Shop ‘Til You Drop

Port Angeles’ 6th annual Shop ‘Til You Drop will be this Thursday. About fifty downtown shops on First Street, Front Street and the Landing Mall will be open until 8 p.m.

A lot of these stores will be having sales, discounts and drawings for door prizes. Santa Claus will be at The Toggery and hot cider will be served at the First Street Haven.

Betsy Reed Schultz, owner of the Tudor Inn Bed and Breakfast, is the founder and one of the main organizers of the event.

Award for Owners of Landing Mall

The Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce welcomed its new president for 2009, Betsy Reed Schultz.

The Chamber also presented an award to the owners of Landing Mall. Let’s see now — purchase a mall that’s already been a fixture for 25 years, and then jack the rents way way up (during an economic downturn) so that some of the existing businesses are forced to either close or relocate. OK, I guess that’s a good thing.

Maybe it’s a brilliant long-term business strategy and we just haven’t seen the positive results yet.

Shop ‘Til You Drop this Thursday in Port Angeles

This Thursday, more than 45 Port Angeles stores — most of them downtown — will be open until 8 p.m. It’ll be Port Angeles’ fourth annual Shop ‘Til You Drop Night — 5 to 8 p.m. There'll be door prizes and special discount prices.

In addition to the stores being open, there will be a Santa Claus in front of The Toggery. Next door, the First Street Haven will be serving hot cider. The downdown will also have live music from Double Exposure, husband and wife DJs.

Five stores outside of downtown will be open and there will be free shuttle buses between these stores and downtown P.A.: Something To Crow About, Franni’s Gift Expressions, the Ragged Edge, the Gifting Place and Past Tyme Present Tyme. The shuttle service is provided by All Points Charters and Tours.

The PDN article (it isn't in the online PDN) doesn’t mention anything about the Christmas Parade, which I thought was supposed to be this Thursday. Since last year’s parade was so puny, maybe they decided not to bother with it this year.

This event was organized by Betsy Reed Schultz, owner of the Tudor Inn Bed and Breakfast in Port Angeles.