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Talk Line 09-09-2026: Janna Groharing shares Sterling Main Street fall events · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Hey there, Sog Valley. Welcome back here to The Waking
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  Speaker 1: Crew on FM 95.1 and AM 1460 WIXN. It's 8.15
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  Speaker 1: on your Wednesday morning. Happy hump day to you all.
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  Speaker 1: We are halfway through the week and halfway through the show,
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  Speaker 1: and it's time for Talk Line. We're joined once again
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  Speaker 1: by our good friends from Sterling Main Street, Jenna Grohering,
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  Speaker 1: here to tell you everything there is to do in Sterling,
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  Speaker 1: because as I've told you, the events don't stop. You
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  Speaker 1: just got to get out and get there. In fall...
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  Speaker 1: is upon us. We were talking, it's not the official date,
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  Speaker 1: but I mean, it's September for crying out loud.
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  Speaker 2: It's September and it's raining out there. It feels very
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  Speaker 2: fallish out there this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it really does. Soon we're going to be raking
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  Speaker 1: up wet leaves after mornings like this, so it's close enough.
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  Speaker 1: My flannels are on standby.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not quite there yet.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to start off, though, talking about a fiesta
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  Speaker 1: event at the shops.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, as everybody knows, Sterling's big in their Fiesta Days activities,
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  Speaker 2: and those will kick off this weekend with some other
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  Speaker 2: group organizations doing some stuff. So the big Fiesta Parade
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  Speaker 2: in Sterling is on next Saturday, September 19th. But before
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  Speaker 2: the parade, the shops at Grandin Plaza are having their
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  Speaker 2: own little Fiesta adventure. So if you come downtown to
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  Speaker 2: get all the great food and stuff that's spread all
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  Speaker 2: over throughout the downtown on Parade Day, stop over at
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  Speaker 2: the shops at Grandin Plaza.
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  Speaker 3: They'll be there from 10 until 2 p.m.
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  Speaker 2: We do have a food truck coming there so that
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  Speaker 2: you can get your tacos right there at the shops.
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  Speaker 2: And then we also, they've got a great lineup of
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  Speaker 2: guest vendors throughout the day. So the six original shops
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  Speaker 2: that are there right now, full-time tenants. We've also got,
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  Speaker 2: I think, six or seven different guest vendors that'll be
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  Speaker 2: lined up for the day. So great morning to shop
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  Speaker 2: and support the small businesses in the shops at Granite Plaza.
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  Speaker 2: Get a little retail therapy in before the big fiesta parade.
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, the shops will be open from 10 a.m.
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  Speaker 2: until 2. So you can hit the farmer's market eight
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  Speaker 2: o'clock in the morning, come over to the shops, grab
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  Speaker 2: your tacos from the food truck there, and then head
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  Speaker 2: downtown for the parade. It starts in Rock Falls at
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  Speaker 2: one o'clock. So, you know, by the time you're done
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  Speaker 2: shopping at two, it's usually about an hour before it
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  Speaker 2: gets across a bridge into Sterling. So all times out perfectly.
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  Speaker 2: So you can enjoy everything in downtown Sterling next Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: the 19th.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. I love that pre-gaming, pre-gaming for Fiesta.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, why wouldn't you?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, It's crazy on Fiesta Days in downtown Sterling.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, people are, it's like you go to the
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  Speaker 2: farmer's market at 8 o'clock in the morning, the food
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  Speaker 2: vendors already have their spots set up in front of
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  Speaker 2: the businesses downtown or starting to set up. By noon,
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  Speaker 2: it's crazy downtown, people lining up and getting ready for
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  Speaker 2: the parade.
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  Speaker 3: So it's been going on for a long time. I
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  Speaker 3: know the chamber, the.
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  Speaker 2: Stockville Area Chamber spearheads the parade every year. They've been
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  Speaker 2: doing it for decades at this point.
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  Speaker 3: It's in their 70s.
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  Speaker 1: 73rd. 73rd, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I knew they were in their 70s at this point.
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  Speaker 2: It's been a long time. So it's a fantastic event.
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  Speaker 3: It really just brings the people downtown. And it brings
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  Speaker 3: out some of the best street food you've ever had
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  Speaker 3: in your life.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if you walk away from Fiesta Days hungry,
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  Speaker 2: you didn't try.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, just... The food is phenomenal.
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  Speaker 1: The best street food in town. Yeah. I mean, it
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  Speaker 1: is a day to bring some extra cash or whatever
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  Speaker 1: to have on you and try around and skip breakfast.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Skip breakfast and come hungry.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. I mean, tacos in every corner.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's fantastic food and energy downtown.
