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Talk-Line: Jennifer Lang on Dixon chamber outings · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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Speaker 1: We are quarter past the hour. This is Monday. It's
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Speaker 1: August fourth of the year, is twenty twenty five, and
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Speaker 1: it's time for another informational edition of Talkline here at
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Speaker 1: Wixent Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It is time
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Speaker 1: for our monthly look at news and information from your
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Speaker 1: Dixon Chamber of Commerce, your Dixon Main Street and Discovered
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Speaker 1: Dixon organizations, and the director of Community Relations and Events
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Speaker 1: with the your organization is live with us at the
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Speaker 1: microphones this morning to fill us in on what is happening.
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Speaker 1: Our good friend Jennifer Lang joins us on this Monday morning.
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Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Happy Monday.
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Speaker 1: Yes, thanks for joining us today and we're getting the
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Speaker 1: week off to a right start with Jennifer's report today
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Speaker 1: here at wi Accent. I'm going to trip back a
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Speaker 1: little bit sure, talk about some activities that were just
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Speaker 1: recently held through Dixon Chamber. Your golf outing.
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Speaker 2: Our golf outing was so much fun.
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Speaker 3: It was a beautiful day. We held it at Timber Creek.
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Speaker 3: We had a full house. I think there was nineteen teams.
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Speaker 3: It was led by my co worker and Richie did
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Speaker 3: a great job. Got people on networking out there on
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Speaker 3: the and we raise some money for Discovered Dixon as well.
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Speaker 3: So a lot of people don't realize we are a
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Speaker 3: non for profit, so you know that extra money does
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Speaker 3: help us put on these amazing events that we do
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Speaker 3: for our community. But yeah, the golf ounding was a
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Speaker 3: great day. That is something that we do annually, so
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Speaker 3: we really don't pick that date until more in the springtime,
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Speaker 3: but stay tuned for next year.
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Speaker 2: Is gonna be another great time on the green.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, so we have another one to get
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Speaker 1: look forward to that will be in twenty twenty six. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: no one get too about too far ahead of myself.
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Speaker 1: Twenty twenty six. Yeah, another golfunding through Dixon Chamber in
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Speaker 1: main Stream now. Also held last month, I believe at
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Speaker 1: Stock Valley Community College was a multi chamber soiree out
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Speaker 1: at SBCC which Dixon was invited.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: So Stock Familey Community College every year hosts our July
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Speaker 3: Business after Business and we collaborate with all of the
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Speaker 3: local chambers. So we're talking about Oregon was there, Morrison
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Speaker 3: was there, Rock Falls, SoC Valley Chamber and then of
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Speaker 3: course Discover Dixon. So they put a great, great, great
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Speaker 3: event Luau themed. There was good drinks and food and
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Speaker 3: of course in networking like it sure is the time
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Speaker 3: if you're going to attend of business after Business, which
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Speaker 3: you should attend monthly, but the July one definitely has
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Speaker 3: people from all over the area to come and collaborate,
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Speaker 3: network and talk to and build those relationships.
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Speaker 2: Well good times.
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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, And that one is at a Stock Valley
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Speaker 1: Community College to a multi chamber business after Business event
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Speaker 1: held at Stock Valley Community College during the month of July.
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Speaker 1: Now we kick into the month of August, and that's
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Speaker 1: where I want to start, is the upcoming business after business.
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Speaker 1: It's not going to be multi chamber this time around.
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Speaker 1: It's just going to be Discovered Dixon in the Dixon Chamber.
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Speaker 1: But you are holding one this month.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, So join us on Thursday, August fourteenth at Majski
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Speaker 3: Motors right there on Galina across from Ace Hardware. They
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Speaker 3: will be our chamber host this month. Of course, five
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Speaker 3: to six thirty on that August fourteenth, open door chamber investors,
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Speaker 3: bring your business cards, come at work, check out the
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Speaker 3: vehicles on the lot as you're thinking or looking.
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Speaker 2: But we're excited.
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Speaker 3: This is our first time hosting it at Maajeski in years,
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Speaker 3: I should say, but it definitely should be a great
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Speaker 3: one and it's just a great way for our investors
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Speaker 3: to not work with other investors in our community.
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Speaker 1: Okay, there are a couple of Majesty sites here in Dixon.
