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The official page of the Downtown Merced Partnership | Downtown Merced Partnership works to keep downtown clean, safe, and thriving.

08/31/2026

💙💛 What a welcome, Merced!

We are overwhelmed by the support and positivity this brought to our community! 22 Downtown businesses participated and more than 750 votes were cast! 🐾

Even better, several businesses collaborated with members of our local arts community to bring their blue + gold visions to life. Businesses, artists, students and community coming together — THIS is community.

To keep things fair, final results combined community voting with scores from three independent secret judges who evaluated creativity, Bobcat spirit and overall impact.

🏆 Congratulations to our winners!
🥇 HeadquarterZ Barbershop
🥈 Trevino’s Mexican Restaurant
🥉 La Michoacana Fruit & Ice Cream

Thank you to every business that took a chance and joined us, and to everyone who voted and showed up! We hope this is the start of a new Downtown Merced tradition. 💙💛

The contest is over but our UC Merced is everlasting, come check out our amazing downtown Merced businesses this week!

08/28/2026

Do you love these weekend roundups as much as we do?!
Finding things to do can be hard sometimes, so much going on in the works at once, we love making it easy for you to support downtown and make weekend plans!

08/25/2026

Downtown business owners—we want to hear from you! 📣

We’re updating our contact list so we can better connect with our downtown businesses and share upcoming events, collaborations, promotional opportunities, important information, and more.

Whether you’ve been downtown for decades or recently opened your doors, we want to make sure you’re in the loop! Fill out the quick form below and let’s stay connected. 💙

🔗 https://forms.gle/483Hm6fkXvNW5GVEA

08/21/2026

Downtown Merced is ready to meet new and returning Bobcats this weekend! 💙💛

Whether you’re finding your new favorite go-to spot or coming back to a place you’ve been missing, there’s something happening for everyone Downtown this move-in weekend!

Check out our website for more Downtown! Link in bio 🔗

From live music and events to good food, local shops and plenty to explore. Come hang out, make a weekend of it and see what Downtown Merced has to offer. ✨

08/19/2026

💙💛 WELCOME, BOBCATS!

Downtown Merced is excited to welcome UC Merced students, families, and our entire community for Move-In Week!

21 Downtown businesses have been working hard all week to deck out their storefronts in blue + gold, and now it’s time to see what they created! 🐾

Voting is OPEN TO EVERYONE through Sunday, August 23! Stop by, say hello, check out the displays, explore what Downtown has to offer, and show some love to the small businesses that make our Downtown special.

🏆 Visit the participating businesses
💙 Vote for your favorites
🛍️ Shop, eat + explore Downtown Merced
📲 Link in bio to vote!

This contest is presented by Visit Merced. For all things Merced, places to eat, things to do, events, local favorites and more — follow Visit Merced and explore visitmerced.org.

We’re so excited to have you here, Bobcats. Welcome to Merced! 💙💛🐾

Repost because typo!

08/17/2026

💙💛 WE’RE STARTING A NEW DOWNTOWN TRADITION! 🐾

UC Merced Move-In Week is here, and Downtown Merced is showing up Blue & Gold! 💙💛 As students and families arrive for the start of a new school year, we’re coming together to give our Bobcats a warm Downtown welcome.

20+ Downtown businesses are joining in for our Storefront Decorating Contest, filling their windows and storefronts with UC Merced spirit — and YOU get to choose the winners! 🏆

We’re excited to see Downtown filled with Blue & Gold and come together as a community to welcome UC Merced students and families! Grab a coffee, get some food, do a little shopping, and make your way around Downtown to see all of the displays before casting your votes. 💙💛

📍 Official map of all participating locations + more contest details coming soon!

HOW TO VOTE:
Explore Downtown throughout the week and check out all of the participating storefronts! Each display will have a number + QR code where you can cast your vote for your TOP 3 FAVORITES.

💙 Voting opens Wednesday, August 19
💛 Voting closes Sunday, August 23 at 11:59 PM

🥇 1st Place
🥈 2nd Place
🥉 3rd Place

And yes, there are bragging rights on the line! 👀 The first-place winner will also receive TWO advertisements in mercedtimes, plus all three winners will receive a commemorative plaque to proudly display! 🏆

The first-place winner will also receive TWO advertisements in mercedtimes, plus all three winners will receive a commemorative plaque to proudly display! 🏆

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