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Start the Fourth on the Third at Farmers Market

shopnacfirst — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:06:57 +0000

Locally-grown fruits and vegetables are featured at the Nacogdoches Farmers Market.

Join growers, bakers and crafters this Saturday at the Nacogdoches Farmer’s Market to stock up on a variety of handcrafted, locally grown items. The Nacogdoches Farmer’s Market is currently open on Saturday mornings and Wednesday afternoons and offers fresh produce, unique gifts, and a variety of other delicious items.
This Saturday July 3rd the fabulous Miki Lynn will be playing.

Things to look for this Saturday: baked goods (breads, cookies & pies), canned goods (wild-picked jams and jellies including may haw, blackberry, muscatine and wild plum as well as jams, marmalades, preserves, chow-chow, pickled vegetables, salsas and relishes), artisan Texas cheeses, free-range eggs, tilapia fish, flowers, herbs (basil, cilantro, dill, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sorrel and thyme), local raw honey, jewelry, plants, starter plants and preserves. Local produce including: green beans, beets, blackberries, blueberries, carrots, sweet corn, cucumbers (stripped derby & suyo long), eggplants, greens (collards & Swiss chard), lettuce (butter crunch & romaine), okra, onions (red & yellow), peaches, fresh shelled peas (pinto & purple hull), unshelled peas (cream & purple hull), peppers (Anaheim, banana, Bell & jalapenos), plums, new potatoes, squash (butternut, causa magda, flying saucer, Italian heirloom, sunburst, tonda mezzi, 2 types of yellow & zucchini), tomatoes (cherry, green, Roma and several varieties of red slicer) and watermelons.

If you would like to sign up for the weekly Farmers’ Market email update, please send an email to obriens@ci.nacogdoches.tx.us. You are also more than welcome to visit www.farmermktnac.blogspot.com for the weekly update. Also be a fan on facebook@NacogdochesFarmersMarket.

The Nacogdoches Farmers’ Market, located at the “hitch lot” at the corner of West Main and Pearl Streets, is open from 8 a.m. until noon or later every Saturday morning. The market will be open twice a week, Saturday mornings and from 4 to 7 p.m. every Wednesday. If the market parking lot is full, additional parking is available in the Nacogdoches County Courthouse Annex parking lot.

Downtown stores and shops open on Monday, June 28 for TCCE and you!

shopnacfirst — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:28:03 +0000

These downtown stores will be available for you to shop on Monday, June 28

Brick Street Antiques and Collectibles
316 E. Main St.

Fashion Shop
102 North St.

Greer’s Fabric, Inc.
322 E. Main St.

Heart of Texas
110 S. Pecan St.

House of Traditions
314 E. Main St.

Kennedy’s Jewelry
201 E. Main St.

Lyric’s LaTeeDas and OohLaLas
409 E. Main St.

Main Street Antique Mall
318 E. Main St.

Nacogdoches Antique Mall
412 E. Main St.

Olde Town General Store
205 E. Main St.

Sloane’s Antiques
404 E. Main St.

The Good Book
400 E. Main St.

Voyagers Dream
123 E. Main St.

The Wildflower
406 E. Main St.

Frredom Fest – July 4th Celebration

shopnacfirst — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:27:31 +0000

5:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Join The Oldest Town in Texas as we celebrate the Fourth of July with lots of food, fun and fireworks. Live music, delicious food and fun activities for children and the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile! Fireworks start 30 minutes after dark. Located in Downtown Nacogdoches. Phone 1-888-OLDEST-TOWN for more information.

Understanding holiday shopping

shopnacfirst — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:39:34 +0000

Interesting story in the 12/2/09 edition of the Miami Herald. Helps put a spin on the notion that “Black Friday” predicts the holiday shopping future.

Texas Blueberry Festival – Saturday, June 13 in Nacogdoches!

shopnacfirst — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:34:05 +0000

The tastiest festival in Texas includes tons of fresh blueberries sold on the square, blueberry pancakes, blueberry pie, blueberry cobbler and blueberry ice cream contests. Kids will love the Blueberry Bounce Park, petting zoo, make and take arts and crafts, pet parade, The Big Blue Murals and more. The 42 tournament, classic car show, Honda Goldwing motorcycle show, pie eating contests, horse shoe and washers tournaments, food and arts vendors will all be back … and lots more.

