2009 Sponsors
TITLE SPONSOR
GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
SANTA'S REINDEERS ($1,000)
Garden City Hospital
GC Community Coalition
SANTA'S HELPERS ($500)
Barsamian Family Dentistry
Garden City Medical Center
Santieu and Sons Funeral Home
Fleming Financial
Jets Pizza
Game Yard
Orin Jewlers
Heritage Logo Works
SANTA'S ELVES ($250)
Hershey Shoes
GC American Legion Post 396
Gordon Chevrolet
CiCi's Pizza
Rick's Custom Cycle
DONORS ($100)
International Extrusions
Sav On Drugs
Walgreens
Randy and Linda Walker
KIGA Enterprises
The Bohn Family
Spinners Car Wash
The Salvation Army
Sparks Towing
2009 Downtown Garden City
Santaland Parade a Huge Hit!
The 49th Annual Downtown Garden City Santaland Parade was met with blue skies, sunshine and huge crowds along the new parade route. The parade featured over sixty entries including three marching bands, the Salvation Army brass band, the Redford Unicycle Club, the mascots of the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions and the University of Detroit, dozens of floats and marching entries, two large parade balloons and of course Miss Michigan. The Santaland Parade committee wants to thank the members of the Family Resource Center and the Community Coalition who helped with the staging and dispersal of the parade and to all of the other volunteers who helped with the parade.
The float award winners for 2009 were first place Art aRound Town, second The Moskall Family, third the Goodfellows.
Special thanks should also go to the DDA for their large corporate sponsorship and the Community Coalition and Garden City Hospital for donating $1,000 each. The residents and businesses contributed over $15,000 toward the operation of the parade- exceeding last year's total.
The play back of the parade can be seen on GCTV (channel 12 on Comcast and channel 18 on WOW) December 4-6 at 10am, 2pm, 7pm and 11pm as well as other times during the holiday season. The parade can also be seen on the City's website at www.gardencitymi.org/gctv beginning December 4.
