Downtown Merced

Another weekend in downtown Merced 😎 it’s too nice out to stay indoors this weekend! Come be a part of the cool things happening in your community 🫶🏽

💙💛 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!

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!

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

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. ✨