EMSP

Emmaus Main Street Partners and the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce will host the debut Emmaus in Bloom Virtual Festival May 16.

The goal of the festival is to bring the community together through a small gathering. EMSP is organizing various live streams on Facebook to connect different businesses, organizations and residents. Activities will be live streamed 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through the Emmaus Main Street Partners Facebook page. Events will be streamed every 30 minutes. The festival is free.

At press time a tentative schedule included the following:

•10 to 10:30 a.m. Yoga with Erica of Livingroom Yoga

•10:30 to 11 a.m. To Be Determined

•11 to 11:30 a.m. Storytime with Let’s Play Books Bookstore

•11:30 a.m. to noon Cooking Demo with Cindie of 29 Cooks

•Noon to 12:30 p.m. Drawing with Lauren of Ren & Ink

•12:30 to 1 p.m. To Be Determined

•1 to 1:30 p.m. To Be Determined

•1:30 to 2 p.m. To Be Determined

Businesses are invited to “plant” a flower somewhere on their respective websites May 16 through 22.

By May 15, EMSP will generate a digital passport graphic listing all participating business websites and publicize the passport on social media platforms.

Festival participants are encouraged to travel from website to website taking screenshots or noting where the flower locations are to collect their virtual bouquet. Once they “collect” all flowers, they will send the images or notes to the chamber and be entered into a raffle to win gift cards. More than one winner will be picked from entries submitted. This is free for all businesses and organizations to participate as well as for festivalgoers who want to pick their digital community bouquet.

Businesses and organizations can register to participate and send a JPEG or PNG of a flower to “plant” on their site by noon May 15 by contacting Assistant Vice President of Affiliated Chambers and Emmaus Main Street Manager Ashley Lorah by email at AshleyL@LehighValleyChamber.org or by phone at 610-739-1273.