Saturday May 17- Tour de Metro, Keep the Bloom in Bloomington
and Farmer's Market kick off...details Wednesday May 28 - Specs will once again be visiting
Champaign-Urbana...more details here
Thursday May 29 - Watch for Specs eyewear and sunwear
fashions on the runway at Bloomington Country Club "Prescription
for Fashion" fashion show. Saturday June 14 - WGLT Summer Concert . Specs is happy
to be one of the sponsors again this year for the greatest
outdoor summer concert in Downtown bloomington. Join us for
a great day of live music, food and fun on the square. More
details to come and at www.wglt.org Saturday August 23 - 2nd Annual Hot August Nights/Taste
of Bloomington
Specs Around Town is Going Mobile! Destination?
Downtown Champaign
We’re coming to you for a change. As a thank
you to all our Champaign/Urbana customers, we’re hosting an evening
of appetizers and drinks as we turn Jim Gould’s into an eyewear
wonderland...
Wednesday, May 28 4:00-8PM Jim Gould Restaurant
1 East Main St. Suite 415
(corner of Neil and Main in the One Main Building in downtown Champaign)
Were packing up the boutique and bringing our fabulous eyewear
collections! As an added bonus, our Face a Face rep will be
in attendance with the entire line! Bring your prescription AND your
friends that are always asking you, where do you get your specs?
With any referral, (cards can be printed here)
current customers will be handsomely rewarded with a $50 credit
on their account or with 15% OFF any purchase on the evening
of May 28.*
See you in spectacles in Champaign!
Your Four-Eyed Friendly Specs Around Town Staff,
Julie, Katie, Emily, Sarah & Erika
*Referrals must purchase glasses within one week of the event.
WE'RE BACK...
We had a great time at our 4th International Vision Expo in NYC.
Great new lines-Kamuro, E of 7, and Blinde.
And fantastic new releases from Francis Klein, Face a' Face,
l.a.Eyeworks, Chrome Hearts and Thierry Lasry.
Tons of fun reading specs also on the way.
In our off hours we enjoyed Broadway shows, a Comedy Club, Good
Morning America and Karaoke!!!!
Specs Around Town is proud to be a sponsor of
the 2008 Aids walk/run in downtown Bloomington.
Avon Walk
for Breast Cancer Fundraiser
Sue & Sara Kelley and the Bosom Buddies
Fat Jack's Blue Room Friday May 2 5-8:30pm
appetizers, music and chinese raffle all with your donation to sponsor
their 40-mile walk in Chicago on May 31-June 1.
Also, stop in Kelly's Bakery and Cafe, 113 N Center in Downtown Bloomington
and purchase $2 pink ribbon sugar cookies with all proceeds going
to the Avon Breast Cancer Foundation. Now thru May!
Specs Around Town was awarded the 2008
President's Award for small business, honoring a business that
has made an outstanding impact on the business community. This prestigious
award recognizes the all around achievements of a small business
(less than 50 employees) that is a member of the McLean County
Chamber of Commerce. Specs was chosen based on its historical
significance, economic growth and development, demonstration of
business leadership, regional and global business understanding
and advancements and service contributions to improve the quality
of life in the community.
Visit these friends of
Specs Around Town Optical Boutique
Specs Around Town is featured in the WGLT July/August
2006 program guide...to view the article, click
here...
Specs Around Town's
downtown Boutique was featured in the Pantagraph in an article on
November 15, 2001. The Pantagraph is a daily newspaper that services
eight counties and more than 60 communities in Central Illinois.
To view a reproduction of this article, click
here.
On another local note,
Specs Around Town was
the spotlighted in the October 1999 issue of Business to Business-McLean
County's Monthly Business Magazine. This issue focused on Women
in Business. Click
here to view this article.
Specs Around Townwas featured in the August 1999
issue of Eyecare Business, a monthly publication that is circulated
to 52,000 eyecare providers and vendors throughout the world. To
view a reproduction of this article,click
here.