Dog Days of Summer

Friday, August 6 from 6 to 10pm

Check out the animal related organizations are joining us:

     SAAP - Stray Animal Adoption Program

     Out of Control Wildlfe

     Queen City Greyhounds

     Kenton Paw Park

     Kentucky Tails

     The Pet Castle Animal Rescue

     Dogs Deserve Better

     Doggie Solutions

     C.A.T. - Cat Adoption Team

     Schnauzer Rescue Cincinnati

     Ohio Alleycat Resource (OAR)

     Animeals on Wheels

And pet portrait artists extraordinaire

     Mark Kerley of Lucky Rabbit Studio

     Carole Winters Art & Design

Free pet checks by Bellevue Animal Hospital during Dog Days of Summer for any pet you are willing to adopt from our event. 

 

 

River Cities Photography Contest

Beautiful Bellevue, Dayton and Newport

Three cities, three weekends of August for shooting.

 

Click here for Contest Description and Entry Form

 

 

 

      

 

Are you an artist or craftsperson?  If you answered "yes" and are interested in selling your work at Art in the Park located in the picturesque Bellevue Beach Park on Saturday, September 11 please download the Call to Artists application here.

 

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Bellevue Renaissance Honored

 

Bellevue Renaissance was one of seven Kentucky Main Street communities honored on October 21, 2009 during the first-ever Kentucky Main Street awards recognizing excellence in revitalizing Kentucky's historic downtowns.  Bellevue Renaissance was recognized in the Promotions/Public Relations category for their Shop Bellevue Rain or Shine program and Shop Bellevue! first Friday events.


The event was the highlight of a three-day "best practices" conference and 30th anniversary celebration.  The Kentucky Main Street Program is administered by the Kentucky Heritage Council/State Historic Preservation Office and is the oldest statewide Main Street revitalization program in the nation.  Main Street works to build local businesses, support public-private partnerships and enhance economic development while preserving unique local architecture and existing community infrastructure.

 

Laura Popham of Fusion Gallery & Custom Framing also added to the excitement of the evening by being named as the Northern Kentucky Region Kentucky Main Street Volunteer of the Year.  A well deserved honor for this tireless volunteer.

 

 

 

Making Strides

Against Breast Cancer

Renaissance volunteers, Mark and Cindy Kerley

and Jessica Miller, show off their Shop Bellevue!

Making Stridest-shirts before the 5-mile walk on

Sunday, October 11, 2009.  Thank you every-

one that sponsored the Shop Bellevue! team.

 

 

Shop Bellevue - Rain or Shine

Umbrellas

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The merchants along Fairfield Avenue want to make it easier to shop even when it “drops” so they launched “Shop Bellevue - Rain or Shine”. 

Thanks to Shad Ramsey and Jason Lykins of Red Door Photography along with umbrella-holding volunteers made the launch was picturesque. 
 
Bellevue Renaissance will keep you covered if you’re caught in the rain without an umbrella. 

If it begins to “drop” you’ll be given a complimentary bright yellow umbrella with the following message hanging from the handle:
 

Rain or Shine Umbrella Tag
 

Shop Bellevue - Rain or Shine is one more way to say we care about you!

 

 

 

 

 

Marianne Theater Receives a Face Lift

  

Thanks to a 2004 Governor’s Office for Local Development Renaissance on Main matching grant we all are able to enjoy a rehabilitated Marianne Theater façade.  On November 29 the completion of the rehabilitation was celebrated as Mayor Meyer presented the $10,000 reimbursement check to Mr. Eck, owner of the theater.  The work completed under the grant consisted of: installation of iron gates added to the side alleyways, doors replicated to match the original doors, and the restoration of the marquee.  The work on the historic art deco movie theater came with challenges, but the final results demonstrated it was worth the effort. 

The lighting of the marquee for the celebration attracted attention.  The response from many of people driving by was to beep their horn.  Walkers couldn’t resist stopping by and sharing fond memories of the theater and asking questions about its future.