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Talk-Line: Lucas Pauley, Dixon Main Street Marketing Director · 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: June thirty, the year is twenty twenty five, and it's
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Speaker 1: time for another informational edition of Tukline here at wix
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Speaker 1: and 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 Commresce, your Dixon Main Street and your
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Speaker 1: discovered Dixon Organization and the marketing director Dixon Chamber of
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Speaker 1: Congress Main Street Discovered Dixon is live with us at
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Speaker 1: the microphones this morning. Our good friend Lucas Polly joins
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Speaker 1: us in this hour here at wix In.
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Speaker 2: Good morning, sir, Good morning Steve housing On.
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Speaker 1: I am fine. We are on just a tad bit
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Speaker 1: early just we wanted to make sure that we got
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Speaker 1: Dixon Chamber and Main Street in and this is the
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Speaker 1: final day, Okay, this is the final day. It's not
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Speaker 1: the first Monday of the month, you know, it is
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Speaker 1: the final Monday of June. But we wanted to make
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Speaker 1: sure that we had our good friends from Dixon Chamber
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Speaker 1: and Main Street along for the ride. Obviously, Lucas taking
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Speaker 1: ahead of taking a look ahead at this upcoming very
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Speaker 1: important week here in Dixon.
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Speaker 3: Right, yeah, yeah, yeah, obviously the Patinia Festival gets gone
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Speaker 3: this week. You know, Discovered Dixon helps out with the
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Speaker 3: infest organization quite a bit and involved in the Reagan
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Speaker 3: Run and helping volunteers for that as well and advertising.
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Speaker 3: So we uh, we're definitely busy too this week. So
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Speaker 3: we've got a lot going on.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, you know, and it's great to you know,
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Speaker 1: you're great to see organizations Chamber Main Street, Discovered Dixon, Dixon,
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Speaker 1: Petunia Festival, I mean working together, you know, to get
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Speaker 1: word out, to get the information out, and obviously when
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Speaker 1: these events and activities come around, a lot of busyness
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Speaker 1: with you guys, you know, you know, taking care of
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Speaker 1: some things and you know you got your own you
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Speaker 1: know events, right.
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Speaker 3: We we do. So we've got Brush and Bloom this Friday.
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Speaker 3: So that's an annual thing that Discovered Dixon has done
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Speaker 3: as part of the p Tunia Festival at the old
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Speaker 3: Lee County Courthouse. You basically have a sidewalk square that
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Speaker 3: you can paint so you can come and sign up
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Speaker 3: that day. Space might be limited. We do have quite
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Speaker 3: a few sign ups pre registered already. You can still
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Speaker 3: pre register online as well, right, now for fifteen dollars
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Speaker 3: and then I think it will be twenty dollars a
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Speaker 3: day of So that's July fourth, at the Old County
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Speaker 3: Courthouse at nine am to eleven.
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Speaker 1: I got to tell you that this has become a
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Speaker 1: very popular I'm not kidding. It's a very popular event now.
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Speaker 1: You know. Dixon Chamber and Main Street introduced this to us,
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Speaker 1: you know, a few years back. It's been in the
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Speaker 1: running and so I've been on the Petunia Festival schedule
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Speaker 1: for some time now. But I'll tell you the popularity
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Speaker 1: of this event has really grun. I have seen the numbers,
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Speaker 1: it really has.
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Speaker 3: I mean it wraps all the way around the outside,
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Speaker 3: the inside sidewalks. I mean, I think we we have
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Speaker 3: well over one hundred sign up squares, so I mean
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Speaker 3: that's that's pushing the limited squares over there. So we'll
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Speaker 3: definitely keep everyone updated on Facebook, you know, as as
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Speaker 3: sign ups come in. We probably still wilso have some
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Speaker 3: squares available on Friday, but yeah, if you want to,
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Speaker 3: if you want to do it, I'd sign up early.
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Speaker 3: Save that five dollars a.
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Speaker 1: Square exactly, you know. And and with the popularity of
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Speaker 1: this event, you know, yeah, there's a lot of squares
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Speaker 1: on the side watch but I'll tell you, you know, there
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Speaker 1: are a lot of kids that just love to get
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Speaker 1: out there and do the art. And and it's it's
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Speaker 1: kids of all ages. I got it. I got it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know.
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Speaker 1: Moms and dads.
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Speaker 2: You know, there's adults with no kids.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, there's it's we've seen some of the same kids.
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Speaker 2: You know.
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Speaker 3: We take pictures every year and you can see the
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Speaker 3: kids grow up through the through the years through the pictures.
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Speaker 2: Is very cool.
