MJ Finstrom, owner of HUTdogs and Marketing Director, Donna Choi, Executive Director of Downtown Arcadia with Christine Zito in studio on Arcadia FYI

Trick-or-Treat, Inside Downtown Arcadia’s Events, Partnership, To Small-Business Growth

A tiny nonprofit team maps out a safe, walkable Halloween Haunting while revealing how email, giveaways, and partnerships turn community moments into real support for local businesses. We share routes, vendors, volunteer strategy, candy needs, and why collaboration beats algorithms. Halloween Haunting route, times, safety boundaries Why walkable events drive restaurant visits Building a 15k…

Arcadia FYI podcast being recorded with Christine Zito, MJ Finstrom, Donna Choi, and Peter Amundson

Downtown Arcadia – Patriotic Festival

We sit down with the founders and leaders of Downtown Arcadia to uncover how this community hub went from a councilman’s dream to a thriving district hosting events for over 20,000 people. The grassroots story behind this self-assessed business district shows how community vision can transform neighborhoods. Former Mayor Peter Amundsen explains how citizen desire…