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Speaker 1: There's one out on Routu, but there's the one on
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Speaker 1: North Glina. The one on North Glina is where we're going.
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Speaker 2: To help correct across from Ah, yes, all.
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Speaker 1: Right, that's the one, because I know that there's another
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Speaker 1: side of Majeski Motors. That's it's right outside just as
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Speaker 1: you head on on on the freeway towards Sterling. But
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Speaker 1: this one is the North Galina Avenue main headquarters of
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Speaker 1: Majeski Motors. That again, this is this is going to
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Speaker 1: be the site for the business after business. It's nice
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Speaker 1: to see them again hosting. And that's five until six
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Speaker 1: thirty on Thursday, August the fourteenth. Chamber members their guests again,
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Speaker 1: don't forget that networking event at Majestica every month. All right, Now,
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Speaker 1: let's take a look at other activities on the chamber
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Speaker 1: calendar of event lists, starting with the is it is
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Speaker 1: it going to be the I know that we've kind
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Speaker 1: of had a roller coaster ride with the City Market.
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Speaker 2: It's been sure.
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Speaker 3: It has been a rough here for the vendors as
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Speaker 3: well as the Discovered Dixon team.
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Speaker 2: But yes, so this Wednesday.
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Speaker 3: August sixth five to six thirty is our final market
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Speaker 3: of our season.
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Speaker 2: So we have a summer season.
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Speaker 3: This is our final market and we are going to
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Speaker 3: have our musical artists. Ethan Bell will be there for
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Speaker 3: our musical talent. And this is also the market that
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Speaker 3: we are showcasing our City Market Junior. So we have
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Speaker 3: young entrepreneurs between age six to sixteen selling homemade goods. Right,
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Speaker 3: we have sat down with these young entrepreneurs. They filled
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Speaker 3: out an application, we sat down with them. We gave
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Speaker 3: them information on how to be successful as an entrepreneur,
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Speaker 3: everything from marketing to making your signs, to decorating your table,
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Speaker 3: how to communicate to an individual, you know, eye contact,
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Speaker 3: handshakes and such. So we really are trying to provide
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Speaker 3: success for these young entrepreneurs. But so they're going to
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Speaker 3: be here this Wednesday, so please please come out and
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Speaker 3: check them out, see what they have. They've been working
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Speaker 3: really hard on this and you can get a little
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Speaker 3: taste of our young entrepreneurs. If you go to our
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Speaker 3: Facebook page Discover Dixon, we did have pictures of all
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Speaker 3: the entrepreneurs as well as a little description of what
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Speaker 3: they're going to be selling. So check that out. Join
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Speaker 3: us this Wednesday for our final market. But you know,
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Speaker 3: while I do say it's final of the season, we
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Speaker 3: are going to host a pop up market in September.
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Speaker 3: So right now I'm going through the motion. It's got
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Speaker 3: to get city council approve road closures, making sure everybody's
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Speaker 3: on board bringing those those vendors back. But that's going
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Speaker 3: to be September seventeenth, So Wednesday nights five to eight
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Speaker 3: on September seventeenth. We did kind of give you a
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Speaker 3: little teaser on our social last week. We will continue
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Speaker 3: when we get all the details finalized and a lot
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Speaker 3: of that. People don't realize that there's a lot of
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Speaker 3: moving parts. It's not that I can just say I'm
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Speaker 3: going to have an event. I have to go through
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Speaker 3: the city. I fill on application, they have to approve it.
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Speaker 3: You know, the city workers helped set us up and
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Speaker 3: just there's just a lot of moving parts. But we're
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Speaker 3: feeling really pretty confident. So you know, August sixth this
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Speaker 3: week and then also we'll be back with one last
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Speaker 3: market on September seventeenth.
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Speaker 1: All right, so again, yeah, like I mentioned, the city
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Speaker 1: market is taking kind of a roller coaster and it's
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Speaker 1: mainly due to mom Nature that really it has been.
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Speaker 1: It's mainly due to Mother Nature because Mom Nature has
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Speaker 1: not been treating us very kindly with this city market
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Speaker 1: this year. I mean, we've had days of hot weather,
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Speaker 1: we've had days of pouring down rain, and they seem
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Speaker 1: to all come on Wednesdays.
