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We have some really impressive friends and partners in our Downtown Wilmington community.

JP Morgan Chase volunteers

Several people from JP Morgan Chase recently joined us in painting light posts downtown.

JP Morgan Chase volunteers

We are fortunate to have so many quality people who live and work in our city who care for our neighborhoods and take pride in the area.

The next time you see someone from JP Morgan Chase, please let them know how much you appreciate their dedication to our city.

Marty

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Delaware Today Magazine Calls Wilmington Cool

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Delaware Today Magazine just published a great story on Downtown Wilmington:

The Birth of Cool: Wilmington Grows in Popularity

Market Street, Wilmington, LOMA block

Here's a couple of excerpts:

singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke played at the groundbreaking of the World Cafe Live at the Queen—in the middle of Market Street, in the middle of a workday, with hundreds of very excited people gathered ’round. It seemed to me that Wilmington had crossed some threshold of cool.
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Downtown Wilmington now has the coffee shops and music, and plenty of people—urbane locals and newcomers have caught on—in numbers sufficient to support even more new housing. By the end of the year, BPG will have created well over 1,000 units, with more on the way soon, and it aims to attract five new restaurants downtown over the next 12 months.

You can read the entire piece here.

I am thrilled with the public recognition we're getting in Downtown Wilmington - a cool place for dining, entertainment and living.

Marty

TEDxWilmington

Downtown Wilmington is hosting more and more events centered around ideas, innovation, and technology.

Next week, we get to experience TEDxWilmington.

TEDxWilmington has grown from a once a year event to include several TEDxWilmingtonSalons over the course of the year. The Annual TEDxWilmington Conference will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the World Cafe Live at the Queen.  We have invited creators, catalysts, entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, designers, scientists, thinkers and doers to share at this all day conference what they are most passionate about - positive ideas for the world and Delaware.

Click Here to learn more and reserve your place.

I hope you can make it!

Marty

Nadjah Nicole and Adee talk about Wilmington's music scene

Downtown Wilmington really is the place to be for great live music.

Tuesday evening, a crowd of people at Bobbi Rhian's on Market Street were treated to performances by Nadjah Nicole, who is impressing the judges on the hit show The Voice, and Adee, a hip hop singer from Sweden.

Nadjah Nicole and Adee

After the show, our cameras caught up with the two performers and asked about their impressions of the Wilmington music scene:

We are fortunate to have so much great talent here and venues like Bobbi Rhian's, the Nomad, World Cafe Live at the Queen, the Grand Opera House and many more to provide the space for artists and audiences to come together.

Marty