Town Day returns to its roots at this 40th anniversary
Annual celebration by focusing on community service

SOURCE: Town of Davidson
In May 1971, Davidson Mayor Tom Sadler issued a proclamation designating May 8 through 15 of that year “Clean Up” week and May 15 as a culminating event: Town Day, the first on record.

The reason for the designation, said Mayor Sadler, was to support the efforts of the Davidson Community Council, a group of concerned citizens who spearheaded an effort to clean up trash and debris around town, improve the aesthetic appearance of Davidson and promote a sense of self-betterment and closer ties among all citizens.

This year, in honor of its 40th anniversary, Davidson’s popular annual Town Day celebration is returning to those roots. Read the full story

Click to download a map/guide to the gallery crawl.

The town of Davidson and local merchants will host the annual April is for Arts Gallery Crawl on Friday, April 8, from 6 to 9 p.m. at local businesses, restaurants, galleries and Town Hall. Read the full story

Also this weekend: North Meck Parade is Sunday, 1 p.m.

Face painting at Christmas in Davidson 2009 (DavidsonNews.net file photo)

Downtown Davidson and South Main Street will be bustling with activity Thursday through Saturday nights during Christmas in Davidson 2010. Main Street will be closed nightly with carolers and other live music, vendors, carriage rides, food booths and special events at local businesses.

Also, don’t forget the annual North Mecklenburg Christmas Parade on Sunday, which will sent floats, antique cars, school bands and other marchers south from Main Street in Davidson to Main Street in Cornelius.

Read on for more, including a schedule of events.

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Christmas in Davidson ornament 2010

The Town of Davidson and downtown merchants are selling the annual Christmas in Davidson ornament, which promotes the annual downtown festival and this year depicts and raises money for the campaign to keep open the Davidson public library branch. Also, the youth of Davidson United Methodist Church are selling box dinners Thursday night during Christmas in Davidson, to support a summer Costa Rica mission trip, and the YMCA is holding its annual Breakfast with Santa. And next week also brings the Red & Black Ball fund-raiser at Davidson College. Read the full story

Davidson Parks & Rec and local merchants will host the annual town Halloween march on Friday, Oct. 29. Kids and parents are invited to come in costume and stroll on Main Street collecting treats from downtown merchants.

Line up at Town Hall, march begins at 5:15 p.m. Free. More information: Davidson Parks & Recreation 704-892-3349.

Hope you have some free time this weekend. There’s a full schedule of fun in and around Davidson – from football to fund-raisers and music to a townwide bicycle ride. The Project for Innovation, Energy & Sustainability hosts a sustainability seminar for business owners Friday. Both the Hough High and Davidson College football teams are back at home, Hough playing Vance at its first-ever homecoming Friday night and Davidson facing Jacksonville on Saturday. Fund-raisers in the next few days include the River Run Pro-Am tennis tournament Saturday and Sunday and the Helping Paws Dog Show on the Village Green Sunday. Saturday morning also brings the Davidson Farmer’s Market, the Children’s Schoolhouse annual Carnival on the Green, and a town-organized 3-mile bicycle safety awareness ride along local greenways and streets. The town of Mooresville holds both a Music on Main outdoor concert Friday and a Movies on Main screening Saturday night of “Hannah Montana: The Movie.” Our Town Cinemas in Davidson holds over the local film “The Trial” for a third week, and continues its classics series. “North by Northwest” wraps up with screenings Thursday, while an old favorite returns beginning Friday: “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”

Read on for those and other events this weekend. Or check our clickable day-by-day calendar at right. Read the full story