Nearby blueberry farms are available for festival-goers to tour and pick their own blueberries. Live musical entertainment includes acoustic folk guitar to country to jazz and soft rock throughout the day on stages located downtown and in Festival Plaza.

Set deep in Texas Forest Country in the Oldest Town in Texas, the Texas Blueberry Festival is a delightful day of the America you dreamed still existed.
For information, contest forms and more, go to texasblueberryfestival.com!

Freedom wants you!

shopnacfirst — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:31:26 +0000

Performers entertain a Fourth of July crowd

Organizers of the upcoming 6th annual Freedom Fest are seeking food vendors to fill available booths at the July 4th event in downtown’s Festival Plaza.

Vendor applications are available at the Nacogdoches Convention & Visitors Bureau, located at 200 E. Main St. in downtown Nacogdoches. A limited amount of booth space is available, so vendors are encouraged to make reservations early. The deadline to turn in vendor forms is set for June 12th.

Freedom Fest will be held July 4th. This year’s festival is presented by Brookshire Brothers and the Nacogdoches Jaycees and celebrates our country’s independence. Local and regional musicians will perform from five to 9:30 p.m. in historic downtown Nacogdoches. Families are invited to enjoy delicious festival food, children’s activities and a fireworks display beginning 30 minutes after dark. Admission is free.

For more information about vendor booths or to have an application mailed to you, call the CVB at 936-564-7351 or 1-888-OLDEST-TOWN.

Sale on the Trail

downtownnac — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:11:36 +0000

One of the most famous roadways in America, the El Camino Real de los Tejas
National Historic Trail, will be the site of a miles-long “Sale on the Trail” on the weekend of May 1-2, 2009. The El Camino Real, which means “King’s Highway” in Spanish, is the oldest road in Texas.
Begun as one of the many well-used Indian trails in Texas, the Spanish expanded and improved the route it to connect a series of Spanish missions and posts between Monclova, Mexico, and Los Adaes, the first capital of the province of Texas (in what is now the Robeline/Natchitoches area in northwestern Louisiana. The trail runs about 1,000 miles long from its easternmost point in Natchitoches, Louisiana, through the piney woods and rolling hills of Texas to the arid lands of Old Mexico. The Camino Real is truly a path that leads through history.
Today much of the original El Camino is still visible, lying along scenic rural roads with some of the most spectacular scenery in Texas and Louisiana. Travelers can follow in the footsteps of Spanish missionaries (from 1691), the Mexican and Texan armies (1835), American settlers, and personages such as Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Sam Houston, Santa Anna, Stephen F. Austin and many more.
The “Sale on the Trail” event, planned and promoted by the El Camino Real
Caddo Region Trail Partners, which includes the Nacogdoches Convention & Visitors, has been scheduled to promote tourism and acquaint participants with the beautiful highway so important to early history in Louisiana and Texas.
Land owners and businesses from Natchitoches, La. to Crockett, TX will hold yard sales, flea markets, festivals, trade shows, sidewalk sales, etc. along this famous trail, providing a wonderful weekend of touring and shopping. Anyone in Nacogdoches interested in setting up downtown should contact the Main Street office at 936-559-2573.
Historic Downtown Nacogdoches will participate by hosting their “First Saturday Sidewalk Sale” on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009. Merchants will feature a variety of great finds, unique specialty items, and one of kind antiques.
Those interested in participating in this first annual “Sale on the Trail” are encouraged to take advantage of a great chance to shop, sell, or see the
sites on the remarkable El Camino Real.
For more information, please contact Liz Ware, San Augustine Chamber of Commerce Director, at (936)275-3610, or Ellen Melton, El Camino Real Trail Partners representative in Sabine County at (409) 625-4876. You may also check out these websites:

http://www.elcaminorealtx.com/trailPartners.html

http://www.sanaugustinetx.com/

http://www.visitnacogdoches.org

Cruisin’ Downtown!

