Logan's Landing Blog

Logan’s Landing announces the return of your favorite seasonal downtown traditions.  On Tuesday October 29^th from 4-6 pm, participating businesses in downtown Logansport will hand out treats to costumed trick-or-treaters during the Downtown Spooktacular, so bring the kids on down!  Afterwards, kids can participate in the annual Elks Halloween Parade immediately following the trick-or-treating. And be sure to check out the special event planned that evening at the historic State Theatre, as well!  See the flyer below for Downtown Spooktacular participating businesses, and look for the Spooktacular window signs at participating locations.

Voting is underway for the Scarecrow Row Competition People’s Choice Award.  Through noon on Friday October 25^th, the public is invited to visit the Logans Landing facebook page, click on the 2019 Scarecrow Row photo album and “like” their favorites. The scarecrow with the most “likes” in the Logan’s Landing photo album as of noon on Friday October 25th will win a pizza and ice cream party from U-Know Pizza & Ice Cream Shop.  Tell your friends!  Tri-Kappa’s scarecrow was the winner of the 2019 Judges Choice Award, and won a free advertising package donated by Cass County Communication Network and the Pharos-Tribune.

For more information, contact Logan’s Landing at lldirector@loganslanding.com or 574-722-9345.

Don’t miss the fourteenth annual Taste of Cass County, brought to you by Logan’s Landing! The festival will take place on Saturday August 10 starting at 5 pm at Fourth & Market Street in downtown Logansport, and admission is just $1 per person or $3 for the whole family. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy live music throughout the evening featuring local bands, plus the sixth annual All-American Hot Dog Eating Contest, all on the Cass County Community Foundation Stage. Sample food and drink from local restaurants and eateries, and take part in family fun and activities for the youngsters from 5:00 to 8:00 in the Kids Korner. Adult beverages will be provided by the Cass County Roosters and the People’s Winery.

Funds raised at this event enable Logan’s Landing to continue their programs and projects to improve and preserve Logansport’s downtown district. For more information, contact Logan’s Landing at lldirector@loganslanding.com or 574-722-9345. Check out the Taste of Cass County facebook page, too!

Logan’s Landing invites Cass County restaurants and eateries to participate as food vendors in the upcoming Taste of Cass County, scheduled for Saturday August 10^th in downtown Logansport.  Taste vendors can connect with new customers, and strengthen relationships with existing customers. It’s a great opportunity to introduce new menu items, as well as serve up the classics.

Additionally, many different levels of event sponsorship are available to businesses and organizations.  For more information about becoming a Taste food vendor or sponsor, contact Logan’s Landing at 574-722-9345 or lldirector@loganslanding.com

Logan’s Landing’s annual Celebrate Logansport event on June 6th was enjoyed by everyone! People of all ages gathered downtown to celebrate Logansport’s 181^st birthday, enjoy free birthday cake and free kids activities, and eat delicious strawberry shortcake.

Special thanks to all who participated in this event. Extra-special thanks to event co-chairs Gwyn Seabolt and Kevin Crook, and the Logan’s Landing Promotion Committee. Additionally, thank you to Cass County Arts Alliance and  Reading Railroad for providing activities for children; Little Children’s Ministry for having a lemonade stand; local merchants and individuals for donating raffle prizes; Mike Anderson Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-RAM for balloons and the use of a vehicle and a driver for deliveries; Michelle Dials and Cass County Communication Network, Logansport Radio, and the Pharos-Tribune for helping us get the word out; the City of Logansport, especially Marla Evanich and the city employees who served shortcake; Logansport Parks Department and Cass-Pulaski Community Corrections for set-up and tear-down assistance; The River for joining us and providing music; Logansport Fire Department for ice; and Logansport Savings Bank for bottled water. And most of all, a huge THANK YOU to all our volunteers and to everyone who attended. We hope to see you all again at next year’s Celebrate Logansport event!

Logan’s Landing has once again been designated as an accredited Main Street America™ program. National accreditation is earned by meeting rigorous performance standards set by the National Main Street Center, including commitment to preservation-based economic development and community revitalization through the Main Street Approach™.

Logan’s Landing’s performance is annually evaluated by Indiana Main Street, which works in partnership with the National Main Street Center to identify the local programs that meet ten national performance standards.  Evaluation criteria determines the communities that are building comprehensive and sustainable revitalization efforts and include standards such as fostering strong public-private partnerships, documenting programmatic progress, and actively preserving historic buildings.

Logan’s Landing is one of 840 Main Street America programs across the United States to receive this accreditation in 2019. In 2018 alone, Main Street America programs generated $4.93 billion in local reinvestment, helped open 5,310 net new businesses, generated 25,301 net new jobs, catalyzed the rehabilitation of 8,146 historic buildings, and clocked 2.2 million volunteer hours.

Logan’s Landing is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to making Cass County’s downtown between-the-rivers district a viable place to operate a business, a rewarding place to live, and a fun place to visit.  Contact Logan’s Landing at 574-722-9345 or lldirector@loganslanding.com.

Logansport has been named a Top 25 quarter-finalist in the America’s Main Street contest, for a chance to win $25,000 and related prizes for downtown revitalization!

More than 230 communities nationwide were nominated, and we have advanced to the next round! Please use the link below to vote for Logansport; you can vote once a day through May 26th to help us advance to the semi-finalist round. We need community support to win! You can vote TWENTY-FIVE TIMES every 24 hours, per IP address.