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Speaker 3: On Wednesday, of course, you know, So we have talked
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Speaker 3: to Mother Nature and I think she's gonna.
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Speaker 2: Be really good to us this Wednesday.
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Speaker 3: And then also you know, September seventeenth, our last week,
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Speaker 3: Bobby White and Company was supposed to be a musical
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Speaker 3: artists and so we canceled with her unfortunately, but she
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Speaker 3: is going to come back on September seventeenth, so we
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Speaker 3: do have her coming back to Dixon. She's always a joy,
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Speaker 3: does a great job, and it's going to be a
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Speaker 3: niceest in September. To break it up, right, we all
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Speaker 3: like the Wednesday night market. It must be a great day.
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Speaker 3: Come and shop those wonderful vendors, get some food, enjoy
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Speaker 3: some music on our beautiful riverfront.
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Speaker 1: Okay, Ethan Bell is the talent this Wednesday City Market,
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Speaker 1: So even cross your fingers and hope it looks like
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Speaker 1: whether though this week is supposed to be pretty trenk
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Speaker 1: will here in our northern Illinois area. So hopefully we'll
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Speaker 1: have Ethan on board to entertain and we'll have the
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Speaker 1: City Market from five until late that's between the bridges
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Speaker 1: on River in downtown Dixon. Again, make it a point
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Speaker 1: to attend that this is the final official market, but
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Speaker 1: as Jennifer mentioned, they're going to hold a pop up
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Speaker 1: market in September mid September, and now, of course we'll
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Speaker 1: keep you updated on that as we move through the
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Speaker 1: year here at WIXC. Along with the City Market, we
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Speaker 1: have our Fitness Friday at the Riverfront that continues, and
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Speaker 1: this is going to continue, and we want to really
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Speaker 1: punctuate the fact that our Fitness Friday and Music at
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Speaker 1: the Square events are going further into this year than
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Speaker 1: the City Market.
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Speaker 2: That's correct.
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Speaker 3: So historically our market, our Fitness Friday Music at the
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Speaker 3: Square all ran through August and people probably wondering, like,
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Speaker 3: why are you ending it soon? If we've been doing
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Speaker 3: this for over ten years. This is our eleventh year
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Speaker 3: and what happens here is in August, it's a busy time,
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Speaker 3: right because of going back to school. People are trying
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Speaker 3: to find their routines. All those great sports are starting
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Speaker 3: back up, so our attendance kind of goes down, which
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Speaker 3: also hurts our vendors, you know. So that's why we
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Speaker 3: kind of shortened our bar keat Okay, but our Fitness
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Speaker 3: Friday and the music at the Square, as you said.
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Speaker 2: Is still running through August.
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Speaker 3: So Finness Friday seven am right down on the riverfront.
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Speaker 3: This week we have bar Fusion is the class, and
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Speaker 3: that's going to be hosted by rum I Studio. So
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Speaker 3: bring your matt, bring your water, join for free bar
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Speaker 3: class by Real am I Studio. It's been a great
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Speaker 3: partnership actually this year because not only have we been
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Speaker 3: partnering with realm I Studio, we've also been partnering with
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Speaker 3: the YMCA as well as Great and Grace and these
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Speaker 3: have all been free, right, so thank you to them
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Speaker 3: for sponsoring this.
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Speaker 2: But it gives you an idea.
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Speaker 3: You get to, you know, meet those instructors, right, maybe
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Speaker 3: you're finding out that one class is better suited for you.
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Speaker 3: It's a great opportunity for you to ask those questions
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Speaker 3: and again just to come see free if it's something
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Speaker 3: that you want to do, and then hopefully you do
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Speaker 3: go into their studios and you know, join some more
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Speaker 3: classes and find out it's fun. But it's just a
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Speaker 3: great way to get active. Friday morning, seven am, right
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Speaker 3: on the riverfront.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and then music at the square will continue all
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Speaker 1: the way through the end of August.
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Speaker 3: Absolutely, So John Dixon Park this Friday, August eighth, we
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Speaker 3: have Steve Catrone. He is a local here in our
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Speaker 3: Dixon area. He'll be the musical artist. So come on
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Speaker 3: down five point thirty to seven, bring your lawnchair, bring
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Speaker 3: the kiddos.
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Speaker 2: You know, it's a great park to be in.