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  Speaker 3: It's just a really fun day to be downtown. So
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  Speaker 3: September 19th, plan to come downtown Sterling. Check out the
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  Speaker 3: Farmer's Market.
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  Speaker 2: Check out the shops at Granite Plaza, check out all
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  Speaker 2: the businesses in downtown Sterling. You got plenty of time
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  Speaker 2: before the parade starts, hit Showplace Antiques, grab a coffee
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  Speaker 2: at Airplay Sports.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, grab lunch, you know, on the street food,
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  Speaker 3: you know, water grimmers.
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  Speaker 2: When's the last time you've been in D & E Furniture?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't want to say I forget they're
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  Speaker 2: there because it's a massive store on one block, but
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  Speaker 2: it really is an amazing store. How much they've got
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  Speaker 2: in there and they've got all three floors of that
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  Speaker 2: building filled.
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  Speaker 1: It's, I love getting lost in there.
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  Speaker 3: Exactly, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It's pretty cool. So plenty of things to do downtown.
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  Speaker 2: So come downtown for the parade. Hit the shops at
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  Speaker 2: Granite Plaza. Support those small businesses that will be growing, hopefully,
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  Speaker 2: into the rest of the downtown.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So that's a really fun way to spend the day.
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  Speaker 3: Easy for me to say.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Pre-game, get some great shopping done. Support the shops
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  Speaker 1: at Granite.
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  Speaker 3: Terrific.
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  Speaker 1: Terrific space there. You know, great vendors. And then, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with Fiesta, if you can't get there early and you
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  Speaker 1: should try to because the streets get packed, I'd like
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  Speaker 1: to offer my services. You can hire me to stand
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  Speaker 1: in line $ 10 for 30 minutes at any taco stand
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  Speaker 1: because I'll be buying my own while I'm buying yours
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  Speaker 1: for you. But get there early. It's a great time
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  Speaker 1: and it's packed.
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  Speaker 3: The fun doesn't stop there, though.
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 3: So if you just the next weekend. Fiesta's natural thing.
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  Speaker 2: The 26th, we've got the Harvest Moon Festival down at
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  Speaker 2: the Farmers Market. So it's our fun fall festival down
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  Speaker 2: at the Farmers Market. Twin City Farmers Market, a lot
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  Speaker 2: of farmers markets this time of year are winding down.
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  Speaker 2: Ours is not the Strolling Farmers Market. People call it
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  Speaker 2: the Strolling Farmers Market. It's the Twin City Farmers Market.
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  Speaker 2: That's how you find us on Facebook and the web.
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  Speaker 2: um twin city farmers market is open year round i
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  Speaker 2: this time of year i really start hammering that point
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  Speaker 2: home yeah we've been there for more than 20 years
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  Speaker 2: but it never fails every every winter i'll get asked
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  Speaker 2: when does the market open for the season saturday it's
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  Speaker 2: open year round 52 weeks a year yep um so
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  Speaker 2: the outdoor portion of the market it's growing going great
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  Speaker 2: guns right now um it's packed every week.
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  Speaker 3: We've got a few of the, uh, produce is in
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  Speaker 3: full swing right now.
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  Speaker 2: It's harvest season. So tomatoes galore, um, all sorts of
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  Speaker 2: great produce. We've got some fall lettuces and spinach and
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  Speaker 2: stuff coming back. I got a great head of lettuce
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  Speaker 2: there last weekend. We always have that was cost, cost
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  Speaker 2: our family farms with the hydroponic stuff, but we had, um,
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  Speaker 2: some traditionally gray raised grown greens, um, last week.
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  Speaker 3: So I was able to get a few heads of lettuce.
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  Speaker 2: So, um, We've got a lot of variety down there,
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  Speaker 2: and it's an amazing place. We've got some new food
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  Speaker 2: vendors coming in. We had a food vendor leave the.
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  Speaker 3: No. We had... We've done some rearranging on the indoor market.
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  Speaker 2: So Gail's Coffee, that used to kind of be in
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  Speaker 2: the back corner, is now operating out of the main kitchen.
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  Speaker 3: That allowed us.
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  Speaker 2: They took up basically what was two booth spaces in there.
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  Speaker 2: By moving into the kitchen to consolidate their operations, we
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  Speaker 2: were able to bring in two new vendors.
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  Speaker 3: So we've got.
