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Talk Line: Janna Groharing talks Sterling Street Fest and other summer events · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back, Sock Valley. You're here with the Waking Crew
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  Speaker 1: on FM ninety five one and AM fourteen sixty WIXN.
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  Speaker 1: It's eight seventeen on your Wednesday, July eighth morning, and
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  Speaker 1: that means it's time for talk line and I'm joining
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  Speaker 1: the booth once again by our good friends from Sterling
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  Speaker 1: Main Street, John I gir Hearing here to share all
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  Speaker 1: the latest updates on the events coming to Sterling on
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  Speaker 1: what I've dubbed the Sauk Valley Summer Fun. Because there's
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  Speaker 1: always something to do here. You just got to get
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  Speaker 1: your butt out and do it. Good morning, Yeah, I know, right,
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  Speaker 1: quite a mouthful there, but I'm preaching on that soapbox
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  Speaker 1: any chance I get. There are so many events that
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  Speaker 1: are happening out here. I agree, yeah, and you're just
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  Speaker 1: about to lay down so many of them right now.
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  Speaker 2: You're trying to we're talking before we all add on air.
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  Speaker 3: I'm trying to narrow it down of what all the
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  Speaker 3: focus on because we've got so much coming up, big things,
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  Speaker 3: little things, all a just saying, shopping, all sorts of
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  Speaker 3: a whole.
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  Speaker 2: Variety of things going on in Sterling these days. Yeah, absolutely,
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  Speaker 2: and go ahead yeah, well, I mean, I guess we'll
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  Speaker 2: start with the first thing coming up is, you know
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  Speaker 2: our shops at Grand Implause. I've talked about that retailed
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  Speaker 2: incubator project for a while. Those girls are growing great
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  Speaker 2: guns this summer with all sorts of little pop up
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  Speaker 2: activities and guest vendors and things like that. As you
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  Speaker 2: know I mentioned like Paper and Hide had moved into
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  Speaker 2: their own storefront over in Fulton, leaving a vacancy for us.
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  Speaker 2: We've got a new business opening this Saturday, so bond
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  Speaker 2: Baby Boutique is coming to Sterling. She's been doing online
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  Speaker 2: retailing and things like that for a while now and
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  Speaker 2: anxious to get into a storefront. So she will be
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  Speaker 2: joining our girls at the shops at Grandom Plaza this
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  Speaker 2: Saturday's a grand opening. I do not understand she's uh,
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  Speaker 2: look at children's boutique. She's got toys, she's got clothing,
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  Speaker 2: new and gently used, all sorts of things. I do
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  Speaker 2: not understand this because I mean, I don't have kids myself,
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  Speaker 2: but squishies. Squishies are a thing. I don't know what
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  Speaker 2: they are, but squishy they're just I don't I have
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  Speaker 2: to quite don't feel like a stress ball.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I was thinking squishmallows or something.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know exactly what they are, but apparently they're
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  Speaker 2: all the rage and she carries them. So and so
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  Speaker 2: squishes is it like.
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  Speaker 1: A creature, like a stress ball creature.
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  Speaker 2: Like I've seen pictures of like sticks of butter, and
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  Speaker 2: there's all sorts of just random things and they're pretty
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  Speaker 2: good size.
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  Speaker 1: I love it.
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  Speaker 2: I understand it, But squishes are a thing I don't understand.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna have to go Saturday to check them out
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  Speaker 2: because I don't mean to shoes are.
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  Speaker 1: But I might have to get one. That would be hilarious.
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  Speaker 1: I love that, just to see me sitting here just
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  Speaker 1: squeezing away on a stick of butter herself.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, from what I understand, they are like kind
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  Speaker 2: of like beanie babies back in the day, like crazy
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  Speaker 2: collect things. So squishies are a thing. They're coming to
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  Speaker 2: the shops at grandom Plausa on Saturday through the Bomb
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  Speaker 2: Baby Bond Baby Boutique. That's a mouthful to say. The
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  Speaker 2: more you say it, the easier it gets. She named
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  Speaker 2: it after her daughter. She's got a new little girl.
