Butterfly Combo SpecialSilk City Coffee: Butterfly CookiesFree Summer Totes & Chances to Win Be sure to start your day by visiting the Downtown Welcome Tent in the Green Lot. The first 100 guests (beginning at 10am) will receive a free Summer 2022 tote bag! One lucky bag will have a prize certificate inside! While you are there, pick up a map and learn about other ways to win as you shop, eat and hunt for butterflies! Thank you to our Generous Sponsors! Our summer events are made possible by generous donations from our sponsors. John Boyle Decorating Center - Official Butterfly Stroll Sponsor 2nd Saturdays Summer Sponsors: DAS Computer Repair Group The Firestone | Art Studio & Cafe Silk City Coffee Manchester Adult & Continuing Education Urban Lodge Brewing Mulberry Sweet Pepper Creative Notions Connecticut Valley Coin The Grateful Headshop All The DetailsWhenThe Green Lot Activities are 10am to 2pmThe Firestone's Market at 1115 Main is 10am to 4pmActivities, crafts, and specials at businesses may vary.WhereDowntown Manchester! You will want to be sure to plan to start at the Welcome Tent which will be located in the Green Lot on the corner of Main and Forest Street.ParkingYou can park for FREE in any public (color-coded) parking lot. Lots can be accessed from Bissell Street, Birch Street, Oak Street and Maple Street.Join us Downtown All Summer LongBe sure to plan to join us Downtown all summer long on the 2nd Saturday of each month! Businesses will be hosting pop-up shops, sales, specials and more each month. A monthly map will be published on www.downtownmanchester.org. This press release was produced by Downtown Manchester Special Services District. The views expressed here are the author's own.