Main Street Square officials will say the city hasn’t seen anything yet. On Saturday, the square will be officially dedicated with a schedule that includes: -- Half-priced ice skating all day.

The 900-1100 blocks of Main Street are about to liven up with monumental art installations that will remain for at least a year, beginning in March. You can help create one of them.

Main Street Square CEO, Domico Rodriguez, says each year during the holiday’s dozens of people show up to the ice rink. “This is our first full week open here on the ice rink and a great turnout.

Native POP: People of the Plains is an annual event and will be back in Main Street Square in 2026. See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it.

With the Merced Main Street directional change complete, crews are continuing to work on finishing the installation of ...