Committee members include Carol DiSabatino, co-owner of Two Friends Lesley Bowers, owner of P.U.P.S.
of Lewes Amy Felker, owner of Notting Hill Coffee Roastery and Michiko Seto, owner of Blooming Boutique. The culmination of the projects completion was a big street festival, and many merchants and local residents expressed an interest in having a similar event again. Matt DiSabatinos committee began planning the event in February and requested permission to partially close Second Street from Bank Street to Market Street and a portion of Market Street between Front and Second Street. Some of the announced activities in the businesses at the September First Thursday include Hat Day at Striper Bites in which customers who wear their favorite hats while they dine will get a 15 percent discount off the entire bill Two Friends contest to see who can bring in the oldest Vera Bradley item, which will then be on display in the store on a clothes line Puzzles promotional drawing for a 20 percent gift certificate and Lewes Gourmets BBQ pork sandwich samples made with products it sells and discounted 10 percent during the hours of the event. Octobers First Thursday will feature a Puppy Poker Walk facilitated by P.U.P.S owner Lesley Bowers, and bobbing for apples on Market Street. Novembers entertainment showcases Clear Space Productions, which will perform a Broadway-style revue in front of Citizens Bank, followed by performances at various restaurants as part of a fundraiser for the Cape Henlopen High Schools Theatre Arts Academys trip to perform in Osaka, Japan, in April 2010.