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  Speaker 2: I love that she named it after her daughter, So
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  Speaker 2: that's coming up first thing this weekend. The next thing
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  Speaker 2: we got coming up next weekend, which is the eighteenth
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  Speaker 2: the Twin City Farmers Market, our year round farmer's market
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  Speaker 2: in Stirling. We're partnering with the Stockpla Area Chamber and
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  Speaker 2: the University of Villa Now Extension four h program and
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  Speaker 2: we're doing a youth and ag day. The four EAH
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  Speaker 2: Fair whatever the thing is that they do is called,
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  Speaker 2: is coming up this coming week I believe, and so
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  Speaker 2: then a lot of those youth are going to be
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  Speaker 2: at the Farmer's Market the following weekend with booth set
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  Speaker 2: up and selling their wares and stuff like that from
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  Speaker 2: the four EAG Fair. So it's a great way to
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  Speaker 2: if you've never been to the Farmer's Market, it's a
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  Speaker 2: great time to come down and experience support our local
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  Speaker 2: young entrepreneurs. You know, it's a future of ag and
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  Speaker 2: our community. You know, we've been talking for years, like
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  Speaker 2: as some of our regular vendors that have been there
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  Speaker 2: with us for the twenty years that the market's been open,
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  Speaker 2: you know, some of them are starting to retire and
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  Speaker 2: age out and slow down a little bit, and we're
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  Speaker 2: we've been really diligently trying to find make sure we're
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  Speaker 2: recruiting that next generation of farmers coming in, so we've
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  Speaker 2: got some youth to continue that pipeline of fresh produce
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  Speaker 2: and all that stuff that really makes the farmers markets special.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, for supporting for age, the favas and all
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  Speaker 2: those things and getting those youth involved at a young
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  Speaker 2: age and realize that they're local outlets for selling their
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  Speaker 2: farm products is a great way to you know, just
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  Speaker 2: get them, let them know that there are resources here
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  Speaker 2: in the community for them to use. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Great, great way to showcase that the farmers market itself
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  Speaker 1: has just been amazing, has grown and grown. Do you
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  Speaker 1: guys even have room for anymore vendors at this point?
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  Speaker 2: Outside We've got a few, you know, out outdoors. We're
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  Speaker 2: crowding them in and making room and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: The outdoor markets open through the end of October, so
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  Speaker 2: we are still taking space there. We do have a
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  Speaker 2: waitlist for indoors. We've got a little more space in
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  Speaker 2: the building and we are starting to more actively look
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  Speaker 2: at how we expand into that. I've had an one
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  Speaker 2: of my board members is an architect, so she's through
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  Speaker 2: the building with us starting to gather quotes and things
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  Speaker 2: like that for the work that would need to be
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  Speaker 2: done to actually get that space opened up and use it,
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  Speaker 2: so we can start some fundraising to hopefully make that
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  Speaker 2: happen here in the next year two. I mean ideally
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to get it done and it completed and
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  Speaker 2: open in the next two to three years, because I
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  Speaker 2: think we're really going to need it as the market
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  Speaker 2: continues to grow. We've had more sold out weeks this
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  Speaker 2: year outdoors than we have before. We've got a growing
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  Speaker 2: wait list of people that would like to use the
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  Speaker 2: indoor space and be there year round. We've got more
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  Speaker 2: vendors using our kitchen at the market, so we do
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  Speaker 2: have we do have the need to grow. It's just
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  Speaker 2: finding the space sure, Yeah, getting that space.
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  Speaker 1: Ready, yeah, getting that space ready lygn to doing fundraising
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  Speaker 1: to pay for it, But it's all it becomes worth
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  Speaker 1: it in the end, and it's just been growing at
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  Speaker 1: such a rate in between that and the waiting list. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I knew this was going to have to come sooner
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  Speaker 1: or later, So I'm glad to have you, yeah, confirming
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  Speaker 1: that for me.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's one of those things we've been talking about
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  Speaker 2: it for really years that we know we've got space.
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  Speaker 2: We've I mean it's in the thirteen years that I've
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  Speaker 2: been doing this, we've expanded that back room twice, just
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  Speaker 2: small little ways, but we can actually move that wall
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  Speaker 2: further if we want. But now we're getting into like
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  Speaker 2: more major construction where we're gonna have to start tweaking
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  Speaker 2: with plumbing, you know, the healthcare, we need to add
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  Speaker 2: to the sink. We probably need to add into the restroom,
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  Speaker 2: you know, well, we'll have to add another heating unit.
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  Speaker 2: So we're getting into the more complex, more expensive level
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  Speaker 2: of construction to make this next edition happen. But it'll
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  Speaker 2: be as that we'll be locked at that point. This
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  Speaker 2: is the most we'll be able to utize. The space
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  Speaker 2: will be as big as we're able to get at
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  Speaker 2: this location. So we want to make sure we do
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  Speaker 2: it right.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. No, absolutely, And I'm just gonna call it now
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  Speaker 1: before I retire from the radio station. I would not
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  Speaker 1: be surprised if you guys find another way to either expand,
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  Speaker 1: and I don't know if that's new construction or another
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  Speaker 1: building next, but uh, I don't see this thing slowing down.
