Food Vendor Information Download Forms • 2011 Artist Application S• 2011 Food/Merchant Vendor App. • 2011 Sponsorship Application • 2011 Developer Non-Profit Application Lower East Side Waterfront Tours WHAT: Lower Eastside Waterfront Bus Tours highlighting the Jefferson-Chalmers Neighborhood and Marina District. WHEN: SATURDAY, July 2, 2011 2pm, 4pm and 5:30pm SUNDAY, July 3, 2011 Noon, 2pm and 4pm COST: $2 per person, children 12 and under free. All minors must be accompanies by an adult. Tickets can be purchased in the JEBA tent at Jefferson and Manistique. Tours will depart from the JEBA tent at Jefferson and Manistique and will last approximately one hour with a stop at Kean’s Marina for refreshments. The tours, which will include historical landmarks, waterfront community amenities and other points of interest, were developed by the Jefferson East Business Association in conjunction with sponsors Feet on the Street Tours, the Village of Fairview Historical Society, Royal Transportation and Detroit Enterprise and Detroit Merit Academies. A history of how the Grand Marais, or great marsh, was settled by the French and English and eventually became the Jefferson-Chalmers community. The man-made canals that run behind many homes in the district providing fishing opportunities and boat access to the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair. The role of the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood during the prohibition and rum runners era. The history of the Native American burial ground beneath AB Ford Park that stopped the planned construction of a longer, scenic Riverside Drive. The location where Henry Ford defeated Alexander Winton in an automobile race and won the attention of race spectator Alexander Malcomson, Detroit’s largest coal dealer and the investor who bankrolled the Ford Motor Company. The original locations of Continental Motors, Hudson Motors, and the Chalmers Motor Car Company which later became the Chrysler Corporation. The history of the east side streetcar dispute which caused the state of Michigan to illegally dissolve the Village of Fairview so that it could be absorbed by the City of Detroit and Grosse Pointe Park. The Lawrence Fisher mansion which is now a cultural center for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The early 20th century locations of the city of Detroit’s first golf course and one of the city’s first Walgreens drugstores. Residential neighborhoods that include affordable housing as well as gated communities and $400,000 homes with canal access. Community amenities including Maheras Gentry Park, Kean’s Marina and the city of Detroit’s only public boat launch into the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair. Feet on the Street Tours promotes the positive image of the city of Detroit and the region and bridges the gap between the city and suburbs through cultural tourism to acquaint and re-acquaint residents and visitors to the gems of Detroit. Feet on the Street offers art tours, an Eastern Market tour and a Prohibition and Jazz era tour as well as custom designed tours. For more information about the various walking and bus experiences, or to book a tour, visit www.FeetOnTheStreetTours.com or contact Linda Yellin at 248-353-8687. The Village of Fairview Historical Society is a historical organization bridging Grosse Pointe Park and Detroit's east side from Bewick Avenue to Wayburn Street. This area, once known as the Village of Fairview, shares the common history of the birth of the automobile industry on East Jefferson Avenue in the early 20th century. The desire of this group is to foster that history and legacy of the early period of what was to become the Motor City. For more information, contact Nicholas Sinacori at nicsina2@msn.com. Established in 1992, Royal Transportation Company (Royal) is located in the Marina District adjacent to Jefferson-Chalmers and owns a fleet of twenty-two vehicles ranging from mini busses to motor coaches that provide contract transportation and employee shuttle service, commuter bus programs, and charter services. Founded on the principles of quality and value, Royal provides the Detroit Metropolitan area with professional group shuttle and charter services serving Fortune 500 corporations or small church groups equally with the highest standards of quality and customer satisfaction. For more information, visit www.royalbus.com. Detroit Merit Charter Academy (Merit) and Detroit Enterprise Academy, managed by National Heritage Academies (NHA), offer a challenging, character-based education through a guaranteed and viable curriculum with academic and social expectations and prioritizes the academic program and instructional time so each student reads, computes and writes at or above grade level. Students are expected to master basic skills and realize their full academic potential in preparation for higher education and adulthood. Merit was designated as a Michigan School of Excellence in January of 2011. NHA partners with community groups to build and operate K-8 tuition-free public charter schools. For the 2010-11 school year, NHA partnered with 67 schools in eight states serving more than 42,000 students. NHA schools are designed to eliminate achievement gaps and provide school choice to families while preparing children for success in high school, college and beyond. For more information, visit www.DetroitMeritCharterAcademy.com, www.DetroitEnterpriseAcademy.org and www.HeritageAcademies.com. Established in 1996, the Jefferson East Business Association (JEBA) works to improve the quality of life on Detroit’s lower eastside by providing services to local start-up and existing businesses, improving and creating pride in the east Jefferson neighborhood; identifying and overcoming barriers to physical and economic development; and encouraging the creation of employment opportunities for area residents. As a satellite office of the Michigan Small Business Technology and Development Center, JEBA provides counseling, financing roundtables and start-up seminars.