{"id":28748,"date":"2023-11-15T08:43:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=28748"},"modified":"2023-11-15T08:43:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:43:37","slug":"west-chester-plans-even-more-holiday-lights-for-local-shoppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=28748","title":{"rendered":"West Chester plans even more holiday lights for local shoppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_18917\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18917\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18917\" src=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/LightsUp.TreeLighting.WestChester.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beginning this week, the historic borough of West Chester is lighting up more downtown blocks than ever \u2013 and hosting more free holiday events than ever \u2013 to attract visitors to the 50+ retail stores and 60+ restaurants that make downtown West Chester so unforgettable during the holiday season.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The historic borough of West Chester is lighting up more downtown blocks than ever \u2013 and hosting more free holiday events than ever \u2013 to attract visitors to the 50+ retail stores and 60+ restaurants that make downtown West Chester so unforgettable during the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<strong><u>Beginning this week<\/u><\/strong>, our beautifully decorated historic streets feature additional blocks aglow in the borough to accommodate the increasing number of visitors who want to shop (and eat!) small in downtown West Chester before Thanksgiving even begins,\u201d said Katie Walker, President of the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce. \u201cWe\u2019re also offering plenty of free, family-friendly activities and free street-level, metered parking as we head into Thanksgiving weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s just the beginning of six weekends of holiday magic, Thanksgiving through New Year\u2019s, during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterwestchester.com\/lightsupchristmasparade.html\/\"><em>Chester County Hospital Lights Up Holiday Weekends in West Chester<\/em><\/a> when thousands of golden lights and sparkling decorations illuminate the heart of historic West Chester. The first full weekend of events is<strong> Friday-Sunday<\/strong> 11\/24-11\/26 during <strong>Small Business Weekend<\/strong> in West Chester, including:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>Friday <\/strong>11\/24 at 9am: Thousands of holiday lights are aglow with free street-level, metered parking all weekend long, plus great sales &amp; free giveaways as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterwestchester.com\/lightsupchristmasparade.html\/\">Chester County Hospital Lights Up Holiday Weekends in West Chester<\/a> officially launches!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday<\/strong> 11\/24, 5pm-7pm; <strong>Saturday<\/strong> 11\/25, 12pm-2pm: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterwestchester.com\/2023-caroling.html\">The West Chester Borough Balladeer Carolers<\/a> roam our historic streets in Victorian attire &amp; perform for you!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday<\/strong> 11\/25 at 2pm: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterwestchester.com\/2023music-series.html\">The Making Spirits Bright Holiday Music Series<\/a> launches featuring a free concert by the St. Agnes Parish Combined Choirs on High Street in front of the Historic Chester County\u00a0 Courthouse.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday <\/strong>11\/25 at 3pm: Bring the family downtown to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterwestchester.com\/2023santafiretruck.html\">Santa on a Fire Truck<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday-Sunday <\/strong>11\/24-11\/26: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtownwestchester.com\/windowcontest\/\">Holiday Window Decorating Contest<\/a>! Visit your favorite holiday window displays in person and vote using the QR code on our posters.<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Pick out your viewing spot for the <\/u><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterwestchester.com\/2023paradenight.html\">West Chester Christmas Parade<\/a><strong><u> on December 1 beginning at 7pm preceded by the magnificent Tree Lighting at 6:30pm. <\/u>Voted \u201cBest Local Parade\u201d and \u201cBest Family-Friendly Event\u201d<\/strong> by readers of <em>Main Line Today<\/em>, the parade delights more than 20,000 fans of all ages as its emceed by 6abc meteorologist Adam Joseph and WMMR radio host Kathy Romano of <em>The Preston &amp; Steve Show.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premium block sponsors of Chester County Hospital Lights Up Holiday Weekends in West Chester include Aqua, Benchmark Federal Credit Union, Del Vacchio Landscaping and Christmas Decor, Oakbourne Advisors, Treehouse World, West Chester Business Improvement District, West Chester University and West Pharmaceuticals. Half block sponsors include CTDI, Media One Products, My Benefit Advisor, PentaHealth, Rudloff Custom Builders, S&amp;T Bank and West Chester Dental Arts. Quarter block sponsors include Arthur Hall Insurance, BUSH Infiniti of West Chester, Dave&#8217;s Automotive Repair Enterprises, First Bank, First Resource Bank, Gawthrop Greenwood\u2013Attorneys at Law, La Difference Salon &amp; Day Spa, M&amp;T Bank\/Wilmington Trust, MacElree Harvey, Ltd., PECO, Pegasus Technologies, Penn Oaks Country Club\u00a0and Rothwell Document Solutions.\u00a0In addition, more than 50 businesses and organizations are Lamp Post sponsors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on activities and to see a full list of sponsors, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterwestchester.com\/\">www.gwcc.org<\/a> or contact the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce at 610-696-4046, <a href=\"mailto:info@gwcc.org\">info@gwcc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The historic borough of West Chester is lighting up more downtown blocks than ever \u2013 and hosting more free holiday events than ever \u2013 to attract visitors to the 50+ retail stores and 60+ restaurants that make downtown West Chester so unforgettable during the holiday season. \u201cBeginning this week, our beautifully decorated historic streets feature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3162,11361,1462],"class_list":["post-28748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-featured","tag-holiday-lights","tag-west-chester"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28749,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28748\/revisions\/28749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}