Wine Down Main Sets Another Record
Wine Down Main Street set another attendance record as well as raising a record amount of money for the Boys & Girls Club of Franklin/Williamson County. With street closure from Second Avenue to Fifth Avenue including the Public Square, 1,400 tickets to the event were sold with 41 shops participating and 25 restaurants from all over the county helping out. The event grossed a record $146,000 for the club bringing the total gross for all seven years of Wine Down Main Street to a staggering $556,000!
Celebrating at Hallmark Volkswagen with the “big check” are, from left: Phyllis Hyland, Wine Down Main Street creator and event producer; Juanita Patton, president of the board of directors, Boys & Girls Club; Jason McMurray, Lipman Brothers Distributors; Denise Carothers, executive director, Boys & Girls Club; Jeff McGruder, member, Boys & Girls Club board; Francie Whittemore, sponsor, Green Bank; Bethany Underhill, Lipman Brothers Distributions; Jim Mays, member, Boys & Girls Club board; Glenn Kreuger, general manager, Hallmark Volkswagen; and Pat Hesson, sponsor, Green Bank.
Sponsors for this year’s event include Hallmark Volkswagen, Lipman Brothers, Meridian Cool Springs, Fifth/Third Bank, Regions Bank, Tennessee Bank & Trust, Telco Solutions III, Publix, Green Bank, Jamison Station, the Williamson Herald, Carpet Den Interiors, VIP Franklin, Nashville Lifestyles, Franklin Is and One Woman Show Design.
Wine Down Main Street 8 is set for Friday, November 7, 2008.
