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Wayne Downtown Development Authority:



                                     The year 2024 in review




           By Sarah Shurge
             Throughout  the  year,  the  City
          Wayne Downtown Development Au-
          thority  (DDA)  has  partnered  with
          many  businesses  and  sponsored
          many events for the City of Wayne.
             As we ring in the new year, it’s im-
          portant  to  highlight  the  DDA’s  in-
          volvement  from  the  previous  year
          and give them the recognition they
          truly deserve.
             The  DDA  has  many  purposes,
          some of which are to correct and pre-
          vent  deterioration  of  business  dis-
          tricts, promote economic growth and
          revitalization, and to encourage his-
          toric  preservation.  The  goal  is  to
          bring business into the City of Wayne
          and do it in a fun and exciting way
          for the public.
             Almost every month of the year
          was packed with DDA events, such
          as: Egg-cellent Adventures in March,
          Restaurant Week in April, Indie Art
          & Craft Jam in May, Food Trucks at                                                                      from businesses about an increase
          Wayne  City  Hall  in  May  and  June,                                                                  in  street  traffic  and  sales,”  said
          Crusin’ US 12 in July, Family Movie                                                                     Gouin.
          Night  in  June  and  August,  Scare-                                                                      Holiday Night at the Museum has
          crow Fest in September, and Holiday                                                                     become a highlighted event in Wayne.
          Night at the Museum in December.                                                                        The  DDA  continues  to  collaborate
             “With the addition of Lisa Kubany                                                                    with  the  Wayne  Historical  Society
          as our Marketing and Events Direc-                                                                      and the event has grown every year.
          tor,  we’ve  continued  to  see  an  in-                                                                   “Despite  the  frigid  temperature
          crease in the number of new events                                                                      this  year,  the  event  went  very  well
          each year in the city and we antici-                                                                    and  was  very  well  attended,”  said
          pate that to continue thanks to her                                                                     Gouin.
          work,” said Lori Gouin, DDA Direc-                                                                         Something  you  have  to  experi-
          tor.  “Having  someone  specifically                                                                    ence  in  Downtown  Wayne  are  the
          designated  to  event  planning  has                                                                    Concerts at Goudy Park in July and
          been a game changer.”                                                                                   August. The free summer concerts
             The  18th  annual  US12  Car                                                                         are made possible through a partner-
          Cruise is an event the City of Wayne  the DDA serves as a partner with the  tainment, and food trucks.   ship with the Rotary Club of Wayne.
          always looks forward to.  Pit stops  businesses to help with the organiza-  “It was great. We added more lo-
          have been added for four years, and  tion of all the extra activities, enter-  cations and received great feedback       See DDA, page 7























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