Christmas In July Downtown Millville Gift Cards Go On Sale July 20th & 21st

Participating Businesses

An Octopus's Garden

BJ Roasters

Bruni's Breakfast &

Burgers

China Wok

Colonial Florist and Gifts

Colorful Creations by Chrissy

DC Gallery & Studio

El Guacamole

FULL Potatoes

Holly City Family

Center

High Street Market

Kenya's New You

La Bottega

LA Nails

Levoy Theatre

Manny's Pizzeria

MGM Carpet and

Flooring

Millville Chiropractic

Center

Old Oar House

Paradise Pizza

Pilar Caribbean

Plowman's Windows

and Doors

Razor's Edge

RRCA

The Balance Center

Tina's Hair Salon

Wildflower Vegan Café

US Taekwando

Gift Card Program Frequently Asked Questions

Q: If we purchase a gift card, will it be worth double?

A: Yes. If you purchase a gift card for $25 it will double to $50.

Q: Can we purchase gift cards anywhere?

A: No. Gift Cards can only be purchased at the Holly City Development Center located at 14 East Mulberry Street.

Q: What forms of payments are acceptable?

A: Cash only.

Q: Gift Cards will be on sale July 20 & 21 starting at 11 AM. When

does the sale end?

A: The gift cards will be for sale from 11 AM to 6 PM on both days. We

will continue to sell gift cards until funding runs out.

Q: Can you purchase gift cards for multiple places?

A: Yes. You can purchase gift cards for as many participating locations as you want, totaling up to $200 per household.

Q: Do you need to be from Millville to purchase gift cards?

A: No. All are welcomed.

Q: Is there an expiration date on the gift cards?

A: Yes. The expiration date will be August 1, 2027.

More Information:

Call Holly City Development Corporation at 856.776.7979

Featured Organization: Millville Historical Society

Photo of Linda Jones by Bill Horin/ArtC. Story by Rob Laymon/ArtC

In the last 12 years, the ArtC Film team has done several documentaries about people & organizations in the City of Millville. The Millville Historical Society has been an invaluable source of information & they have also shared photos with ArtC that have been important to our projects. They are very important to the City of Millville.

Introducing some of the great figures of Millville history.

How about David Cooper Wood, who built the famous mansion that now bears his name? It was constructed of New Jersey ironstone, then covered by mortar and whitewashed. Wood's Iron Foundry created the iron door sills, the pillars on the porch, and the porch steps with the open grating. The Millville Historical Society is currently curating a museum to the City's industrial past at this location.

Or how about Baracha Dunn (1775–1858), who arrived in the village of Millville in Maurice River Township at age 22, and built the house bearing his name on land he purchased from his former militia commander, Joseph Buck? Dunn had served under Millville's founder in the Cumberland County Militia in 1793. He later moved to Ohio, where he founded the town of Lockland.

There are many more. "Millville’s story reflects many broader national trends,” said Linda Jones (pictured), who heads the historical society, “including the transportation and industrial revolutions, immigration, child labor, company housing and company money, advances in communication, wars, civil rights, and the rise of workers’ movements and labor unions.”

And though history itself doesn’t change, the presentation of it does, which is what got Jones and the historical society working on a program about Juneteenth and black history in Millville. And then there are the new figures from the past ready to emerge into the light.

“What I find is that there is always something that stops me in my tracks,” Jones said of her discoveries. Such as the Millville woman who landed on Normandy with the Army Nurse Corps in the days after D-Day. Or the Millville WAC who worked at Oak Ridge, a city in Tennessee built during World War II to secretly further the Manhattan Project.

Maybe most important when studying history is the knowledge you acquire of cycles — how highs and lows tend to alternate on their own eccentric scheme. Jones knows which part of the cycle Millville is on now.

“Even though we have had economic setbacks, we’re seeing signs of revitalization,” she said. “High Street is showing renewed energy with artists leading the way; restaurants and shops are now filling up empty spaces.”

Millville Historical Society

200 E. Main St

(856) 293-1078

Open Wednesday & Sunday 1–4 pm

Featured Business: Levoy Arts & Education Center

Photo of Donna Terry by Bill Horin/ArtC. Story by Rob Laymon/ArtC. 

Something important happens when you take regular people and add art to them.

You start with undifferentiated individuals, add a little artistic training, and suddenly you have dancers, musicians, actors. You have cascades of loveliness and fountains of beauty. Also, you have happy human beings.

They’ve been doing this at the Levoy Arts & Education Center for a long time, since the organization emerged as the educational branch of the Levoy Theater in 2016. The center’s office opened in 2021 on Pine Street, to host theatre, music, dance, and art courses, workshops, and performances for all ages and economic backgrounds.

Since then, the center has tripled its offerings to include more than 218 days of on-campus educational programming and 83 days of off-campus outreach per year. It has increased access to underserved populations, and established partnerships with more than half a dozen organizations. It has become a regional hub for youth arts learning.

In other words, the center is the heart of human flourishing for many people, young and old, in South Jersey. The magic has happened for many.

“It used to be that summers were busiest but now it’s year round,” said Donna Terry, in charge of educational outreach for the center. “We even do acting classes for adults. From birth to age 100 we offer classes."

“Part of my focus is outreach, so we go into local schools and help fulfill needs they may have in the arts. I do those five days a week. We ask what kind of enrichment they want, and what would meet their standards, and we are very sound in our planning, because we can meet a lot of those.”

So it goes with the arts in Millville, thanks to the Arts Center: ready to make magic wherever you are in South Jersey, and in life.

Levoy Arts & Education Center

16 E. Pine Street

856-327-6400

levoy.net