For more details, to read Logansport’s nomination, and most importantly, to vote, visit mainstreetcontest.com.  The direct link to vote for Logansport is https://www.mainstreetcontest.com/profile/56.

Let’s all band together and help make good things happen in Logansport!

America’s Main Street contest is sponsored by Independent We Stand, STIHL Inc, Do it Best Corp, Flip This Town, Nationwide Marketing Group, North American Retail Hardware Association, and PPG Paints.

On Saturday, April 20th, Logan’s Landing held our annual “Downtown Green & Clean Day.” Close to 90 dedicated volunteers donated a few hours of their time on a cold, overcast Saturday morning to pick up litter, sweep, pull weeds, rake, and generally spruce up our community. We collected 15 bags of trash, 1 bin of recyclables, and more than 35 bags of yard waste, plus two trailers full of loose brush!  Now that downtown Logansport has gotten a good spring cleaning, it is our hope that our citizens and visitors will be inspired to help keep it clean and inviting.

Special thanks to the following: event chair Wyndi Thompson and special assistant Annabelle Shackelford; Logansport Savings Bank and Logansport Fire Department for donating bottled water and ice for our volunteers; Home Depot, Martin’s Supermarket , McCord’s Do It Best, and Rural King for donating yard waste bags; Cass County Communication Network for promotional assistance and pictures; United Way for the loan of work gloves, the Pharos-Tribune and WSAL for helping us get the word out; and to representatives of  the following teams: the Armstrong Family, the Baldwin Family, Beacon Credit Union West, Clay Town & Country 4-H Club, Cross-Wind United Methodist Church, Cub Scout Pack 3200, La Esperanza, Landis Elementary 5^th Grade, LHS Dance Team, Little Turtle Waterway Volunteers, Logansport Fire Department , Logansport Municipal Utilities, the Mayorga Family, Pokemon Go of Logansport, VFW Auxiliary, Vineyard Community Church, and many individuals for volunteering their time and efforts to make Logansport a community we can all be proud of.

Let’s all help keep Logansport green and clean!

Photo from Cass County Communication Network

Downtown Logansport will be green and clean, thanks to our crew of volunteers!  Logan’s Landing is recruiting volunteers to help pick up litter, sweep, weed and trim, and generally spruce up Logansport’s downtown district on Saturday April 20 from nine to noon.  Volunteers may be individuals, families, or teams from businesses, churches, clubs or other organizations. Volunteers are asked to bring their own yard work tools and gardening gloves with them.  Register today by e-mail (lldirector@loganslanding.com) or phone (574-722-9345) and give an hour or two of your time to make our downtown district an area we can all be proud of.

Let’s all help make downtown Logansport Green and Clean!

Here’s a photo of last year’s volunteer crew.

Logansport has been nominated for the America’s Main Street contest, for a chance to win $25,000 and related prizes for downtown revitalization.  Please use the link below to vote for Logansport; you can vote once a day through April 21^st to help us advance to the quarter-finalist round.  We need community support to win!  You can vote once every 24 hours, per IP address.

For more details, to read Logansport’s nomination, and most importantly, to vote, visit mainstreetcontest.com.  The direct link to vote for Logansport is https://www.mainstreetcontest.com/profile/56.

Let’s all band together and help make good things happen in Logansport!

America’s Main Street contest is sponsored by Independent We Stand, STIHL Inc, Do it Best Corp, Flip This Town, Nationwide Marketing Group, North American Retail Hardware Association, and PPG Paints.

Logansport Re-Imagined announces the return of the LRI Speaker Series!

The first session of 2019 is a collaborative effort between Logan’s Landing and the Logansport Planning Department, and is scheduled from 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, February 13 at the State Theatre in downtown Logansport.

More than 100 Logansport residents participated in Logansport’s HCI Community Forum and identified downtown development as one of the top three Quality of Life items critical to making Logansport an attractive place to live in the future. Participants also identified a thriving downtown as part of their vision for a thriving economy. Additionally, they asked for more communication with the public regarding opportunities.

During the first session of the Logansport Re-Imagined Speaker Series on February 13, attendees will be able to learn about a variety of different programs currently available in Logansport, including the Logan’s Landing Facade Program, the new Commercial Exterior Improvement program offered by the Logansport Redevelopment Commission, the sidewalk 50/50 program for businesses and the Historic Renovation Grant Program through the Office of Community and Rural Affairs. The City of Logansport is also in the early stages of determining the community’s interest in applying for the Main Street Revitalization Program (or MSRP) grant offered by the Office of Community and Rural Affairs. Eligible projects through this program typically include downtown infrastructure rehabilitation, streetscape activities, and façade renovations. In addition, Logan’s Landing will provide information about opportunities for volunteers to serve on downtown revitalization committees or get involved in events like the Taste of Cass County. Representatives from these organizations, along with members of the Historic Preservation Commission, will be available to answer questions.

Those who own property in downtown Logansport or in one of the city’s TIF districts are encouraged to attend, along with anyone who would like to learn more about ways to get involved in efforts to work together to make Logansport a place where we are all proud to live, work and play.

Future events in the Logansport Re-Imagined Speaker Series will focus on other topics of interest identified through the Logansport Re-Imagined process.

For more information about this specific event, contact Logan’s Landing at 574-722-9345.