Uptown Westerville is a Place for Home-grown, Home-made, and Ohio Proud

It's Market Wednesday in Uptown Westerville and the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market is open for business! 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. N. State and E. Home through October 28th.

For today's market report visit the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market blog, just click here.

Uptown Westerville is a great place to shop, work, live, eat, meet and play. The Westerville Uptown Merchants Association encourages you to enjoy a Market Wednesday afternoon with us!

See you at the market!

Photo: Doran's Family Farm pumpkins at the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market. ©2009 Brickstreet Communications. All rights reserved.

Uptown Westerville is a Place to Stay After School

This Friday, September 26th, see you in Uptown Westerville from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for the Westerville Visitors and Convention Bureau's Fourth Friday event: School Daze.

For more details on 2009's School Daze visit the WVCB online: www.visitwesterville.org.

Uptown Westerville is a Place for the First Market of Fall 2009

It's Market Wednesday in Uptown Westerville! The Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market is open from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. each Wednesday through October at N. State and E. Home.

For this week's market report, click here.

While you're Uptown for the market the Westerville Uptown Merchants Association says welcome and thanks for Shopping Uptown Westerville.

See you at the market!



Photo: Kid-size pumpkins at Bird's Haven Farms at the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market. ©2009 Brickstreet Communications. All rights reserved.

Uptown Westerville is a Place to Experience the Freedom Trail

I hear, I forget. I see, I remember. I do, I understand -- Chinese proverb.

Coming up October 2, 3, 4, 2009: The Westerville Public Library, Westerville Parks & Recreation, and Westerville Historical Society present Westerville's Freedom Trail: A Dramatic Underground Railroad Experience at Heritage Park (60 N. Cleveland).

Learn about Westerville's role in the Freedom Trail and live history by becoming a fugitive slave on the Underground Railroad.

Follow the drinking gourd... participants will travel to auction in a horse-drawn wagon and steal away into the cover of night, encountering conductors and abolitionists to guide them on their way north to freedom.

This unique event has 11 performances and is limited to 25 participants per performance:

Friday, October 2nd: 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 3rd: 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 4th: 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m.

There is a $10 per person fee. (Cash, check, VISA, or MasterCard accepted.) And, participants should dress to travel on foot in fall weather. Sunset is a bit after 7 p.m. on those dates. This experience is for ages 12 and up and the escape route is not handicap accessible.

Registration is required by noon Thursday, October 1st. (You can pay at the event, but admittance is limited to available space.

You can register three ways:

In-person: registration hours are Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Westerville Community Center, 350 N. Cleveland Avenue.

Online: But you need to pre-register to register! Prior to online registration, you must complete a pre-registration form that allows registration online for one year for other Parks & Rec events. Pre-registration forms are available at the Community Center or in the Parks and Recreation Department Brochure (the magazine that lists all the Parks & Recs activities.

By mail: Complete the registration form in the Recreation Department Brochure and send it along with payment to Westerville Parks & Recreation, 350 N. Cleveland Avenue, Westerville, OH 43082.

Contact the Community Center Hotline at 614.901.6500. The staff at the desk can tell you about available space for each performance and answer any questions.

Event participants can watch a DVD presented by the Columbus Freedom Center and the Ohio Historical Society is providing an artifact exhibit.

Resource Materials.

Refreshments.

Click here to view the event flyer.

Uptown Westerville is a Place to Honor Zachary Myers

On September 8, 2009, Westerville resident & Delaware native, PFC Zachary Myers was killed in Iraq.

Zach was just 21, married, with a 14-month-old daughter.

Zach's funeral is this Saturday (September 19th) with full military honors rendered at Blendon Cemetery at 10 a.m. Visitation will be held on Friday, September, 18, 2009, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Vineyard Church of Columbus, 6000 Cooper Road. There is a 10 a.m. church service for Zach on September 19th before a procession to Blendon Cemetery.

The procession will travel north on Cleveland Ave. from Schrock Rd., turn east on Polaris Parkway, then south on State St. through Uptown, ending at Dempsey Rd., where it will turn toward its final destination at Blendon Cemetery for graveside ceremony and burial.