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Speaker 3: You know, bring that pizza, the subway, you know, your
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Speaker 3: charcouterie board. It's just a great relaxing hour and a
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Speaker 3: half of live music.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you just settle in and you know, take in
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Speaker 1: the music of John Dixon Park and all you have
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Speaker 1: to have is really a lawn chair or a blanket
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Speaker 1: or whatever. And again some food. I know that Coverts
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Speaker 1: hands out some delicious delicacies.
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Speaker 2: That's try. We free Custard while supplying class.
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Speaker 1: Yeah that seems to go fast.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it sure does go by fast. But you know,
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Speaker 3: I just wanted to give a shout out. If you
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Speaker 3: guys ever go out to Music at the Square, you're
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Speaker 3: friendly faces.
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Speaker 2: Normally you always see me.
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Speaker 3: But we've had some great interns Danny love It and
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Speaker 3: Chloe Coyle, so they've been representing every Friday night at
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Speaker 3: the Music at the Square. So join us five thirty
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Speaker 3: to seven every Friday night.
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Speaker 1: Yep, John Dixon Park on the near north side. That
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Speaker 1: will one again through the month of August as well
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Speaker 1: the fitness. We want to really punctuate the fact that
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Speaker 1: Fitness at the Riverfront and Music at the Square continue
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Speaker 1: even though the City Market will end this week. We're
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Speaker 1: going to continue with those other activities regular on the
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Speaker 1: regular schedule for the month of August. Jennifer Lang is
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Speaker 1: our guest from Dixon Chamber, Dixon Main Street and Discovered Dixon.
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Speaker 1: We're going to take a break at the bottom of
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Speaker 1: the hour, but when we come back, we've got really
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Speaker 1: neat things coming up on the calendar of event list
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Speaker 1: for Dixon Chamber and Main Street. Jennifer is going to
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Speaker 1: spotlight those main activities in the next half hour with
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Speaker 1: us here at wix in time to go to Tim
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Speaker 1: Lee with News First Today eighty six degrees as we
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Speaker 1: go back to our special guest joining us for an
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Speaker 1: expanded talk line today here at WIXM. It's our Dixon Chamber,
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Speaker 1: Main Street and discovered Dixon Report with our good friend,
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Speaker 1: the director of Community Relations and Events with Dixon Chamber
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Speaker 1: and Main Street, Jennifer Lang is live with us this
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Speaker 1: morning and again part two of our talk line today
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Speaker 1: here at WIXM. Thank you, ma'am for sitting in with us.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, we got a lot going on out here.
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Speaker 1: Yes, we wanted to make sure that we got all
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Speaker 1: words out about all of the activities going on. We
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Speaker 1: talked about all of the regularly scheduled activities including business
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Speaker 1: after business, city market, fitness, Friday's music at the Square
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Speaker 1: in the first portion of our talk line. Now some
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Speaker 1: special events on the Dixon Chamber Main Street calendar, the
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Speaker 1: first one coming this.
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Speaker 2: Weekend, Phoenician.
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Speaker 1: Nice talk about that.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, So this Saturday, I'm down right there on the riverfront.
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Speaker 3: Kind of the same imprint as the market is, but
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Speaker 3: so European theme. Five pm to nine pm. We have
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Speaker 3: street performers coming in. We have a roaming magician. We
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Speaker 3: have lots of kids games and activities. One of our sponsors,
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Speaker 3: Soalk Valley Bank, you can come and decorate your own mask,
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Speaker 3: so they that's always a favorite there. I tell you,
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Speaker 3: there is so much darn glitter in the world on Saturday.
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Speaker 3: It's everywhere, but it's so much fun. We also do
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Speaker 3: have some food vendors. Of course Bby's right in the
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Speaker 3: heart of it. Then we also have Leena's Social Club
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Speaker 3: coming in there for some food options.
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Speaker 2: Missus Mintce popsicles will be there.
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Speaker 3: Those are always delicious. ConA Ice will be joining us.
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Speaker 3: We're having a spaghetti eating content. Yeah, calling all kids
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Speaker 3: of all ages. So we're gonna start registering that at
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Speaker 3: about five point thirty. The first contest will go on
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Speaker 3: at six o'clock. We're gonna have three different heaps going on,
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Speaker 3: so total twenty four people have the opportunity to eat.
