Top City Thursdays!

Posted 06/29/2010 3:46pm

Thursday night is “the night”!

5pm to 8pm every Thursday this summer, stores are open, restaurants are open, street musicians are performing… and there’s always free parking!!!!

Downtown Topeka Inc. and seveneightfive magazine have teamed up with the folks downtown to sponsor
Top City Thursday!
Get special discounts, deals on meals and events throughout the summer in downtown.

Visit shops like like: Wolfe’s Camera
Personally Yours
David’s Jewelers
Asay’s Sporting Goods
Hazel Hill Chocolate Traditions
Marion Lane Candles
Briman’s Leading Jewelers
Warehouse 414
The Merchant
Lloyd Zimmer Books & Maps
Buttercups & Daisies or
CD Tradepost

Have dinner downtown at:
The BreakRoom Metro Eatery
Blended
Kansan Grill
Lupita’s
WrapCity Grill
Jersey Mike's or
McDonald’s.

The YMCA and PC911 are also open so you can work out after dinner and get your computer fixed while you shop.

Afterward, have a drink at:
The Celtic Fox
The Office
The BreakRoom Metro Eatery
Kansan Grill
The Tool Shed Tap or
Cousin's Club

Click HERE for a great map so you are sure not to miss a thing.

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13th Annual Grape Escape

Posted 06/29/2010 3:45pm

Topeka Performing Arts Center is sponsoring
The Grape Escape
Topeka's premier wine and food festival with silent and live auctions to benefit the
Topeka Performing Arts Center
6:00 -10:00pm, August 27th

More information call
785.234.2787 or 785.271.0190
or just click HERE!

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Capital District Project

Posted 06/29/2010 3:44pm

Capital District Project

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Downtown Topeka Inc.
Historic Summary

Downtown Topeka, Inc. was founded in 1964.
DTI has been actively involved in downtown parking issues since the mid-1960s.
The first Hullaballoo Sidewalk sale was sponsored by DTI in August 1965.
DTI was instrumental in having the island planters installed in the middle of Kansas Avenue in 1967.
In 1974, DTI studied the feasibility of creating a Business Improvement District in downtown.
The Downtown Farmers Market was founded in 1977.
The Litter Removal Program was founded by DTI in 1978.
Future Heritage of Topeka, Inc. was founded by DTI in 1985, establishing this not-for-profit agency to raise funds for downtown improvements and enhancements.
DTI helped Topeka Intracity Transit bring the trolleys to Topeka in 1986.
The Capital City Redevelopment Agency collaborated with DTI to form The Capital City Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) in 1986.
In 1977, the Downtown Farmers Market moved to its current location at 10th and Topeka Blvd.
DTI, through Future Heritage, raised $220,000 in 1988 to build the Fountain of Justice at the Kansas Judicial Center.
DTI surveyed downtown businesses and endorsed the removal of all parking meters in 1988.
The BID, in cooperation with DTI, completed the Kansas Avenue Streetscape in 1989. DTI created the Neighborhood Revitalization Act in October 1994 for the downtown district.
DTI has been the administrative arm of the BID since 1995, providing maintenance, promotion and special events services, which results in thousands of visitors to downtown every year.
The Miracle on Kansas Avenue Committee began coordinating the lighted Christmas parade with DTI’s assistance in 1996.
Downtown Live! outdoor summer concerts began in 1999 as a collaboration between Downtown Topeka, Inc., the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Parks and Recreation of Topeka and the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce.
DTI works closely with the City of Topeka Water Pollution Control Division in 2001 to design a stormwater project using a streetscape approach that will greatly enhance Jackson and Van Buren Streets.
DTI assisted the Topeka-Shawnee County Metropolitan Planning Department in to develop the Downtown Topeka Redevelopment Plan that was adopted by City Council in 2001.
DTI worked closely with Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority in 2000 to create plans to relocate the bus transfer station from 8th & Kansas to the Quincy Street Transfer Station, a state of the art consolidated center located at 9th and Quincy. The Transfer Station will open in spring 2003.

Top City Thursdays!

Posted 06/29/2010 3:46pm

13th Annual Grape Escape

Posted 06/29/2010 3:45pm

Capital District Project

Posted 06/29/2010 3:44pm

Downtown Topeka Inc. Historic Summary

Downtown Topeka, Inc. was founded in 1964.

DTI has been actively involved in downtown parking issues since the mid-1960s.

The first Hullaballoo Sidewalk sale was sponsored by DTI in August 1965.

DTI was instrumental in having the island planters installed in the middle of Kansas Avenue in 1967.

In 1974, DTI studied the feasibility of creating a Business Improvement District in downtown.

The Downtown Farmers Market was founded in 1977.

The Litter Removal Program was founded by DTI in 1978.

Future Heritage of Topeka, Inc. was founded by DTI in 1985, establishing this not-for-profit agency to raise funds for downtown improvements and enhancements.

DTI helped Topeka Intracity Transit bring the trolleys to Topeka in 1986.

The Capital City Redevelopment Agency collaborated with DTI to form The Capital City Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) in 1986.

In 1977, the Downtown Farmers Market moved to its current location at 10th and Topeka Blvd.

DTI, through Future Heritage, raised $220,000 in 1988 to build the Fountain of Justice at the Kansas Judicial Center.

DTI surveyed downtown businesses and endorsed the removal of all parking meters in 1988.

The BID, in cooperation with DTI, completed the Kansas Avenue Streetscape in 1989. DTI created the Neighborhood Revitalization Act in October 1994 for the downtown district.

DTI has been the administrative arm of the BID since 1995, providing maintenance, promotion and special events services, which results in thousands of visitors to downtown every year.

The Miracle on Kansas Avenue Committee began coordinating the lighted Christmas parade with DTI’s assistance in 1996.

Downtown Live! outdoor summer concerts began in 1999 as a collaboration between Downtown Topeka, Inc., the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Parks and Recreation of Topeka and the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce.

DTI works closely with the City of Topeka Water Pollution Control Division in 2001 to design a stormwater project using a streetscape approach that will greatly enhance Jackson and Van Buren Streets.

DTI assisted the Topeka-Shawnee County Metropolitan Planning Department in to develop the Downtown Topeka Redevelopment Plan that was adopted by City Council in 2001.

DTI worked closely with Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority in 2000 to create plans to relocate the bus transfer station from 8th & Kansas to the Quincy Street Transfer Station, a state of the art consolidated center located at 9th and Quincy. The Transfer Station will open in spring 2003.

Downtown Topeka Inc.
Historic Summary