This Year Especially, Downtown is the Place to Come for Christmas

If you haven’t made it to the Georgetown Square for the holidays this year, you’re in for a treat.  This year, not only are the courthouse and buildings lit up for Christmas, but the oak trees around the Square glitter like starlight.

Thanks in part to a public/private partnership, energy-efficient LED lights were strung in all the trees around the corners of the Square to add more decorations to downtown.  In addition to this, the lights on the buildings along the Square were changed to the energy-efficient LED lights from the older incandescent lighting.  This project is the brainchild of Main Street Advisory Board Member Linda McCalla who had been inspired by the lights along the Riverwalk in San Antonio.  When she presented the idea to the board, Council Member Bill Sattler was present and he liked her idea so much that he took the idea to the City Council, who whole-heartedly supported the project and gave the Board a challenge to raise $15,000 in matching funds.

Now, thanks to a large number of private donations, the City Square is lit up in time for the holidays.

“We are so excited about the overwhelming response!  We’re being approached by numerous people, all of whom are amazed at how beautiful the lights are this year, ” said Shelly Hargrove, Main Street Manager.  ”We will continue to fundraise throughout 2012 and with support from the community we hope to add even more lighting next year to downtown.”

For more information about downtown, please contact Shelly Hargrove, mainstreet@georgetown.org or (512) 930-2027.