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DBA ‘Brick Street Market’ Opens in Downtown at 8am on Saturday September 21
Aug20

DBA ‘Brick Street Market’ Opens in Downtown at 8am on Saturday September 21

The merchant members of the Downtown Business Alliance invite you to celebrate Sulphur Springs at the Brick Street Vintage Market coming up on Saturday September 21, 2019. Find out all the exciting details below! The one-day Brick Street Market will be open on Saturday September 21, 2019 to offer street shopping, tastings, trunk showings, live music and an arts, crafts, antique and vintage decor market. In fact, Brick Street Market...

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Fashion, Food, Fun, Leprechauns Downtown       5-8pm on Thursday March 14 for Lucky Ladies Nite Out
Mar12

Fashion, Food, Fun, Leprechauns Downtown 5-8pm on Thursday March 14 for Lucky Ladies Nite Out

Downtown retailer Marlene DeYong Downtown retail merchant Marlene DeYong spoke for the Sulphur Springs Downtown Business Alliance when she invited KSST listeners to Lucky Ladies Nite Out on Thursday March 14, 2019. That’s when over two dozen retail merchants will stay open late and offer customer discounts, prize giveaways and refreshments inside their shops. Almost all the boutiques, fashion and decor shops, wineries,...

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“The Courtyard”, a Proposed Residential/Business Enterprise for Downtown Sulphur Springs
Aug03

“The Courtyard”, a Proposed Residential/Business Enterprise for Downtown Sulphur Springs

April 3, 2018 – As we have mentioned here before, Billie Ruth Standbridge loves her hometown’s downtown district so much that she built her home there. Now, upon moving into the new residential/business construction this Spring, “Ms. Downtown” has unveiled another project, “The Courtyard” for the 200 block of Main Street in Sulphur Springs, Texas.  The Courtyard will offer upstairs apartments for...

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Named Ms. Downtown on Billie Ruth Standbridge Day…This Senior Businesswoman is a Hopkins County Native
Jun04

Named Ms. Downtown on Billie Ruth Standbridge Day…This Senior Businesswoman is a Hopkins County Native

June 4, 2018 – Billie Ruth Standbridge loves Sulphur Springs so much, she built her new home on Main Street downtown! In fact, when she moved into the retail/residence space during May 2018, she knew she had made the right decision as she viewed the busy street from her apartment balcony.  The vitality of downtown Sulphur Springs still provides an exciting attraction to this veteran businesswoman. In deciding how to celebrate...

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DBA Awards Special Honor to a Beloved Business
Oct24

DBA Awards Special Honor to a Beloved Business

Downtown Business Alliance awarded a plaque to Leota Cone and John Sellers with City National Bank for their dedication to the DBA Fall Decorating Contest.  The bank has decorated its downtown location for fall for years and members of the community look forward to seeing the beautiful display of fall decorations each year.      City National fall display 2 City National fall display 3 City National fall display...

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Vintage Market Coming to Downtown Sulphur Springs
Jul12

Vintage Market Coming to Downtown Sulphur Springs

“Brick Street Vintage Market” is a unique market experience being planned by the Sulphur Springs Downtown Business Alliance. Marlene DeYong, a local fashion merchant and DBA member was a guest during the KSST Morning Show with Enola Gay. Marlene announced that the  Vintage Market  will be held on Saturday September 16, 2017 between 8am and 6pm along several streets and sidewalks in the downtown district. Vendors are...

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A Thumbs Up for Fall Festival’s Activities Downtown
Jun30

A Thumbs Up for Fall Festival’s Activities Downtown

Fall Festival is an annual October event in Hopkins County. But that doesn’t mean that Fall Festival fun can’t be summer fun too! As a fundraiser, Festival board president Tracy Dennis and her committee are planning the “Splish Splash Water Bash”  in downtown Sulphur Springs on Saturday July 15th., bringing a huge 28-foot-tall “Purple Crush” water slide and a 70-foot long Hawaiian Dual Slip n Slide....

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A Chat with Tom Sellers Celebrating Alliance Bank’s 90th Birthday
Jun21

A Chat with Tom Sellers Celebrating Alliance Bank’s 90th Birthday

by Enola Gay President and CEO of Alliance Bank Tom Sellers paid a visit to the KSST Morning Show to share a bit of Alliance Bank history with listeners and viewers. You can see read the history and view historic photos on the bank website, alliancebank.com.  In brief, the bank’s birth was during the Depression era, when in 1927 it was chartered by two of the largest shareholders of First State Bank which had closed for...

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Fall Decorating Contest For Sulphur Springs Businesses and Residents
Sep21

Fall Decorating Contest For Sulphur Springs Businesses and Residents

Sulphur Springs Downtown Business Alliance is sponsoring a fall decorating contest for all businesses and residents within the Sulphur Springs city limits. You may enter by contacting Linda Galligher at 903-439-6713, Joy Wilson at 903-885-9966, or Billie Ruth Standbridge at 903-439-0862. The deadline to enter is October 3, 2016. Judging will begin at 1 p.m. on Friday, October 14th. A first and second place winner will be chosen for...

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Downtown Christmas Lights Contest Results
Dec08

Downtown Christmas Lights Contest Results

The checks will be presented to the winners of the Christmas Lights Contest sponsored by the Downtown Business Alliance, this Monday, Dec. 8th, at 2:00 pm, on the square, in front of the big Christmas tree. Please encourage everyone to be there to help promote our DOWNTOWN. Here are the winners! 1st. $500.00 Judy Heilman – 618 Connally Street 2nd $200.00 Vickie Mathews – 707 Houston Street 3ed $100.00 Dennis and Sharon...

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