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  Speaker 2: Foodie Brit Bakes moved from the outdoor market to the
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  Speaker 2: indoor market. And then we have a new cake pop
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  Speaker 2: vendor that's inside too. So we've got two new baked
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  Speaker 2: good vendors that are inside the market. So you'll be
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  Speaker 2: able to find them there year round. Filled their space
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  Speaker 2: outside right away. So still have, you know, 40, 50
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  Speaker 2: vendors that are in a given Saturday between the indoor
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  Speaker 2: market and the outdoor market. Harvest Moon Festival, fun time
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  Speaker 2: for the kids to come down. We're still working on
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  Speaker 2: all the plans and stuff like that. Typically we'll have
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  Speaker 2: you know, face painting. I know we've got some games
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  Speaker 2: and activities and fun things for the kids to do.
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  Speaker 2: Lots of great produce and stuff like that. The outdoor
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  Speaker 2: market goes strong through the end of October. So all
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  Speaker 2: the way up until Halloween, October 31st, you can shop
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  Speaker 2: the outdoor market as well.
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  Speaker 3: So if you have not.
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  Speaker 2: Been to the farmer's market this season in Sterling, get there,
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  Speaker 2: check it out. We've got a lot of really cool
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  Speaker 2: vendors this year. We keep trying to figure out how
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  Speaker 2: we can expand because most of the summer under the
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  Speaker 2: market pavilion has been at capacity.
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  Speaker 3: So we're trying to figure out, you know, where.
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  Speaker 2: Can we pop up tents? Do we start blocking off
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  Speaker 2: some parking stalls? How can we accommodate a few more vendors?
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  Speaker 2: Because every once in a while we'll get, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to say we've got a waiting list,
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  Speaker 2: but we've got a list of vendors that want to
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  Speaker 2: come that, okay, well, you're going to have to set
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  Speaker 2: up your own tent, you know, We kind of pride
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  Speaker 2: ourselves on the convenience of not having to have that tent.
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  Speaker 2: You can just set up under the pavilion, making it easy.
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  Speaker 2: But if we continue to grow, we're going to have
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  Speaker 2: to look at that. Expanding out into the parking lot.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think vendors are going to mind having to
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  Speaker 1: pop up a tent to be part of the market
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  Speaker 1: at all.
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  Speaker 3: No, exactly.
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  Speaker 2: So, I mean, we just continue to grow, and it's
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  Speaker 2: phenomenal to see.
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  Speaker 3: If I think back to.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, what I've been doing this for 13, 14
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  Speaker 2: years now, if I look back to where that market
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  Speaker 2: started and just how much it's grown, both indoors and out,
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  Speaker 2: because I think I've gone through two renovations of the
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  Speaker 2: indoor portion of the market to create more space in
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  Speaker 2: the back.
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  Speaker 3: We've got one more phase to go.
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  Speaker 2: You know, so I've already gone through two expansions on
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  Speaker 2: the inside, plus the addition of the outdoor pavilion. I
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  Speaker 2: remember the first couple of years, you know, maybe half full.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, now we're overflowing it. It's been phenomenal just
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  Speaker 2: to watch that market take off.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's going to be exciting to see it
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  Speaker 1: continue to grow. I mean, you and I have talked
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  Speaker 1: about all that goes in there and trying to expand it.
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  Speaker 1: It's not as simple as clearing out a closet, folks.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes additional bathrooms or sinks have to be added depending
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  Speaker 1: on what's going on. But you guys figure it out,
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  Speaker 1: and it'll be exciting. I'm all for giving up some
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  Speaker 1: parking spots to have more vendors in there. I think
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  Speaker 1: most people would agree with me. If you don't, give
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  Speaker 1: me a call. I'll give you a piggyback ride. I
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  Speaker 1: think after you see a new vendor or two, you'll
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  Speaker 1: appreciate the spot being gone. So just exciting news. Love
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  Speaker 1: hearing that. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And then lastly, we'll push into October a little bit
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  Speaker 2: already because tickets are on sale now.
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  Speaker 1: October will be here by the time we wake up.
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  Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. October 10th, one of our favorite fall events that
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  Speaker 2: we do here at Sterling Main Street. It's actually one
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  Speaker 2: of our biggest fundraising events that we do for our
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  Speaker 2: organization every year. Hops on the Rock. It's our annual
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  Speaker 2: craft beer festival. It's held down at the Sterling Marketplace.
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  Speaker 2: We kind of built it around the pavilion. The first
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  Speaker 2: couple years we had it in the tent. But now
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  Speaker 2: we've got it under the marketplace every year. Saturday, October 10th,
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  Speaker 2: it runs from 2 until 6. Um, tickets are on
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  Speaker 2: sale now. Um, from two to three is your VIP hour.
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  Speaker 2: So it's limited to a hundred tickets. You get one
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  Speaker 2: hour early access to get access to some specialty beers
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  Speaker 2: and things like that. You get the VIP t-shirt, um,
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  Speaker 2: for the year. You get a special dated tasting glass.