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Speaker 2: A dosignated amount.
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Speaker 3: Everybody's gonna get the same amount and we're gonna count
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Speaker 3: you down. Whoever eats theirs first and stands up is
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Speaker 3: declared the winner.
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Speaker 2: So that's always been a hit.
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Speaker 1: You know.
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Speaker 3: I love seeing the little kids but it's pretty fun
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Speaker 3: watching those big kids participants.
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Speaker 1: His hands behind your back type of stus.
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Speaker 3: Oh, yes, you will not use anything that that spaghetti
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Speaker 3: will be on a plate and you just just dig
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Speaker 3: right in there. So but trust me, we have lots
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Speaker 3: of paper titles and what wives as well, so it's
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Speaker 3: sure is fun to watch, and of course getting those
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Speaker 3: photos are pretty awesome too, so check that out. Also,
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Speaker 3: you know, we have Jeff Summerling. He has been with
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Speaker 3: us for years and he comes from the Boston era.
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Speaker 3: He used to be in Chicago and moved but he
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Speaker 3: loves coming back to Dixon, so so he'll be coming
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Speaker 3: back again. And he makes really elaborate masks and then
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Speaker 3: he also, oh, he's such an artist and like makes
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Speaker 3: these bigger than life.
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Speaker 2: Props.
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Speaker 3: So last year he had a dragon and this dragon
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Speaker 3: was I don't even know, thirty feet long and he
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Speaker 3: had people helping him and went in and out of
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Speaker 3: the crowd. It was so much fun and uh, the
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Speaker 3: pictures were amazing. So he's gonna be there as well.
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Speaker 3: Dixon stage left will be joining us, so that's really
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Speaker 3: cool too.
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Speaker 2: They're going to actually be doing.
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Speaker 3: A gladiator a battle, so that's gonna be something really
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Speaker 3: cool and new. We will have our rock hunt, which
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Speaker 3: is always a favorite at this event, So we hide
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Speaker 3: rocks every thirty minutes right there on the riverfront. Uh,
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Speaker 3: you find a rock, you take it to the appropriate tunt.
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Speaker 3: We will then give you a coupon for a free
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Speaker 3: ConA ice and you get to keep that cool painted
15:50
Speaker 3: Venetian rock and then you get entered to win a
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Speaker 3: gift basket from Discovered Dixon. So so there's gonna be
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Speaker 3: a total of twenty five rocks being hidden throughout the event.
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Speaker 3: And then we're so excited to announce and well everybody,
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Speaker 3: we've already been announcing it, but we're having the area's
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Speaker 3: first drone show.
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Speaker 2: So that's going to go off at nine o'clock.
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Speaker 3: You're going to be able to see it right between
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Speaker 3: the two bridges between Glena and Peoria, and we're just
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Speaker 3: so pumped. So that is going to be a Venetia
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Speaker 3: Knight themed drone show and it should be just a
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Speaker 3: really cool fifteen to twenty minutes.
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Speaker 1: Wow. So's it's not a fireworks show, it is a
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Speaker 1: drone light show. Correct, It's going to be again presented
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Speaker 1: instead and this should be very interesting, you know, I've seen,
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Speaker 1: you know, televised, Yeah, drone light show. They are really
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Speaker 1: very interesting.
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Speaker 2: They're really interesting.
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Speaker 3: We wanted to bring something unique to the community, and
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Speaker 3: i'd been working with Rockford Chambers, so they actually have
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Speaker 3: had a drone show for a couple of years. So
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Speaker 3: I talked to him do stones and different things, and
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Speaker 3: working with the company, we could be more happy. They've
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Speaker 3: been great to work with, they're excited to come to Dixon,
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Speaker 3: and we're just thrilled to be able to offer something
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Speaker 3: new to our community. So hopefully you can join us
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Speaker 3: on the river or front because there's gonna be so
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Speaker 3: much going on everywhere you look. There's gonna be street performers,
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Speaker 3: the magician, the stuff to do see and then of
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Speaker 3: course at nine o'clock we'll get that drawn show started.
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Speaker 2: Yeh know.