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Speaker 3: So yeah, families have made it a tradition which is
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Speaker 3: very very cool.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. And this being again Friday, the fourth of July,
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Speaker 1: you know, it's Independence Day. You know, a lot of
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Speaker 1: folks are off, a lot of kids are you know
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Speaker 1: here in town wanted to take part. It's at the
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Speaker 1: old Lee County Courthouse Square and that's where it'll be
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Speaker 1: held nine until eleven. They'll give you you get.
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Speaker 3: All the Yep, it goes until noon, but we do
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Speaker 3: give supplies from nine to eleven, so and that's just
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Speaker 3: you know, if you're not there by eleven starting to paint,
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Speaker 3: they're probably not going to get it done. So yeah,
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Speaker 3: if you want to get there, you know, get there
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Speaker 3: around nine and started, you know, hang out.
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Speaker 1: And again you are taking through.
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Speaker 3: Yes, so you can go to discover Dixon dot com,
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Speaker 3: go to the events tab and then that'll be a
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Speaker 3: drop down and then just go to Brush and Bloom
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Speaker 3: and you'll find it right there.
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Speaker 1: And again you get all of the supplies. You get
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Speaker 1: the paint, you know, the brushes, those things, that's all included.
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Speaker 1: That's all there and for fifteen bucks. I'll tell you what.
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Speaker 1: The kids just love it and it is an increased
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Speaker 1: price twenty dollars again through July third into the fourth
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Speaker 1: of July. So again make sure that you either preregister
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Speaker 1: or get your registrations in before the Brush and Blue
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Speaker 1: event at the Dixon Petunia Festival happens on the fourth
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Speaker 1: of July, starting at nine o'clock. I wanted to talk
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Speaker 1: to about the Reagan Run this year. Yes, you guys
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Speaker 1: are hip deep involved in.
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Speaker 3: We are, so yeah, we've been very involved in the
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Speaker 3: Reagan Run. The Reagon Run donates to our organization, so
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Speaker 3: very very involved with them. I love partnering with them,
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Speaker 3: so we help volunteer. We also help run their ad
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Speaker 3: campaign on social media as well. So we've done a
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Speaker 3: lot of things we you know, help with the volunteer
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Speaker 3: and get in the water in the morning, you know,
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Speaker 3: handing out the pizza. So yeah, we we are very.
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Speaker 2: With the Reagan Run.
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Speaker 3: And then the race, you know, starts and ends at
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Speaker 3: starts at the Reagan Ronald Reagan boy at Home and
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Speaker 3: ends at Haymarket Square as usual. Yep, it is a
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Speaker 3: different route, but it'll start and end at the same spot,
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Speaker 3: and then it's twenty five dollars until July third, and
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Speaker 3: then thirty five dollars of the day of the event.
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Speaker 3: If you want to sign up near the a for
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Speaker 3: the Reagan Run, you can do that as well. So yeah,
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Speaker 3: we're very involved with that as well.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you know, and Dixon Chamber Main Street, you know,
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Speaker 1: is one of the organizations that get support yearly from
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Speaker 1: again proceeds from the Reagan Run. The Reagan Run is
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Speaker 1: unique in this aspect because it donates the funds back
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Speaker 1: to organisms like Dixon Chamber.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, very thankful for that. Yes, and I just
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Speaker 3: want to make sure it's Saturday, July fifth, starts.
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Speaker 2: At eight am.
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Speaker 3: And yes, the Reagan Run, you know, we're happy to
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Speaker 3: partner with them, and I do think I've heard people
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Speaker 3: say that they are quite a bit past you know,
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Speaker 3: the past couple of years as far as participants signed
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Speaker 3: up so far. So yeah, it should be a lot
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Speaker 3: of people running. I think people are excited for the
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Speaker 3: course and not not going through Page Park, you know,
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Speaker 3: for a one time, you know, the beautiful park that's
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Speaker 3: our new park that's going to be over there, basically
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Speaker 3: with all the construction, you know, staying away from the
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Speaker 3: park just this this year. But it does seem like
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Speaker 3: the course might be a little bit flatter. People are
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Speaker 3: excited to maybe run, So I don't know what's the
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Speaker 3: increased sign ups are all about, but maybe that's it.
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Speaker 2: Who knows.
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Speaker 3: I'm running, so I'm excited to not go through Page Park.
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Speaker 3: I do like going up those hills, but it'll be
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Speaker 3: fun to do something different for it for one year.
