Downtown Cheboygan

11/05/2026

🎁 Oh, Those Famous Downtown Gift Baskets! ✨

If you've been to Ladies Night Out before, you KNOW how much fun our Downtown Gift Basket drawings are!

And if this is your first time, you're in for a treat!

Our fabulous downtown businesses help make these baskets something special, and you could be taking one home!

Here's how to get your entries:
🛍️ Receive ONE entry with every purchase at participating downtown businesses during Ladies Night Out.

✨ Collect THREE additional FREE entries by visiting our Cheboygan Main Street tables at all three locations:
📍 Mother Nature's Remedies
📍 Beau Est Beau
📍 Shiny Rocks 2 — just around the corner on Elm Street!

Then join us at Mulligan's for the afterparty beginning at 8 PM, with gift basket drawings at 8:15 PM!

Shop, collect those entries, and cross your fingers! 🤞

11/03/2026

The meaning behind the mission

🚢🎄 A Christmas tradition with a Cheboygan connection.

Since 2000, Cheboygan’s Coast Guard cutters have carried Christmas trees to Chicago for families in need. The original Mackinaw, WAGB 83, began the tradition, and its replacement, Mackinaw WLBB 30, continued it in 2006.

This year, 1,400 trees will make the journey—and we’re working to send 1,400 Christmas greetings along with them.
A card adds something personal to that delivery: a message from our community to a family in Chicago, reminding them that we’re thinking of them. 💌

You can be part of this tradition! Drop off your Christmas cards by Friday, November 20, at the Cheboygan Area Chamber of Commerce, 124 N. Main Street, in Washington Park.

The Coast Guard Connection Committee proudly serves as a committee of the Cheboygan Main Street DDA, working in partnership with the City of Cheboygan to honor our Coast Guard heritage and community connection.

11/02/2026

🎃 What a beautiful day for Downtown Trick or Treating!

Main Street was filled with costumes, smiling faces, and steady lines of families enjoying one of our favorite Cheboygan traditions! An estimated 1,500-plus people joined the fun, with over 700 hot dogs served, popcorn and c***r enjoyed, and the Dancing Witches bringing their own special magic. 🧙‍♀️🍂

A huge thank-you to our downtown businesses, volunteers, the FOP, and the City’s Police, Fire, and Public Works crews for helping make it all happen—and to every family who spent the afternoon with us. This community tradition keeps growing because of the people who show up and make it special. 🧡

Enjoy a few favorite moments from a wonderful afternoon in Downtown Cheboygan! 📸

11/02/2026

🍂 A little gratitude, a little sparkle, and a whole lot of downtown!

Our November newsletter is here! Take a look back at the Halloween fun, get ready for Ladies Night Out, and see what’s coming as we head into the holiday season.

Grab a cup of coffee and catch up with Downtown Cheboygan. There’s so much to look forward to! ☕🎄

Email from Cheboygan Main Street DDA You don't want to miss this. November 2026 - Issue 53 Cheboygan Main Street Monthly Newsletter A Season of Thanks & Giving Before we get caught up in holiday ligh

10/30/2026

✏️🎄 Calling all classrooms, families, clubs, and neighbors!

Looking for a meaningful way to spread some Christmas cheer? Help us collect 1,400 Christmas greetings to travel aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw with this year’s Christmas trees bound for Chicago!

Handmade or store-bought, your card can help a family receiving a tree know that someone in Cheboygan is thinking of them this holiday season. ❤️

Make it a classroom project, a family activity, or something your organization does together!

📬 Bring your cards to:
Cheboygan Area Chamber of Commerce
124 N. Main Street—in Washington Park
📅 Please drop them off by Friday, November 20.

Help us send a greeting with every one of the 1,400 trees!

Organized by the Coast Guard Connection Committee of the Cheboygan Main Street DDA, in partnership with the City of Cheboygan.

10/30/2026

🎃 TODAY'S THE DAY! LET'S TRICK-OR-TREAT! 🍬

The candy is waiting, the witches are ready, and Downtown Cheboygan is the place to be this afternoon!

