MONROE — In an effort to showcase the people, places and events that make this city, this county, this community so wonderful and unique, we're creating a regular Friday edition feature — Monroe in Pictures.
Every Friday you'll find images from throughout the community, captured by staff photographer, Tom Hawley, that show off the extra-ordinary happenings in and around Monroe.
This week, Hawley captured images from the 14th Annual Downtown Monroe Wine Crawl, which took place July 19. The Downtown Monroe Business Network brought the event together, and it's a good thing they did, as the crawl drew over 400 wine lovers to the area. This year's edition included 19 businesses where participants could "crawl in" to for food or wine.
Dale and Kathy Stringham of Monroe have attended every Downtown Monroe Wine Crawl beginning 14 years ago, above outside the Michigan Wine and Beer Portal where this years wine crawl began Friday, July 19, 2024. The Wine Crawl is hosted by the Downtown Monroe Business Network.
Wine Tasting Friends (W.T.F.) were the t-shirts these ladies wore attending the Downtown Monroe Wine Crawl Friday, July 19, 2024, above Shawlynn Reece, Jody Nicolai, Emily Oetting, Chelsea Windels, and Amanda Tennyson have their picture taken by Floral City Images at the crawl.
Couples Andrew and Chelsea Sieving and Cody and Bri Wiley walk over the Monroe St. bridge after leaving their stop at the Michigan Wine and Beer Portal (background) on their way to several stops for the annual Downtown Monroe Wine Crawl Friday, July 19, 2024.
Celestial Blues entertained the folks attending the 14th annual Downtown Monroe Wine Crawl on Front St. in downtown Monroe Friday, July 19, 2024.
Lisa Martin of Martin's Shoe House pours wine for Hannah Piefer and Olivia Mack attending the Downtown Monroe Wine Crawl Friday, July 19, 2024.