Obituary Link: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?n=zachary-t-myers&pid=132917958

Zach's father-in-law, Ernie Daughtery, has requested Westerville residents line State Street and hold an American flag while the procession moves through Uptown Westerville at approximately 11:30 a.m.

Debbie and Jeff Mitchell of Serendipity, 33 E. College, are taking donations for a fund for Zach's daughter.

Photographer Gary Gardiner, bids a heartfelt final farewell to PFC Zach Myers. Click here to view.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost. - Arthur Ashe

Uptown Westerville is a Place for Found Dogs!

Update: Trooper the dog has been reunited with his owner!

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Are you looking for your lost male yellow lab around Uptown Westerville?

Kriss Rogers at Outside Envy, 15 N. State, has him! Contact Kriss at 614.895.3689 or outside.envy@sbcglobal.net or stop by the store.

Uptown Westerville is a Place for Sunny Day Shopping

It's Market Wednesday in Uptown Westerville. The Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market is open from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. each Wednesday at N. State & E. Home through October 28th.

When you visit the market, we invite you to Shop Uptown Westerville!

Meza, 48 N. State, features a special Market Wednesday $1 wine tasting and a selection of delicious pantry foods to compliment your market purchase.

Click here to visit the market blog's September 16th market report.

Photo: Apples from Malabar Acres at the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market. ©2009 Brickstreet Communications. All rights reserved.

Uptown Westerville is a Place for a Slice of Life

The latest installment of Miriam's Journal is now on the Amish Originals Furniture Co. blog.

Click here to connect and read.

Uptown Westerville is a Place for Noticeable Accomplishment

America's Got Talent finalist Grandma Lee is a 1956 Graduate of Otterbein College!

Photo courtesy Otterbein College on facebook.

Uptown Westerville is a Place for 2009's Cops & Kids Day

Sunday, September 13th is 2009's Cops & Kids Day at Hoff Woods Park 556 McCorkle Blvd (south of County Line and north of Hoff) from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Brought to you by the Central Ohio Peace Officers and Westerville Police Division, the 16th annual Cops & Kids Day features...

▪ Free Admission
▪ Free Refreshments
▪ Free Prizes
▪ Music
▪ SWAT Displays
▪ Helicopters
▪ DARE Cars
▪ Mounted Patrols
▪ K-9 Units
▪ “Dunk-A-Cop” Tank
▪ Souvenir Gift to the 1st 1200 Kids

The Westerville Uptown Merchants Association and Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market are proud to help sponsor this informative and fun annual community event.

Uptown Westerville is a Place for Meaningful Repurpose

Just a reminder that Friday, 09.11.09, the procession to accompany the WTC steel for The Crossing for First Responders' Park will take place. The procession begins at 10:30 a.m. at S. State and Huber Village Blvd. and proceeds north through Uptown Westerville to W. Main to the Fire Station at 400 W. Main.

A 9.11 remembrance ceremony is scheduled for noon at the Fire Station.

Click here to read the recent New York Times article on the WTC steel.

For more information on the 9.11 Procession and Observance, click here.

The photo you see is courtesy of the Westerville Firefighters Memorial. Click here to visit the memorial website.

Uptown Westerville is a Place for Otterbein Uptown! Pennant Weekends

Welcome Otterbein Students!

September 10th - 13th is Otterbein College's New Student Weekend. And, Uptown Westerville says Welcome Otterbein Students, Family, Friends, Faculty, and Staff with Otterbein Uptown! Pennant Weekends.

It’s simple. Come to Uptown Westerville and look for an Otterbein College Pennant on display in local shop windows, show a valid Otterbein College student, faculty, staff, or alumni ID and... get a deal!

