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Home  >>  Committees  >>  Public Properties  >>  Decorating the Village

Decorating the Village

The Public Properties Committee works to help create visual appeal and interest by decorating the Village.  The group works to help mark the passing of time and the beauty of the seasons using many varied mediums like corn stalks and scare crows for Autumn and big candy canes at Christmas/the holidays.  The KVIS creates and purchases all the decorations.  We do this to help ensure that when someone passes through Kenmore they will have an impression that people here care -there is something visually fun and interesting to experience.  Our hope is that the decorating initiative will help attract people to visit area businesses while being pleasing to residents, adding to our quality of life here in Kenmore.   

The decorating usually takes several hours to complete and the group usually pauses when we’re finished decorating to take in our handiwork.  The Committee has a five year decorating plan that will continue to add visual appeal the the Village business streets in many interesting ways.  You are welcome to join in the fun of helping decorate Kenmore while adding your thoughts and ideas to help make our Village look as festive as possible throughout the year.  If you or someone you know has specific skills like woodworking, painting, bow making, etc. and are willing to use them to help in our continued decorating efforts, please contact the KVIS.  Thank you.

Winter
Our decorating year begins in winter, at this time this is one of our more simple designs.  We focus on the gazebo area, hanging icicle lights, snow flakes, snow people, sparkling ribbons, etc. to help this area be a source of light during the dark winter months. 

Memorial Day to Independence Day
Several years ago the KVIS purchased six good quality red, white, and blue fan buntings that we placed on the Delaware Avenue Gazebo. We also added ribbon, wreathes, flags, and additional fan bunting throughout the Village.  Our hope in doing this is that is will visually express our love for our country and help make Kenmore look great for the Memorial Day Parade.  A big thank you to Colvin Cleaners for annually cleaning and pressing the fan bunting for us!  

Autumn
Toward the end of September we gather to decorate with corn stalks, leaves, wreathes, and scarecrows.   The amount of decorating materials we have used for this decorating has varied annually –several years we used over 100 bundles of corn stalks throughout the Village!  We don’t use real pumpkins to decorate but are always on the look-out for the next great item to add to the displays.

Christmas and the holidays
Christmas/the holidays We make sure to have our Christmas/Holiday decorating done for the arrival of Santa to the Village and lighting of the Christmas/holiday tree on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.   We decorate the lamp posts at the Village Green and gazebo with large candy canes made by KVIS members, Vince Paluch and Michael Foster.  We add wreathes, greenery and ribbon to every business street in Kenmore and make sure that it all looks merry and bright.  Our hands are cold but our spirits warm as we stop to admire our work, and when Santa does arrive, we hope he’ll be pleased with how the Village looks!
Decorating Contests for Residents
To help encourage Kenmore residents to enter into the fun of seasonal decorating, we hold decorating contests from time to time.  In the past we have held Autumn and Patriotic decorating contests for residents.  There are usually quite a few categories of decorating and several winners.  We have noticed that decorating and the quality of decorating for these seasons has increased, adding to the visual appeal of the Village.  Decorating outdoors for each season is a way to be mindful of the passing of time and maybe even slow it down a bit.  We encourage all residents to consider decorating with care, knowing that your decorations are a visual treat that you give your community.  Thank you.  
Public Properties Committee Decorating on TV
The Committee was thrilled when Paula's Donuts used the decorated gazebo as the setting for their Halloween commercial.  
Kenmore Village Improvement Society (KVIS)
16 Warren Avenue
Kenmore, NY 14217
(716) 877-0477
mail@villageofkenmore.com

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  • About Us
    • Our Common Goal
    • Our Board Members
    • Scholarships
    • Fun Facts About Kenmore
    • Kenmore Business Partners
    • All America City Award
    • KVIS Social Media
    • Village Contact Information
  • Committees
    • Be Well >
      • Teal Village Initiative
      • Mustache March 5K
    • Block Club >
      • Block Clubs
      • Block Representatives >
        • Block Club Representative Form
      • Block Parties
      • Good Neighbors
      • Kenmore Garden Makeover >
        • KVIS Front Garden Makeover Entry Form
      • Street Meetings
    • Businesses and Commercial Properties >
      • Commercial Real Estate Brokers and Agents Day Events
      • Trader Joe’s for Western New York
      • Businesses Surveys
      • Most Improved Commercial Property Award
      • KVIS Vision for Business Streets
      • Kenmore Summer Tapas
      • Small Business Saturday
      • Window Stories
    • Historic Kenmore >
      • Kenmore Remembers Book
      • Our Municipal Building and Historic Designation
      • Kenmore: The Classic Trolley Suburb
    • Kenmore Creative Committee >
      • Window Stories
      • Kenmore Quilt Square
    • Publications and Marketing >
      • The Common Goal Newspaper
      • Kenmore! (The Video)
    • Public Properties >
      • Decorating the Village
      • Delaware Avenue Evergreen Wreaths
      • The Big Kenmore Clean-Up
      • Green Thumb Helpers
      • Kenmore Recycling
      • Friends of Mang Park
      • Tree Planting
      • Keep the Kenmore Post Office
      • Sidewalk Safety
      • Rodent Control
    • Welcoming Committee >
      • Onesies for Newborn Children
      • New Residents Welcome
      • Holiday Greens for Seniors
      • Valentine Appreciation Gifts
      • Lighting of the Tree / Santa's Arrival
  • Events & Initiatives
    • Calendar
    • Childrens Concert Series
    • Dog Days of Kenmore >
      • WNY Canine Rescue Awards
    • Gigantic Kenmore Garage Sale
    • Kenmore in Bloom
    • Save the Bees WNY
    • ShareFest Kenmore!
  • Get Involved
    • Become a KVIS Member
    • Make a Donation