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Speaker 1: I know that Daniel, we used to invite watercraft, you know,
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Speaker 1: and I know that the river is kind of dicey
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Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, it's kind of low. I know that
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Speaker 1: there's an opening too at the bridge construction site, the
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Speaker 1: Walking Bridge construction. It does allow watercraft through to the
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Speaker 1: riverfront area, but I think the river has been kind
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Speaker 1: of dicey.
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Speaker 3: You know, Yeah, exactly, and I've talked to a couple
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Speaker 3: of boaters, and I think you really need to know
17:49
Speaker 3: how to navigate through that narrow area. And of course
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Speaker 3: on some boats way more pontoons are a little bit
17:56
Speaker 3: more challenging than say the fishing fishing boat. But yeah,
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Speaker 3: we used to have the lighted parade and we quit
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Speaker 3: doing that about three years ago because the very last
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Speaker 3: year we decided absolutely not is the river was so high, right,
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Speaker 3: and so then all the debris coming down. The boaters
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Speaker 3: were just unsure because I was happening at night. At night,
18:16
Speaker 3: you know, you it was hard to navigate. So so
18:18
Speaker 3: we just quit doing that in general, and so now
18:22
Speaker 3: we kind of have boat races on land. Made it
18:26
Speaker 3: into a fun game. But yeah, that was always a
18:30
Speaker 3: fun thing to have too well.
18:31
Speaker 1: But you still get the water traffic even just to
18:34
Speaker 1: visit the riverfront. And that's why I put kind of
18:37
Speaker 1: the word out because I know that you know a
18:39
Speaker 1: lot of people even gear themselves, you know, to put
18:42
Speaker 1: their watercraft in and try to make it up to
18:44
Speaker 1: the boat docks. You know, at the riverfront side. You
18:47
Speaker 1: can still do that, but again, as you just mentioned,
18:50
Speaker 1: can have to take it kind of you know, touch
18:52
Speaker 1: and go because of the you know, the status of
18:55
Speaker 1: the river and where we sit, you know, as far
18:56
Speaker 1: as we checked with the park District last week and
19:00
Speaker 1: they did say that there, you know, it's available to
19:03
Speaker 1: navigate through that bridge construction area. But again because of
19:08
Speaker 1: the status of the river, you just have to check
19:10
Speaker 1: to see, you.
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Speaker 3: Know, if you're as use caution.
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Speaker 2: Boats are expensive.
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Speaker 1: Exactly. The Niches Night though August the ninth, starts at five,
19:19
Speaker 1: runs through the evening at the riverfront between the bridges
19:22
Speaker 1: and again, as Jennifer mentioned, just a ton of activity
19:25
Speaker 1: taking place during this again event this coming Saturday in
19:30
Speaker 1: our downtown Dixon area. We hope everybody turns out for that.
19:34
Speaker 1: A couple of things on the agenda coming up that
19:36
Speaker 1: we can kind of quick hit after we talk about
19:39
Speaker 1: a deadline coming up at the end of August. This
19:42
Speaker 1: has to do with the mural project.
19:44
Speaker 2: Right, Yeah.
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Speaker 3: So the Art Coalition is a facilitated by discoverer Dixon's
19:49
Speaker 3: made up of members who represent different art organizations within
19:52
Speaker 3: our community. So they are excited to be bringing a
19:55
Speaker 3: new mural opportunity to artists in our community. So you
19:59
Speaker 3: can find all this information. I encourage everybody anybody to
20:03
Speaker 3: go to our website because you're besides what we're talking about.
20:05
Speaker 2: Now, there's so much more to even check out.
20:08
Speaker 3: But discover Dixon dot com is where you can find
20:12
Speaker 3: And so the emissions, we're asking our artists to submit
20:17
Speaker 3: that by August thirty first. Selections and the artists will
20:21
Speaker 3: be notified by October thirty first, and they're looking at
20:25
Speaker 3: having the artists paint this is in twenty twenty six,
20:29
Speaker 3: so June one, twenty twenty six, and have it completed
20:32
Speaker 3: by August thirty first, twenty twenty six, with a proposal
20:36
Speaker 3: of a reveal would be that Labor Day September seventh.
20:39
Speaker 3: So all the information is on there. But so artists,
20:43
Speaker 3: if you are thinking or would like to submit, we'd
20:46
Speaker 3: love to see what you have. And the location where
20:48
Speaker 3: this mural is going to be at is at the
20:50
Speaker 3: Water Department building on East River Street, so right there
20:54
Speaker 3: on River Street. So we have the location already picked out.