Dinner, Drink & Dessert
Dairy Queen, 84 S. State
The Dog Joint, 59 S. State
Graeter's Ice Cream, 1 N. State
Java Central, 20 S. State
The Old Bag of Nails Pub, 24 N. State
Pasquale's Pizza & Pasta, 14 N. State
Pizza Primo, 10 E. Main
Serendipity, 33 E. College

Shops & Services
A Gal Named Cinda Lou, 20 N. State
Amish Originals, 8 & 38 N. State
Atattooed, 16 S. State
Captivating Canines, 31 N. State
Colonial Music, 43 N. State
Deja Vu, 11 N. State
DJ's Feed Store, 41 N. State
Embroidery Deluxe, 39 W. Main
Encircle, 30 & 34 N. State
Five Star Staffing, 133 S. State
Gallery 202, 38 N. State, Upstairs
Heart's Content, 9 N. State
Hey Diddle Diddle, 38 N. State
It's All In The Name, 13 E. College
Meza, 48 N. State
Morgan's Treasure, 12 W. Main
My Cousin's Closet, 16 E. College
Old Skool Skate Shop, 11 E. College
Outside Envy, 15 N. State
Ruth Reed Antiques, 21 E. College
Sample 'n' Gift, 23 N. State
The Sullivan Co., 130 Graphic Way
Union Savings Bank, 44 S. State
Uptown Cigar Co., 33 N. State
Uptown Strings, 18 N. State
Westerville Antiques, 2 N. State

Click here for more information about Otterbein Uptown! Pennant Weekends.

Classes begin on September 14th! Go Cards

Participating merchants listed. Offers vary and are at the discretion of each business. Regular business hours apply.

Uptown Westerville is a Place for Outdoor Savings

Ahhhh, come set a spell, take a load off!

Take 15% off in-stock Outdoor Furniture at Amish Originals Furniture Co.

Enjoy that same comfortable, fun Uptown Westerville sidewalk seating at home!

▪ Amish-crafted Adirondack Furniture
▪ Cypress, Treated-Pine, or Poly
▪ Chairs
▪ Foot Stools
▪ Gliders
▪ Garden Benches
▪ Swings
▪ Side Tables
▪ Coffee Tables
▪ Potting Benches

Amish Originals Furniture Co., 8 & 38 N. State, http://www.amishoriginals.com/

Click here for good advice on outdoor furniture maintenance.

To sign up for Amish Originals Furniture Co. eNews, click here.

Uptown Westerville is a Place for Labor Day

Take a break! You've earned it. You deserve it.

The members of the Westerville Uptown Merchants Association wish you a Safe, Happy Labor Day Holiday Weekend!

Workers building the Alum Creek Dam. Courtesy of the Westerville Historical Society and Westerville Public Library.

Uptown Westerville is a Place to Say Good-bye to Household Hazardous

September 5th is not just the beginning of Buckeye and Otterbein College football season!

Westerville Hazardous Waste Collection Day is Saturday, 09.05.09 from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., at the Service Department Building, located at 350 Park Meadow Road. Enter from Schrock Road, you'll see signs.

Here's the low-down: Household hazardous wastes are materials that can cause injury or harm if handled or disposed of improperly. Hazardous materials include pool chemicals, acids and caustics, lighter fluids, paint thinner, turpentine, adhesives, non-latex paint, old gasoline, propane tanks, kerosene, weed killers, antifreeze, insect killers, mercury, batteries, and ammunition/gun powder.

Unwanted computers and computer-related equipment will also be collected at the site.

For more information about the hazardous waste collection, call the Westerville Service Department at 614.901.6740. For more info on waste disposal in this area, visit SWACO online: http://www.swaco.org/

Non-acceptable items include tires, regular trash, items from schools or businesses, LPG tanks larger than 20 pounds, needles or medical waste, and appliances.

And, Latex paint can now be discarded with refuse, and will not be included in the hazardous waste collection.

This is a smooth operation, you pull up and they do the rest. A good thing!

Uptown Westerville is a Place for Fresh Air Shopping on a Beautiful Day

It's Market Wednesday in Uptown Westerville! And, what a beautiful day for a trip to the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the corner of N. State and E. Home through October 28th.

For today's market report visit the market blog, just click here.

While you're Uptown for the market, the Westerville Uptown Merchants Association encourages you to Shop Uptown Westerville!

See you at the market!

Photo: Shopping at Bird's Haven Farms at the Uptown Westerville Farmers Market. ©2009 Brickstreet Communications. All rights reserved.