Downtown Auburn Business Association-DABA

10/22/2026

Join in the fun Friday October 30th from 4-6 pm for Trick or Treating in Downtown Auburn. The fun continues around the town of Auburn from 6-8 pm. Get your ghoul on and we'll see you a week from tomorrow!

10/14/2026

Congratulations!!!+

Tony Belton, owner of Classic City Creamery, 119 E. 9th Street took advantage of the Auburn Main Street Façade Program to brighten the outside of the ice cream shop with new signage.

The colorful lit sign was installed in September and final grant dollars were approved by the Auburn Redevelopment Commission at its October meeting. The grant dollars paid for half of the $5,206.40 improvement to the building.

This is the second time Belton has taken advantage of the program which is a partnership between the City of Auburn, Auburn Redevelopment Commission and Auburn Main Street.

Belton said he is hoping to utilize grant dollars again in 2027 as he looks to potentially paint the outside of the building.

The façade grant program provides funding to assist local business owners with repairs and renovations of the exterior of those buildings 50 years and older located within the city’s Economic Revitalization Area.

Business owners are eligible for $15,000 in matching grant monies per application, unless the project meets qualifying amounts for larger projects. Those larger amounts are considered on a case-by-case basis depending on the project.

The Auburn Redevelopment Commission earmarks $100,000 a year for the Façade Grant program. Those grant dollars along with private investment have facilitated nearly $800,000 in façade improvements to the city’s Economic Revitalization Area in the last four years

Grant applications and other information regarding the grant process are available on the City’s website at https://ci.auburn.in.us/161/Building-Planning-Development or at https://www.auburnmainstreet.org/facade-grant-program. Interested business owners can also contact Façade Review and Design Committee Chair, Logan Shank 260.515.3967 or [email protected].

10/11/2026

Congratulations on our own Auburn Main Street executive director Ann Finchum serving on one of the panels for the many forums for Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs!!

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

Butler University is offering:

Indiana Rural Business Transition Initiative
Confidential Succession and Transition Planning for Indiana Business Owners

Work with a guided student and professional team over 3–4 months, through confidential virtual meetings, to evaluate your options and develop a practical succession or ownership-transition plan at no cost to your company!

Is This Program Right for You?

This program is designed for Indiana business owners who:

Expect to step back from their business within the next several years
Want to explore a family, employee, management, or outside ownership transition
Are concerned about preserving the company, its value, and its jobs
Are willing to share the financial and operational information needed for a thoughtful analysis
You do not need to have a successor, buyer, or specific timeline identified. The program can help you understand your options and the decisions ahead.

To learn more or register:
https://www.butler.edu/lacy-business/indiana-rural-business-transition-initiative/

10/06/2026

Join us downtown!!

Auburn After Hours 10/15/2026: Late night Dining Shopping and Exploring Theme: Giveaway with Purchase.

10/06/2026

09/26/2026

09/23/2026

🎨 **A HEARTFELT THANK YOU FROM DABA** 🎨

As we wrap up another successful Summer Art Exhibit & Auction in beautiful downtown Auburn, we want to take a moment to say **thank you** to everyone who helped make this year's exhibit possible.

To all of our **talented artists** — thank you for sharing your creativity, your time, and your incredible artwork with our community. You are truly at the heart of this exhibit, and we are so grateful for the talent you bring to downtown Auburn each summer.

The proceeds from each auctioned piece are split 50/50 between the artist and DABA. We are especially grateful to the artists who choose to give their portion back to DABA to help support and fund next summer's exhibit. **That generosity means more than you know and helps keep this tradition going year after year.** ❤️

A huge thank you to all of the **sponsors who donated additional items to this year's auction**. Your generosity added something special to the event and helped make this year's auction such a success.

We also want to give a very special shout-out to **Craig Presley of 4/4 Wood Products**. Craig creates the wooden pieces that become the canvas for our artists' creativity. Without his craftsmanship, time, and generosity, this exhibit simply would not be possible. We are incredibly thankful for everything he does to help bring this project to life each year.

Thank you to the **City of Auburn** for your continued support of the arts and our downtown community, and to **Eric Carlson from the University of Saint Francis Art Department** for serving as our judge and helping select this year's winners.

And thanks to the incredible support from our community, **this year's auction raised $14,500!** 🎉

Those funds will help DABA continue its work throughout the year — supporting events, projects, and initiatives that help make **Downtown Auburn a destination spot for our community and visitors alike.**

Every bid, every purchase, every donation, and every person who shared and supported this exhibit helped make that possible.

The Summer Art Exhibit is truly a **community effort**, and DABA is incredibly grateful for every person who plays a part in making it happen.

From all of us at DABA — **thank you for helping us celebrate art, creativity, and community in downtown Auburn.** 🎨❤️

We can't wait to see you all again next summer!

09/16/2026

🎨 **TODAY IS THE DAY!** 🎨

The DABA Art Auction **closes TONIGHT at 7:00 PM!** ⏰

If you’ve had your eye on a teacup (or one of the other amazing items in the auction), **this is your last chance to get those bids in!**

And most importantly… **THANK YOU!** ❤️

Thank you to everyone who created, sponsored, voted, bid, donated, shared our posts, and helped make this year’s auction such a success. Your support means so much to DABA and to our Downtown Auburn community.

Every bid and donation helps us continue the projects, traditions, and little things that make Downtown Auburn so special. ❤️

So don’t wait until 6:59! 😉
👉 **Get those final bids in NOW!**

⏰ **Bidding closes TONIGHT at 7:00 PM!**
👉 **LINK TO BID - https://event.gives/daba2026/Steeped_in_Auburn__2026_DABA_Mobile_Auction

Thank you for supporting DABA and helping us continue to make Downtown Auburn beautiful, festive, and full of life! 🎨❤️