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  Speaker 2: Those tickets are $ 50 and they are only available in advance.
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  Speaker 2: You will not be able to get those at the door.
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  Speaker 2: And once they're gone, they're gone. Um, general admission, um,
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  Speaker 2: that runs from three until six. Um, you will be
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  Speaker 2: able to get those at the door, but they are good.
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  Speaker 3: The price will go up at the door. So they're
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  Speaker 3: cheaper to get them in the, in advance.
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  Speaker 2: Um, there's a designated driver level ticket as well to, to,
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  Speaker 2: if you've got somebody that doesn't want to drink and
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  Speaker 2: they just want to come enjoy the food and the
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  Speaker 2: fun and stuff like that, there is a small fee
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  Speaker 2: for that ticket just to be part of the event.
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  Speaker 3: Um, but it's, it really is a fun event. It
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  Speaker 3: continues to hold its own every year, you know, see
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  Speaker 3: a little bit of growth, excuse me.
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  Speaker 2: Um, we are, uh, Working with more of the bars
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  Speaker 2: and restaurants in our downtown to have them host tables
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  Speaker 2: rather than relying on so many volunteers. In the past years,
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  Speaker 2: Crafted Roots and the Rusty Fox have always been down
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  Speaker 2: there because they're very craft beer forward.
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  Speaker 3: Establishments in our downtown. This year we opened it up
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  Speaker 3: to the other bars.
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  Speaker 2: And restaurants in our downtown. Like, hey, do you want
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  Speaker 2: to come down and host a table? Maybe show off
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  Speaker 2: some of the craft beers that you guys have.
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  Speaker 3: Share within your.
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  Speaker 2: Business and you know promote what you've got for upcoming
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  Speaker 2: events and things like that instead of just limiting it
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  Speaker 2: to the two so we're excited to bring more of
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  Speaker 2: the downtown businesses and let them be involved in the
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  Speaker 2: day um so i think that'll be a good option
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  Speaker 2: and it also helps hey i tasted this really great
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  Speaker 2: funky beer i'd never heard of before now i know
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  Speaker 2: i can go over to this bar right downtown and
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  Speaker 2: grab dinner and have another one of those kind of
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  Speaker 2: things Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And you kind of become known for that one.
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  Speaker 1: You know, when I was a younger lad, I was
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  Speaker 1: a lad once. It's true. Me and my buddy had
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  Speaker 1: a tradition every Friday. We would go to Kelly's. You'd
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  Speaker 1: get that big burrito that they have. And I always
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  Speaker 1: knew that they had my Guinness stout on tap. So
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  Speaker 1: you'd get it nice and thick with that thick head.
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  Speaker 1: And it was like. I knew my Guinness was there
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  Speaker 1: on tap, and so when I wanted, that's where I went.
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  Speaker 1: So it's a great point. Show the community what you
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  Speaker 1: got there, because those craft beer enthusiasts, we will come
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  Speaker 1: if we know it's there.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly, and like you said, Kelly's Guinness, that's the one
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  Speaker 2: place you know. Other bars and restaurants... Have Guinness occasionally.
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  Speaker 3: Kelly's always has Guinness.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: It's just something they're known for.
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  Speaker 1: You just know. We're going to go grab a pint. Right.
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  Speaker 3: And that's one of those things, too.
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  Speaker 2: Like, you know, I was talking to some of the
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  Speaker 2: bar owners, you know, trying to, you know, because it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be a little more coordinating on our part
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  Speaker 2: to make sure we don't have duplications and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: But this is also a great opportunity for them to, hey,
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  Speaker 2: there's this new one out in the market. Sounds good
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  Speaker 2: to me, but will anybody else drink it? I'm hesitant
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  Speaker 2: to bring it in. This is a great opportunity for
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  Speaker 2: them to try it. bring it in, see what people
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  Speaker 2: think of it.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: This is going really popular. Let's go ahead and bring
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  Speaker 2: it into the bar full time. So it's a great
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  Speaker 2: way for them to test some new stuff. Um, so
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  Speaker 2: I'm really excited to see, um, how this event comes
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  Speaker 2: together next month as we finalize those beer lists and
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that as to who's bringing what, who's promoting
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  Speaker 2: what and how the.
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  Speaker 3: Shapes up to be. But I mean, I think it's
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  Speaker 3: going to be a really fun day. We've got a
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  Speaker 3: leg in.
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  Speaker 2: The thigh lined up for our music for the night. Um,
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  Speaker 2: we've got a few food trucks lined up.
