Farmers Market: Fridays, February 16 - December 13
Spring Fling Street Fair: Sunday May 5
Highland Park 5k Race: Sunday May 5
Spring Planting Days: May 23 & 24
Outdoor Movie Theater: Saturdays, May-August
Arts in the Park: September
Window Art Show: September
Townwide Garage Sale: October
Small Business Weekend & Tree Lighting: Saturday November 30 & Sunday December 1
Owl Markets: November & December
Menorah Lighting: December
…and stay tuned for more!
Photos by Jennifer Goff
Main Street Highland Park (MSHP) is a volunteer-based non-profit community development organization that manages the downtown Business Improvement District (BID) for the benefit of merchants, businesses, and residents of Highland Park. As a dedicated advocate for the downtown, MSHP's programs and projects improve the image of downtown Highland Park, focusing on its commercial assets, visual appeal, safety, and desirability as a destination for business, shopping, dining, fun, community, arts, and sustainability.
About Main Street Highland Park
BID property map from NJ Department of Community Affairs
EVENTS
We organize dozens of events throughout the year, with the goal of bringing people into our downtown and creating a lively bustling downtown environment to the benefit of our business owners and residents. This list below is updated constantly, and a good way to follow upcoming events is to follow our Google Calendar or our Facebook page event listing or to sign up for our mailing list.
732.828.8444
mainstreethighlandpark@gmail.com
Rebecca Hersh
Executive Director
212 Raritan Avenue
1st Floor
Highland Park, NJ 08904
Email mainstreethighlandpark@gmail.com for an appointment.
Our Design Team works to make aesthetic improvements to downtown. The committee administers the sign and awning grant program, manages downtown lighting and other decorative projects, and oversees the maintenance of downtown planters.
Our Promotions Team enhances the image and promotes the district's unique social, economic, and cultural character. This committee works on the downtown's annual festivals and events designed to get people into Downtown Highland Park.
Our Arts team helps Main Street coordinate with the Highland Park Art Collective and our artist community at large. This committee promotes and enables civic art projects and serves as a Main Street's link to the surrounding Artistic events and happenings.
Our Org Team builds a strong base of funding and network of resources and volunteers, board members, and committee members to sustain Main Street's mission. The committee fund-raises, recruits volunteers, and runs financial management.
Our ER Team works to support, diversify, and grow the business district. This committee attracts new businesses, hosts business networking events, does outreach to local businesses, does outreach to local businesses, and helps sharpen the competitiveness of business enterprises.
Any Highland Park-based business, municipal organization, or community-based group is welcome to enter their event information below. Events will ONLY be accepted from Highland Park NJ businesses and groups — all others will be deleted. All entries will appear on our Google community calendar.