shopnacfirst — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:11:01 +0000

First Friday Cruise Nights, continues Downtown on May 1st.
Come Shop Downtown Nacogdoches next Friday, May 1st from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Shop Late till Eight! First Friday Nights continues this month with live entertainment, great late night shopping and dining. You can stop by the Old Towne General Store, or Hotel Fredonia for some dinner before you head off to wander through our many unique antique and specialty stores. A list of participating stores will be available inside the Visitor’s Center, which is also open late till eight. So bring the entire family down, grab a bite to eat and shop for some spectacular finds, all right here in the heart of Nacogdoches, historic downtown. After you get done shopping join us for liver entertainment at Hotel Fredonia’s “Jazz on the Patio.”
We also invite enthusiasts to cruise into downtown between 5 and 8 p.m.
Car Clubs, Antique Cars, and Motorcycles welcome. “We are so excited have this wonderful edition to First Friday Nights,” said Main Street Manager Sarah O’Brien, “We have been trying to find a way to “rev up” our event and this couldn’t be a more perfect fit.”
Enthusiasts are asked to contact Doug James at Lone Star Scooters and ATV at 936-560-2228 for questions.
For more information on historic downtown Nacogdoches call
936-559-2573 or email obriens@ci.nacogdoches.tx.us or log on to www.shopnacfirst.com for more information. Shop Nac First is a program of the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce. Visit www.nacogdoches.org for more information.

El Camino Real – Sale on the Trail

shopnacfirst — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:18:27 +0000

El Camino Real runs through Nacogdoches, Texas

One of the most famous roadways in America, the El Camino Real de los
Tejas National Historic Trail, will be the site of a miles-long “Sale on the
Trail” on the weekend of May 1-2, 2009.
In Nacogdoches – State Highway 21 - or Main Street and Douglass Road – follow The El Camino Real, which means “King’s Highway” in Spanish. El Camino is the oldest road in Texas.
Begun as one of the many well-used Indian trails in Texas, the Spanish
expanded and improved the route it to connect a series of Spanish
missions and posts between Monclova, Mexico, and Los Adaes, the first
capital of the province of Texas (in what is now the
Robeline/Natchitoches area in northwestern Louisiana. The trail runs
about 1,000 miles long from its easternmost point in Natchitoches,
Louisiana, through the piney woods and rolling hills of Texas to the
arid lands of Old Mexico. The Camino Real is truly a path that leads
through history.
Today much of the original El Camino is still visible, lying along
scenic rural roads with some of the most spectacular scenery in Texas
and Louisiana. Travelers can follow in the footsteps of Spanish
missionaries (from 1691), the Mexican and Texan armies (1835), American
settlers, and personages such as Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie,
Sam Houston, Santa Anna, Stephen F. Austin and many more.
The “Sale on the Trail” event, planned and promoted by the El
Camino Real Caddo Region Trail Partners, which includes the Nacogdoches Convention & Visitors, has been scheduled to promote tourism and acquaint participants with the beautiful highway so important to early history in Louisiana and Texas.
Land owners and businesses from Natchitoches, La. to Crockett, TX will
hold yard sales, flea markets, festivals, trade shows, sidewalk sales,
etc. along this famous trail, providing a wonderful weekend of touring
and shopping.
Anyone in Nacogdoches interested in setting up downtown
should contact the Main Street office at 936-559-2573.
Historic Downtown Nacogdoches will participate by hosting their
“First Saturday Sidewalk Sale” on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009.
Merchants will feature a variety of great finds, unique specialty items,
and one of kind antiques.
Those interested in participating in this first annual “Sale on the
Trail” are encouraged to take advantage of a great chance to shop, sell, or see the sites on the remarkable El Camino Real.
For more information, please contact Liz Ware, San Augustine Chamber of Commerce Director, at (936)275-3610, or Ellen Melton, El Camino Real Trail Partners representative in Sabine County at (409) 625-4876.

For more information, check out these websites:
elcaminorealtx.com/trailPartners.html
sanaugustinetx.com
visitnacogdoches.org

MultiCultural Festival – Nacogdoches April 25-26

shopnacfirst — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:51:50 +0000

The Nacogdoches MultiCultural Festival is a tradition in our historic downtown. Treat yourself to familiar and exotic food while enjoying live music from two stages.
Asian, Hispanic, African, Eastern European and southern U.S. cuisine is spotlighted. Fun games will be offered for the kids, silent auctions for grandma, and a colorful parade for all ages. The Parade of Nations kicks off the event on Saturday, April 25.
For more info, please contact Jerry Graham, 936-371-2567 (cell) or Rita at 936-554-0694, or email to ghac55@yahoo.com.
The 21st Annual MultiCultural Festival is proudly sponsored annually by Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Nacogdoches, Tx.