20:58
Speaker 3: Now we just need that artists and for them to
21:00
Speaker 3: put it on paper, submit it, and then the Arts
21:03
Speaker 3: Coalition will review that and make that decision. But you know,
21:07
Speaker 3: Dixon's all about the arts and culture, so I love
21:10
Speaker 3: seeing the paintings and if you know, we have so
21:13
Speaker 3: many of course the wings over at Pillotate's and if
21:17
Speaker 3: you are walking downtown Dixon, we also have those bike
21:21
Speaker 3: posts that are superheroes. So we're just trying to add
21:24
Speaker 3: more murals to our community and this is the way
21:28
Speaker 3: to get involved.
21:28
Speaker 1: Well. And the reason that we put this word out
21:30
Speaker 1: is because of that August thirty first deadline. We needed
21:32
Speaker 1: to put that out because this will be before the
21:34
Speaker 1: next time that Jennifer and I will be on the
21:36
Speaker 1: radio together. So we wanted to make sure that that
21:38
Speaker 1: deadline was announced today and punctuate that deadline of August
21:42
Speaker 1: the thirty first. If you want to submit to be
21:45
Speaker 1: a part of that mural project, you have to do
21:48
Speaker 1: it by the end of August.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, And so just so you all know too, is
21:51
Speaker 3: the payment plan. So fifty percent of the budget will
21:54
Speaker 3: be provided with fifteen days of contract signature and then
21:58
Speaker 3: the remaining fifty percent will be upon completion of the process.
22:02
Speaker 3: So you can kind of put that in your budget
22:04
Speaker 3: and your thought plan when the artists are out there
22:07
Speaker 3: thinking what's going to look good on that water department building.
22:11
Speaker 3: And of course if you have any questions don't hesitate
22:13
Speaker 3: to give us a call. It Discover Dixon. Lucas Pauley,
22:16
Speaker 3: our marketing director, is leading this. But give us a
22:19
Speaker 3: call to eight four three three six's one if you
22:22
Speaker 3: have any questions, and we'll navigate through very good quickly.
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Speaker 1: We got about a half a minute left. We got
22:27
Speaker 1: a couple of dates on the calendar in September, and
22:29
Speaker 1: Jennifer and I we'll be talking about this in our
22:31
Speaker 1: next conversation. But again we've got a couple of really
22:34
Speaker 1: major events in September.
22:35
Speaker 3: Yeah, so mark your calendar. September sixth our Demental Music Festival,
22:38
Speaker 3: which will be in de Mintown Think a little smoke
22:41
Speaker 3: to Mentown Tavern. So gates open at two, music starts
22:45
Speaker 3: at three, four live bands. Fifteen dollars in advance, twenty
22:48
Speaker 3: at the door, but go online get those tickets now,
22:51
Speaker 3: come enjoy us. There's food and drink, we're gonna have
22:53
Speaker 3: vendors were there, we have a live painter. So it's
22:57
Speaker 3: definitely this will be our third year hosting this and
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Speaker 3: we are pumped.
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Speaker 2: Great line out.
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Speaker 3: We historically had Hello Weekend, which was a great party
23:06
Speaker 3: band and I'm sorry to say we're not bringing them
23:09
Speaker 3: back for our third year, but we have from Rockford
23:11
Speaker 3: on the Rocks, which is a party band, so we'll
23:15
Speaker 3: have a great time and it can't beat for four
23:17
Speaker 3: bands for fifteen dollars in events, So come join us,
23:21
Speaker 3: eat and drinks and a lot of good time, a
23:23
Speaker 3: lot of good music.
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Speaker 1: All right. So we'll have that to discuss and some
23:26
Speaker 1: more events coming up in the pipeline through Dixon Chamber,
23:30
Speaker 1: Main Street and Discovered Dixon. As we continue our conversations
23:33
Speaker 1: with Jennifer Lang from Dixon Chamber and Main Street how
23:36
Speaker 1: to do it for our report today, Man, thanks for
23:38
Speaker 1: joining us, Franks for having me. Jennifer Lang is our
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Speaker 1: Community Relations and Events director with Dixon Chamber and Main Street,
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