The 2011 We Love Homewood Day will be May 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Homewood Central Park.
Activities throughout the day will include an arts and crafts and business expo from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., plus inflatables, rides and more.
Daytime entertainment will be provided at the park’s main stage. The program includes local bands, dance exhibitions and a pep rally with the Homewood High School band.
The West Homewood Lions Club will sell barbecue as a fundraiser for the club. It will be served from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Homewood Community Center.
Other activities include a silent auction from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the community center’s room 100 and a Rotary Club Sidewalk Chalk Art Expo. The
Society for Creative Anachronism will give demonstrations of medieval culture.
The We Love Homewood Day Parade lineup begins at 5 p.m. with the parade starting at the Homewood Public Library at 6 p.m. It will travel west on Oxmoor Rd. to the Edgewood business district.
Homewood Mayor Scott McBrayer will present parade awards at the end of the parade in the Edgewood business district. He also will present the Quality of Life Award to a Homewood citizen.
The day will end with a street dance in Edgewood that will last until 9 p.m. The Shadowboxers from Atlanta will provide live music, and merchants in Edgewood will be open serving food and beverages.