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  Speaker 1: And now with the new park behind there, drawing even
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  Speaker 1: more crowds and people down. It's going to be needed,
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be warranted, and it'll be exciting to see.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll keep we'll keep doing what we can. We
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  Speaker 2: got to at least, you know, my working career yet
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  Speaker 2: hopefully hopefully that bridge across after our retire. But I'll
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  Speaker 2: get us as big as we can in the meantime.
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  Speaker 1: And in the meantime again, so many cool events going down.
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  Speaker 1: Which which one are we going to get.
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  Speaker 2: Into next Street Fat We're just kind of going in chronology, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: we'll go with street Fest next. So July twenty fifth,
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  Speaker 2: we're just two and a half weeks out. We've got
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  Speaker 2: a meeting this afternoon, trying to button up our last
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  Speaker 2: minute details. But Sterling street Fest, we're super excited about
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  Speaker 2: that this year. This is a brand new event for us.
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  Speaker 2: There's so much going on. I think we've got a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of something for everybody. We're not trying to
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  Speaker 2: bite off more than we can two but been working
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  Speaker 2: on updating everything with the website the last few days.
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  Speaker 2: So we've got three bands. Over the course of the
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  Speaker 2: day the band started. It's just it's from two o'clock
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  Speaker 2: in the afternoon until eight o'clock at night, so it's
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  Speaker 2: not a super long day. Yeah, it's all ages. We
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  Speaker 2: want you to bring you your families and your kids,
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  Speaker 2: all ages. We'll start the day with the Solution at
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  Speaker 2: two o'clock. We've got Lost Hills coming at four thirty.
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  Speaker 2: I know they were just they did then After Party
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  Speaker 2: here at Junior Fest last week. And then we've got
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  Speaker 2: the Breakfast Club, an Eighties tribute band, playing at six o'clock.
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  Speaker 2: And then if you want to stay out after that,
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  Speaker 2: Brinks on the patio there just around the corner from
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  Speaker 2: where we're doing the event Desirating the Wild that's going
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  Speaker 2: to be doing like there after Party on the Brinks
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  Speaker 2: patio starting at eight o'clock. Kids activities, We've got a
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  Speaker 2: ton of kids activities that kicking off at two o'clock.
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  Speaker 2: The ninth hole Mini Golf will be there with the
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  Speaker 2: mobile eighteen. They are offering that for free, so Freeman
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  Speaker 2: Golf all day. We've got a graffiti wall. We will
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  Speaker 2: have a large inflatable obstacle course. I believe Spider Man
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  Speaker 2: is the theme of that. I believe. We've got two
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  Speaker 2: face painters that will be offering free face painting for
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  Speaker 2: the day. Lots of big yard games, hula hoops, connect
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  Speaker 2: for ring toss games, all sorts of just fun activities
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  Speaker 2: for the kids to be doing, all sorts of food vendors.
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  Speaker 2: Basically all of the bars and restaurants within that walking
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  Speaker 2: area will be open. We've kind of got a festival
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  Speaker 2: district going on, so you'll be able to walk into
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  Speaker 2: Brinks or Lisa's Brick House, or Kelly's or Champs or
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  Speaker 2: Dunks or luckily, don't grab your food, bring it out
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  Speaker 2: to our picking tables, grab a cocktail, bring it out
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  Speaker 2: to the picnic tables. So we don't have a specific
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  Speaker 2: beer tender into that kind of thing. Well, you'll be
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  Speaker 2: able to support our local businesses doing that. In addition
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  Speaker 2: to that, we've got Brito's Grill, Cocomoa, Shaved Ice, Main Squeeze,
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  Speaker 2: the Strolling Theater will have a table set up with
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  Speaker 2: their Popcorn Sunday Fun Day, the Cookie Lab, Foody brit
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  Speaker 2: Bakes in. The Sterling American Legion is going to be there.
