Guests at the October 11 breakfast meeting of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce enjoyed breakfast prepared by the Twisted Whisk Café and sponsored by the Chamber.
CHAMBER REPORT
BACC Director Jim Enneking introduced two new chamber members:
Bluffton store and employees to join “Our Family” business
By Paula Pyzik Scott
Community Markets of Bluffton, as part of the 49-store Fresh Encounter Inc. chain, is being acquired by the “food solutions” company SpartanNash, according to an October 14 announcement.
Based near Grand Rapids, Mich., SpartanNash is a publicly traded company that includes food wholesale and grocery retail segments. It currently operates 147 grocery stores as well as a number of pharmacies and fuel centers. Our Family is the SpartanNash flagship brand; other items are distributed via the OwnBrands suite of products.
Above) Jason Cox with Lori Loewen and Kathie Amstutz
On October 1, Jason Cox became the new Bluffton State Farm Agent following Ed Reichenbach’s retirement. Reichenbach had been Bluffton’s first and only State Farm Agent, starting out of a home office on Mound Street in 1966.
The new agency will remain at the 341 S. Main location in Bluffton. Staffers Lori Loewen, Office Manager, and Kathie Amstutz, Customer Service Manager, will both be staying on with the new agency.
The following 17 land transfers took place in the Bluffton Exempted Village School District for the month of September 2024 as reported on the websites of Allen County Auditor Rachael S. Gilroy and Hancock County Auditor Charity A. Rauschenberg.
Address - Sale Date - Sale Price - Land Use - Owner - From/To
RESIDENTIAL
104 CHESTNUT LN – 9/4/2024 – $284,900 – Residential vacant land – From A Matter of the Heart Inc to Dennis & Carolyn Maurer
316 PARKVIEW DR – 9/5/2024 – $69,900 – Residential vacant land – From Three S Development Group LLC to Dean & Jennifer Reichenbach
Above L-R) Mitch Kingsley and Ben Stahl, council members; Mayor Richard Johnson; Paul Inniger, Takeo (Tony) Endoh, Joe Brinkman of SumiRiko, Ohio; and Ashley Gleason, Tyler Gleason and Jonnathan Bonifaz of the Bluffton Soccer Club.
SumiRiko of Ohio, Bluffton Soccer Club and Village of Bluffton collaboration
By Paula Pyzik Scott
On September 26 ground was broken on the Bluffton Soccer Complex to be developed on land donated by and adjacent to SumiRiko Ohio on Snider Rd near the Bluffton Community Pool and Bluffton YMCA.
