We handle the entire event
Balloons, inflatables, banners, sky trackers, flyovers, DJ, lighting, food trucks, characters, photography, film, invitations, city, and press — one producer, one crew.
We Design Grand Openings · Red Ribbon
We handle your special day.
We Design Grand Openings is your professional red-ribbon event planner. We handle it all — from a single shop to the largest company launch — so the first impression drives sales. Balloons, inflatables, banners, flyovers, entertainment, food, lighting, city, press, and takedown, scaled to your budget. Daytime into night. One day or a full weekend.
Full-service production
Any budget
Day or weekend
Small shop to national
One professional planner. The entire opening — not a balloon vendor and a dozen others.
We Design Grand Openings (Red Ribbon) produces the full event. Flyovers, banners, inflatables, balloons, sound, lighting, food, hosts, press, city, and takedown — assembled to your budget and your request. Daytime into nighttime. A single ribbon hour or a weekend-long program. Small shops and the largest companies. Impressions that fill the sidewalk and drive sales.
Your budget, your request
A la carte or a full package. We scale production to what the location and the calendar can hold — never a one-size ceremony.
Day into night. One day or a weekend
Sunrise setup through night lighting. A two-hour cut or a Friday–Sunday launch. You do not babysit vendors after the last guest leaves.
Small shop to the largest companies
A single door or a national banner’s local opening. The same professional standard. The impression is built to drive sales.
Grand opening packages
Pick a package. Add extras. We run the day.
Chambers sell a ribbon and a photo. Balloon shops sell an arch. These packages are the full opening — and every one can grow. Pricing is quoted after we see the address and the date. You also get video of the event on The Opening and The Landmark (and as an extra on The Cut).
The Cut
Small shops · one door · a sharp ribbon moment
- Invitation design
- City pre-meeting + permit check (file only if needed)
- Ribbon, scissors, stanchions
- Balloon arch or columns
- Photographer for the ceremony
- Setup and takedown
The Opening
Most retail · all-day awareness · plaza and restaurant
- Everything in The Cut
- Theme and run-of-show
- DJ or speakers + light sampling / food
- Event video of the day — highlights you can post
- Photos shared to papers, flyers, and city hall
- Coverage from setup through evening
The Landmark
Large retailers · civic openings · the whole town looks up
- Everything in The Opening
- Night lighting and sky trackers
- Full event film + extra social cuts
- Newspapers, flyers, and city sites before and after
- Hosts or characters + food-truck coordination
- Multi-hour production, one crew
Extras — add to any package
The extras are how a Cut becomes an Opening, or an Opening becomes a Landmark. Mix what the location can handle.
Event video
Sky trackers
Airplane flyover
Extra inflatable
Food trucks / catering
Character costumes
Extra photo / film hours
More newspaper & flyer placements
Second-day open house
Everything that makes an opening pop.
We handle the full production — not four of twelve vendors. Mix what the budget and the site allow, from a one-day ribbon to a weekend program, day into night.
Balloons, banners, inflatables
Arches, columns, giant product inflatables, and on-brand banners people can see from the lot.
Music, DJ, speakers, lighting
Sound that fills the sidewalk without getting you a noise complaint. Lighting that photographs well after 5 p.m.
Food trucks, catering, sampling
Trucks, bites, and product sampling so people stay long enough to become customers.
Photographer + local press
We document the day for your social — then share those memories with newspapers, community sites, and city outlets so the town keeps talking.
Airplane flyovers
When the location can handle it, a banner plane that puts the opening over the whole town.
Characters & hosts
Costume characters, brand hosts, and sidewalk energy for family and retail openings.
Invitation design
Print, email, chamber blasts, neighbor cards. The opening starts when the invite goes out.
Newspapers, flyers & city hall
We post the grand opening in local papers, street flyers, and city-hall / village calendars. After the cut, the photos go to the same desks.
City permitting
Right-of-way, tents, generators, amplified sound, chamber. Filed only when the town requires it.
Other commercial events
Anniversaries, re-openings, multi-location launches, and campus / plaza programs — one day or a full weekend. Grand openings remain the core.
Event video
A film of the opening — morning into night if that’s the package — for social, ads, and the press packet.
Setup & takedown
Crew, timing, trash, and a clean handoff. You do not babysit vendors after the last guest leaves.
Plan. Permit. Produce. Pop. Photograph. Pack out.
01 Design invitations and the guest list
02 Pre-meet the city — maximize the day
03 File permits only if they are required
04 Produce: balloons, ribbon, sound, food, sky
05 Photograph it — then send it to the local press
06 Papers, flyers, city hall sites — then takedown
New business
Tell us the date. We’ll build the opening around it.
Inquiries land in our inbox the same day. Want a live slot on the calendar? Book a planning call — it emails us with an Outlook file so it can drop onto the schedule.
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