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  Speaker 2: They'll be doing some growing and stuff like that for
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  Speaker 2: hot dogs and things like that, and along with the
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  Speaker 2: Sterling American Legion, White Day kind of honor Flight will
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  Speaker 2: be there with them. So if you've ever wanted more
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  Speaker 2: information on Honor Flight, whether it's volunteering or potentially you
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  Speaker 2: or yourself, or you've got a family member that might
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  Speaker 2: be eligible for upcoming Honor flights, great way to come
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  Speaker 2: down and learn more about that. So Honor Flight will
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  Speaker 2: be there. We're kind of excited about that. And then
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  Speaker 2: we've got a maker's market, so also there on Third
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  Speaker 2: Street where are we doing the event? And then down
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  Speaker 2: in Dale Park we had so many such a good
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  Speaker 2: response to our maker's market. We are utilizing both areas.
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  Speaker 2: So we've got over thirty vendors that'll be there and
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  Speaker 2: they are all listed on our website, and we do
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  Speaker 2: have we've got a little bit more room in Dale Park,
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  Speaker 2: so we've got if you you know, had something come up,
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  Speaker 2: you've got a wee get open up in your schedule.
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  Speaker 2: You've decided, Hey, you know, I really want to do
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  Speaker 2: street Fest. Now give us a call, drop me an email.
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  Speaker 2: We do not have the application online anymore, but I
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  Speaker 2: will send it to you on request. We don't want
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  Speaker 2: to be inundated so trying to control so just reach
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  Speaker 2: out to us, send us a DM on Facebook or
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  Speaker 2: give the office a call. We can get to the
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  Speaker 2: application if you want to vent. The space is only
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  Speaker 2: available in Dale Park, but we do have some more
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  Speaker 2: vendor space available. So between bands, shopping, you know, supporting
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  Speaker 2: your local makers, supporting the local businesses, kids activities, we've
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  Speaker 2: got something to entertain you all day long. It's it's
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  Speaker 2: being held right there on Third Street, basically right at
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  Speaker 2: the front door of my office, closing Third Street down
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  Speaker 2: from between Locus Street and First Street or First Avenue,
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  Speaker 2: so just that one little block and utilizing the Light
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  Speaker 2: Street alley which kind of runs there behind Alakalitho and
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  Speaker 2: dunk Sendini Furniture. That'll be our main area there, along
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  Speaker 2: with a little Light Street segment of Champs's patio. That'll
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  Speaker 2: all be interconnected. So it's free admission. There's no charge
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  Speaker 2: at all, So you just park wherever you want and
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  Speaker 2: walk in any point of entry. There's no real gate
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  Speaker 2: or anything like that, just use a set sidewalks and
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  Speaker 2: walk on through. We've got a map on our website.
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  Speaker 2: We've got the listing of all the bands, We've got
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  Speaker 2: the listing of all the kids activities, we get the
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  Speaker 2: listing of all our sponsors who we could not do
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  Speaker 2: this without We've been super grateful for all of them
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  Speaker 2: this year. It'll be a great day, you know, with
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  Speaker 2: no admission, no ticketing and and that kind of stuff,
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  Speaker 2: just kind of come and go as you please. The
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  Speaker 2: one thing about Third Street that's kind of nice is
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  Speaker 2: because you're there between all the buildings, it stays pretty shady.
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  Speaker 2: Stame with the light Street Valley. I know a lot
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  Speaker 2: of people complain about the sun in downtown strolling in
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  Speaker 2: the late afternoon, but really that little area where we're
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  Speaker 2: doing this should stay relatively shady or it should be
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  Speaker 2: easy to find some pockets of shades, so it shouldn't
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  Speaker 2: be too bad. Otherwise, Yeah, it should be were hat
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  Speaker 2: to wear, hat wear hat wears screen. I'm saying here
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  Speaker 2: beforehead's been a weekend because I forgot that on Sunday afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean we're looking forward just a really
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  Speaker 2: really great day. We've heard a lot of you know,
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  Speaker 2: we really just we want this event to grow and
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  Speaker 2: kind of become the signature event for Stirling.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it may take Block Party on steroids,
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  Speaker 1: I mean awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it'll take us sixty years to get
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  Speaker 2: to Portunity Fest level, but we youve got to start somewhere,
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  Speaker 2: so you know, street fast six hours. Yeah, that's a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of everything come and goes you please hunt.
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  Speaker 2: Everything is free. The only thing you'd have to pay,
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  Speaker 2: you know, food and beverage. Obviously you're gonna have to
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  Speaker 2: purchase that, but you're supporting the local businesses.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and you had to eat anyways, go out and
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  Speaker 1: have a good time, enjoy some music, bring your kids.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to sleep fantastic and thank you for it.