Join us from 3–5 PM for:
🍬 Trick-or-treating at downtown businesses
🎯 Games, activities, and prizes at Festival Square
🌭 FREE hot dogs from FOP Lodge 122
🍿 FREE popcorn from Nicolet Bank
🧙‍♀️ Dancing Witches performing throughout downtown
🎶 Music and MORE!

🚧 Main Street will be closed to traffic from Court Street to State Street.

Costumes on, candy buckets ready, and we'll see you DOWNTOWN! 🧡👻

BIG SHOUT OUT to our Legacy Believers Reusch Jewelers Brewing Company and Cheboygan Area Visitors Bureau for their generous support of all our downtown events, projects and activities and to our Community Believer Straits Area Federal Credit Union for helping us with all our great community events!

10/29/2026

🛍️ A Little Shopping, a Lot of Laughs & All the Downtown Charm!

There's just something special about a night out with your favorite people, especially when it's spent in Downtown Cheboygan!

From discovering that perfect gift to treating yourself to something you've had your eye on, Ladies Night Out is the perfect excuse to slow down, browse our downtown shops, and enjoy a little midweek fun.

Our downtown businesses are the heart of this event, and every purchase helps support the local shops that make Cheboygan special.

✨ Wednesday, November 11
🛍️ 3–8 PM
📍 Downtown Cheboygan

Call your shopping buddies and make your plans!

10/29/2026

🍬 Calling All Little Ghosts, Goblins & Superheroes!

Just TWO DAYS until Downtown Trick-or-Treating!

Our downtown businesses are getting ready to welcome all those creative costumes and smiling faces for an afternoon filled with Halloween fun!

From collecting treats along Main Street to enjoying games and activities at Festival Square, there's something for the whole family.

And a special thank-you to FOP Lodge 122 and Nicolet Bank for helping make the afternoon even sweeter with free hot dogs and popcorn!

📅 Friday, October 30 | 3–5 PM
📍 Downtown Cheboygan
🚧 Main Street closed to traffic from Court Street to State Street.

We can't wait to see everyone's costumes! 🎃

THANK YOU to our Legacy Believers – Reusch Jewelers Cheboygan Brewing Company and Cheboygan Area Visitors Bureau ; our Community Believer – Straits Area Federal Credit Union ; and our generous supporters, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #122 and Nicolet Bank ! Your continued support helps make our downtown events, activities, and cherished community traditions possible. We couldn't do it without you!

10/28/2026

👻⚓ TWO DAYS until the Haunted Ship returns!

Climb aboard the USCG Cutter Mackinaw WLBB-30 this Friday, October 30, for a Halloween adventure right here in Cheboygan!

🎃 5:00–6:30 PM — Kid-friendly, “not-so-scary” tours for younger ghosts and goblins.
👻 7:00–9:00 PM — The full Haunted Ship experience turns up the scares. Board if you dare!

Admission is FREE! Please consider bringing a non-perishable food item to support local food banks. 🥫

🚗 Parking is available on Coast Guard Drive, NOT on base.
🚫 No weapons allowed on base.

Tag your Halloween crew and make plans for a hauntingly good Friday night! ⚓

10/27/2026

🎄💌 From Cheboygan to Chicago—with love!

This year, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw will carry 1,400 Christmas trees to Chicago for families in need. Help us send a little Cheboygan Christmas cheer along with every tree!

The Coast Guard Connection Committee is collecting 1,400 Christmas cards to accompany this special delivery. Schoolchildren and community members are invited to share a heartfelt holiday greeting with a family receiving a tree.

📬 Drop off your cards by Friday, November 20:
Cheboygan Area Chamber of Commerce
124 N. Main Street—in Washington Park

One card. One kind message. A little Christmas connection across the miles. ❤️

The Coast Guard Connection Committee proudly serves as a committee of the Cheboygan Main Street DDA, working in partnership with the City of Cheboygan to honor our Coast Guard heritage and community connection.