Shop downtown Bluffton this fall and have a chance to win – gift cards and prizes from local merchants.
Recently nearly 2,500 Bluffton postal customers received a post card inviting them to “shop, sip, eat, play, local.” In a nutshell its message encourages shopping locally.
The postcard makes area residents aware of a Bluffton merchants and Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce major fall promotion. It centers on a concept titled “3/50 Project.” The nationwide project carries the tagline: “Save your local economy three stores at a time.”
But, there’s still time to enter a float or parade unit in the parade that is one of the highlights of the event. This year’s Blaze, sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce takes place on Saturday, Nov. 28, in downtown Bluffton.
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This year’s Blaze theme is “A Christmas from the Past.”
Earlier this month over 40 units were already registered for the parade, according to Junior Weihrauch, parade director.
For the fourth straight year the Arts Advocacy Collaborative of West Central Ohio is looking to once again award members of the area for their contributions to the arts community. Each year three winners are selected under the categories of Creator, Advocate and Philanthropist.
The Creator Award is presented to an artist whose work has made a significant impact on his or her discipline and also shows creativity and imagination that exemplifies the highest level of achievement in a particular discipline while advancing the art form.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host a Bluffton mayoral candidate forum at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall. The forum is open to the public.
Three candidates seek the mayor’s office in the Tuesday, Nov. 3, general election. The winner’s term begins Jan. 1, 2016. Candidates are Judy Augsburger, Jerry Cupples and David Steiner.
Augsburger, current mayor, was appointed to that spot in June 2014 following the resignation of then-mayor Dennis Gallant, who moved from Bluffton. She is running as an independent.
Dick and Jayne McGarrity announced today (Oct. 7) the sale of the Mustard Seed Café to Executive Chef Rhonda Moor.
“With changes taking place in our lives, we would like to retire again and mean it this time,” the McGarritys told The Icon.
Moor and her partner, Drew Van Horn, have been with the café from the start in March of 2013. Moor has created menus and dishes that have attracted guests from across the nation. The café has been featured in several publications and on television.