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  Speaker 2: You know. And so I thought at eight o'clock, so
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  Speaker 2: it's not even past bed times. Yeah, you know you're
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  Speaker 2: home before technically before dark even probably you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: probably just getting to be dark, because you get that's
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  Speaker 2: one thing I said. I'm like, I don't want to
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  Speaker 2: be teared down at two o'clock in the morning. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the guests can leave at eight o'clock, you know, will
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  Speaker 2: stall have some work to do after that. We do
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  Speaker 2: still need could use a few volunteers, so there is
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  Speaker 2: a link on the website as well if you'd like
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  Speaker 2: to come out and help bring this event to life. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: next year we'll probably even looking to grow the grow
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  Speaker 2: the committee and things like that. We started with just
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  Speaker 2: a small group this year, so come down, check it out,
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  Speaker 2: give us your feedback, help us grow this event. If
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  Speaker 2: you want this to continue in Sterling, support it and
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  Speaker 2: help us grow it.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: If there's something you don't like about it, something we
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  Speaker 2: needed to different next year, let us know. We don't know.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we want to build this for you, for
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  Speaker 2: the community, for Sterling, so we need your input on
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  Speaker 2: how to keep growing this and making it great for
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  Speaker 2: our town.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody out there designed some Sterling Street Fest swag, that's
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  Speaker 1: what you know. We need that.
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  Speaker 2: We I think we're oping to We've been talking with Jatam,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm thinking we might. We'll see some swag and
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  Speaker 2: we do have strolling stuff in our office so if
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  Speaker 2: nothing else, our office is right there so and there's
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  Speaker 2: other vendors, so yeah, there's there'll be plenty of swag.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. We could. I don't think we could
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  Speaker 1: possibly top the events. We're going to Chronologic Quarter and
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  Speaker 1: we do have a few minutes and we'd be remiss
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  Speaker 1: if we didn't bring up hot Dog Day.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, hot Dog Day. I mean, do you really
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  Speaker 2: need to say anything more than that it's hot dog Day.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody knows about Hot Dog Day. It's Friday, August seventh,
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  Speaker 2: it's Hot Dog Day. We're working on gathering the supplies.
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  Speaker 2: We'll have about seven thousand hot dogs, will be selling
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  Speaker 2: from eleven until two. I believe we've got seven different
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  Speaker 2: cooking sites, cooking locations if I go around the downtown
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  Speaker 2: in my Head County market the Strolling Fire Department, Stirling
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  Speaker 2: Federal Bank, the Stirling Police Department at City Hall, Airplay
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: Espresso and Bakery, and Champs on Lake Street. I believe
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: those are my Golden heat gifts. They're my one off
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: the beaten path. But Golden Key's been cooking for years
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: with us. Got about seven thousand hot dogs. The Chamber
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: is working on the funfair that'll be happening down at
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: the Australia Marketplace. We've got other activities that will be
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: strewn throughout the downtown. The girls at the Shops at
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: Granda Plaza doing a little hot Dog Day sidewalk social
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: shopping spectacular, other businesses doing some cool stuff around the downtown.
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  Speaker 2: So Hot Dog Day is always a good day to
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: get out and explore and see what's happening in downtown strolling.
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: But that'll be Friday, August seventh, and then you know,
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: really it's a full day of fun because after Hot
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: Dog Day, we've got our third rally of the Rock
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: that evening, so that Friday night is our next railay
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: in the Rock cruising, and then it's also the city
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: is doing a movie in the park that night, making
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: up the one that rained out earlier this year.
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, okay, that is a full day.
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: We've got another full day, full day and right into
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: a couple of evening activities. And what's kind of cool
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: is the cruise in our music's from six to eight,
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: but that the movie is gonna start at dusk, which
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: is gonna be thirty, so you can do both of
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: those too.
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah, No, absolutely, I love it. As I always said,
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: something always something to do. You just got to get
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: your put out there.
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: Say, and it's a little bit of something for everyone,
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: you know, Thanks for adults, thanks for kids, thanks for
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: all ages, you know, families, adults, singles, what you know,
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: there's a little bit of something for everybody.
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's all about community, getting out and being
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: part of your community. I love it. I can't wait
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: to hear more. I can't wait for us to talk
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: on the ten year anniversary of Sterling Street Fest because
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: it will. It's going to come and see where that goes.
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: I love it. Thank you so much for coming on
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: the show talking about all this and for all the
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: you know, all the work that you all do over
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: there at Sterling Main Street, for all the volunteers, your sponsors, everybody.
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: It takes all of you and what you're doing to
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: make these things happen, so I appreciate it.
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: Thank you.