City of Minden

11/07/2025

Ask the Mayor 11/7/25.

11/07/2025

📣Main to Main Update📣

Thank you to Stallion Oilfield Services for providing plenty of public restrooms in our downtown this weekend for the Main to Main Trade Days event. Please help keep our community clean by using the designated restrooms and public trash cans during the festival.

City-owned parking lots will be reserved for parking only. Vendors are allowed to set up only if they are registered and paid through Minden Main Street.

We look forward to a great weekend in Minden!

11/06/2025

Mayor Nick Cox happily hosted the Glenbrook School 8th graders for a morning learning about how the City of Minden operates! Thank you for coming to see us at city hall last week!

11/06/2025

By Bonnie Culverhouse Minden City Council has given Mayor Nick Cox the authority to sign an amended agreement with Republic Services for trash pick-up in the city limits. Around two months ago, Cox…

11/04/2025

Another way to give back to your community is through UCAP, the Joe Leblanc food pantry and many of the local churches. If able, please consider donating this fall to stock the area food pantries.

🙏 We need your help!
Our Food Pantry shelves are running low on some essentials. If you’re able, please bring items like peanut butter, jelly, canned fruit, soup, pasta, and crackers. These items can be dropped off at the front desk.
Let’s continue to be the hands and feet of Christ by caring for those in need in our community. 💛
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat…” – Matthew 25:35

11/04/2025

11/04/2025

Main to Main Trade Days 2025
🗓 November 7–9th, sunrise to sunset
📍 Downtown Minden

Get ready for a weekend of shopping, food, and fun at one of North Louisiana’s favorite traditions—Main to Main Trade Days! Enjoy antiques, handmade crafts, and unique finds throughout Downtown Minden.

Please note: There will be no vendor setup in the Civic Center parking lots this year. Only paid and registered vendors are allowed to set up in the downtown area.

We still have a few spaces available in Miller Quarters Park. Email [email protected] if you would like to set up in the park.

Here’s the current vendor lineup:

Zone 5- past the railroad tracks and depot hill
Koties Enterprise
Cricket Wireless
Delanie Bolen
ShugMamas Treats
Jenn's styles
Marti Settle
Who Dat Custom Creations/Who Dat Furniture

Zone 4 – Along Main Street (sidewalks)
Peggy and Myla Flenniken
Talayman Asian Foods
True South Boudin Dip and More
Sugar Mama’s
29 Eleven Clay and Canvas
VFW Post 2885 Auxiliary
Outsider Nation Clothing

*please note the Farmer's Market will be in the alley next to Brickstreet Coffee & the Jambin on Main Cookoff/Fundraiser will be in the alley next to the Drake building on Saturday morning only

Zone 3 – Parking Lot Between Main & Broadway (near Edward Jones)
All About the South
Chmielewski
This Blooming Hope
Geaux Create of Louisiana
Robert Gray Wood Art
GraceWorx
FurEver Sparkle
Gilley Family Crafts
Gracefully Gathered Creations
Grider Family

Zone 1 – Water Tower Area
The Jeweled Flamingo
Claiborne Designs
Simply Printed & Stitched
LuKing Embroidery and More
Empower Crafting and Baking
Big Soda Club
Melissa Williams
Home Decorating & More
Mason Soap
Coat’s Creations
Ashley Roncali
KD’s Sports Products
Piney Hills Master Gardeners
The Real Diehls
Allena Simmons
Kagen Krewe LLC
Pittman Lemonade
Fab Fun Enterprises

Miller Quarters Park:
St. James Baptist Church
AT&T
Jellum Services
Mrs. Sweetie
Sugar Dolls Handbags
Johnson's
Boba Fresh
Big Soda Club

Come stroll, shop, and support local during Main to Main Trade Days!

11/03/2025

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11/01/2025

It’s a beautiful fall day in the City of Minden! Enjoy the farmers market with fresh farm-to-table goods, including Parish Meats, and live music. Shop in the downtown district from 10 to 2, catch the DJ on Broadway Street, and explore the Makers Fair at The Farm. What a great day to be in Minden!

10/31/2025

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