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  Speaker 3: Um, It really is.
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  Speaker 2: It's just a fun event. Everybody's just kind of happy
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  Speaker 2: to be there. Everybody's smiley and talkative, and it's really
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  Speaker 2: just a fun day to come out. Tickets are on
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  Speaker 2: sale now. They're on our website. If you go to strollingmainstreet.org,
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  Speaker 2: just backslash hops, we'll shortcode you, get you right to
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  Speaker 2: the site. Right on the button, right on the homepage,
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  Speaker 2: you scroll down a little bit, read the information about
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  Speaker 2: the event.
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  Speaker 3: Get tickets.
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  Speaker 2: The screen will pop right up there for you. So VIPs,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, are on sale now. They will only
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  Speaker 2: be available in advance. General admission is on sale now.
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  Speaker 2: The price on those will go up at the door.
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  Speaker 2: You'll be able to get those at the door, but
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  Speaker 2: the price does go up. And then we've got a
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  Speaker 2: designated driver. Again, you can get those in advance or
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  Speaker 2: at the door as well.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. And, you know, whether you're VIP or
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  Speaker 1: you're thinking general admission, I can't stress enough going ahead
• 14:38
  Speaker 1: and buying your tickets early. It's a favor to yourself.
• 14:42
  Speaker 1: And again, I'm going to say years ago, so I
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: don't say decades ago. But I did the smart thing.
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: I wanted to go to a festival and I bought
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: ahead of time. You know, I had. For all reasons,
• 14:55
  Speaker 1: I thought I could have bought at the gate. But
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: lo and behold, at that point, I'd had a few
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: things go wrong. And I wouldn't have had the money,
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: is the point of the story, had I waited to
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: the gate. Under normal circumstances, I would have, but I'd
• 15:10
  Speaker 1: had a few mishaps. But at that point, I was like,
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: I've already got my ticket. This week really sucked financially,
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: but my ticket's already bought, so I'm going to have
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: a good time. Right. So it's a future present to yourself.
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: Go buy them now. Don't wait. And no matter what happens,
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: what kind of week you've had, you're going to be
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: able to look forward to a great event.
• 15:28
  Speaker 3: That's a great philosophy and a great way to look
• 15:30
  Speaker 3: at it.
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: Because sometimes you do just have to think ahead. Get
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: it now and plan for the future. And, yeah, I mean,
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: it's always a... You know, we've had some crappy weather.
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: We've had some good weather. It's under the pavilion, so
• 15:42
  Speaker 2: we're undercover.
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: There you go.
• 15:45
  Speaker 3: It'll be a good day. We've never had, you know.
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: Most well-attended, biggest attendance event that we had for this
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: event overall was the.
• 15:55
  Speaker 3: Year we had the worst weather.
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: Oh, wow. I love that.
• 15:58
  Speaker 3: It was like 50 degrees and windy as all get out.
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: It was horrible. I mean, the weather was brutal. We
• 16:04
  Speaker 3: thought we were going to get killed. Quite honestly, that's
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: been our best attended event of all these so far. Oh, yeah.
• 16:09
  Speaker 3: Which is crazy to me.
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: Strong drinking hand, good food and music. People will go
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: out and weather the weather for that.
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: Exactly. So, you know, it'll be dry under the pavilion.
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: We got light under the pavilion.
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: So even if the weather's kind of, if it's a
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: drizzly day like this, you're still going to be dry
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: under the pavilion.
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: It's going to be fine.
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to get as many outdoor days as
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: I can before negative 30 says, I don't care what
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: truck you have in front of me. I'm going to
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: have to run from the house to the truck and
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: back if you want me there. So, no, I absolutely agree.
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: It's going to be a fantastic time to get out there.
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: Anything else you wanted to share this morning?
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: I think those are the big ones.
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: I mean, like I said, we've got Fiesta Days, Shops
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: at the Granite Plaza, the Farmer's Market, Hops on the Rock.
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: Get your tickets now. We had our second planning meeting yesterday.
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: December 4th is a Christmas walk. We're already planning for
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: that now, too. So, really, I'm starting to plan next year.
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to what are we going to do different?
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: What can we do new? It's crazy this year. It is.
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: I feel like we still got a lot to go
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: yet in 2026, and I'm already planning 2027.
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: So, exciting times.
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it'll be fun. All great stuff to look forward to,
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: but this is already... A full dance card. So mark
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: your calendars. And, of course, you will be back to
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: give us more updates on all the fun there is
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: in Sterling.
• 17:30
  Speaker 3: I sure will.
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much again for always coming and giving
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: these updates and making sure there's so much fun.
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: Thank you.