Chamber Coffee Host Trees on the Square

Get in the Christmas spirit at the second annual Trees on the Square Event as it serves as the host site for our next Chamber Coffee, Tuesday December 2, 2008 at 125 East Washington Street next to the Board of Public Utilities in the First Bank building (formerly Office Concepts.)

A Christmas tree showcase, Trees on the Square is a 3 week long yuletide event that is fastly becoming a holiday tradition. Trees of all sizes, shapes and colors are sponsored and decorated by local businesses and organizations. Last year’s participants went from whimsical to the spectacular. Groups ranging from the Girls Scouts to the National Guard worked along side professional decorators to transform a vacant building into a winter wonderland of 37 decorated Christmas trees where visitors get lost in the spirit of the season.

The results were extraordinary with over 2000 people visiting historic downtown Paris and its shopping opportunities during the 2007 holiday season. Creating the spectacular event this year will be Laura Dougherty, Chairperson, Andrea Lamb, Danyelle Harber, Tommie St. John, Tamara Paschall, Mark Johnson and staff members Galia Greer and Susie Umstead.

Trees on the Square will be open December 2 to December 21. Staffing will be overseen by the Downtown Paris Association. Call Mike Key at Leach’s Music to volunteer to work. “Trees on the Square” was a huge success last year and we are excited to continue this partnership with the DPA on this great downtown event, “according to Chamber President Bryan Irby, BPU.”

Join us for a special Trees on the Square preview during the Chamber Coffee.