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Speaker 1: There's your key. I think that's that's one of the
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Speaker 1: major keys, is because it presents a different look and
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Speaker 1: maybe a different challenge for these runners. It's still a
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Speaker 1: five k, it's still going to be the same distance,
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Speaker 1: but it's going to be different. You're going to see
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Speaker 1: different locales and you're going to see different you know, areas,
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Speaker 1: and I think that's intrigued. Yeah, you know, the support
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Speaker 1: of the the Reagan Run. This year it's the twenty
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Speaker 1: fifth annual too, so it's kind of an anniversary year.
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Speaker 1: You're taking part in the you know, the silver anniversary
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Speaker 1: of the Reagan Run as well, so I think.
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Speaker 2: That all Yeah.
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Speaker 3: So it's tying in the new walking path. Very cool,
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Speaker 3: very very nice to you know, highlight that a lot
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Speaker 3: of people who may have not you know, been on
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Speaker 3: the walking path will be able to see it for
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Speaker 3: the first time while they're running. So it's very exciting
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Speaker 3: to kind of highlight that new addition to town as well.
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Speaker 1: All right, So again look for Dixon Chamber and Main
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Speaker 1: Street support during the Reagan Run. They'll be you know,
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Speaker 1: out there with their volunteers and supporting the Reagan Run,
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Speaker 1: which happens on Saturday, July fifth, during our sixty first
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Speaker 1: and annual Dixon Petunia Festival. One other Petunia Festival. Note
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Speaker 1: before we hit the half hour and that's the parade,
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Speaker 1: you guys are going to be in the parade.
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Speaker 3: We will be in the parade, yes, So I'm sure
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Speaker 3: you've seen Discover Dixon in the parade you know for
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Speaker 3: many years. We will be there with our van, you know,
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Speaker 3: right and through we'll be you know, handing out candy
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Speaker 3: and some other you know, nice surprises that tie into
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Speaker 3: the beach theme this year for the Reagan Run. So
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Speaker 3: you know, very excited to see everyone in the parade.
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Speaker 3: So yeah, Friday, Saturday, Sunday will be part of the
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Speaker 3: Petunia Festival festivities as well and the Reagan Run as well.
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Speaker 3: So yeah, busy weekend, but you know it's the best
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Speaker 3: time of the year, so.
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Speaker 1: Much for the Patunia Festival display. You know, during the
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Speaker 1: parade again, that will be Sunday at one o'clock as always,
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Speaker 1: steps off at the corner of Peoria and Seventh. It's
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Speaker 1: their regular route. I believe it's the regular route for
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Speaker 1: the parade. I don't think that's been.
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Speaker 2: I don't believe it's changed.
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Speaker 1: I don't know that's not that's not been altered. So
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Speaker 1: the parade will happen and again Dixon Chamber, Dixon Main Street,
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Speaker 1: and Discovered Dixon will have again their festivities in the
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Speaker 1: Dixon Petunia Festival Parade for so watch for that. Just
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Speaker 1: a couple of quick hits about the Petunia Festival. You
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Speaker 1: mentioned that the roads are going to be clear.
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Speaker 3: Yes, so I believe roads will be closing on Wednesday.
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Speaker 3: You know, the downtown music portion does not start till Thursday,
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Speaker 3: but they do start closing the roads, making everything safe,
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Speaker 3: getting the vendors in on Wednesday. All that information I
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Speaker 3: believe is on the Patinia festivals. You know social media
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Speaker 3: as well. They've you know, connected with all the downtown
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Speaker 3: businesses and everything too. And then yeah, we'll be you know,
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Speaker 3: you won't be able to go to that, you know
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Speaker 3: Hennepin and River down there like usual, but you know,
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Speaker 3: ample parking downtown for the events and everything.
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Speaker 1: So you know, just what about your offices are they
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Speaker 1: going to be open during Patunity.
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Speaker 3: So Petunia Festival, we are actually going to be working
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Speaker 3: off site on Wednesday and Thursdays, so you can get
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Speaker 3: a hold of us, leave us some you know voicemail
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Speaker 3: or info at Dixonnow dot com, all the informations at
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Speaker 3: Discovered Dixon as well, so if you need to get
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Speaker 3: a hold of us, you know, you can contact us
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Speaker 3: through Facebook or Instagram as well, and we'll all be there,
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Speaker 3: but we'll be working off site just because they're closing
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Speaker 3: the roads and everything going on down there, and I know.
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Speaker 1: The Petunia Festival has their offices down the area as well,
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Speaker 1: right probably you know, right up the road they do.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, they are on the corner of River and Hennepin,
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Speaker 3: and I do believe their office is open today, Tomorrow
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Speaker 3: and Wednesday from ten to six. I want to say,
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Speaker 3: I know that's on their Facebook and website as well.
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Speaker 3: So if you need to get those last minutes advanced
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Speaker 3: tickets Carnival and I think that's you can still get
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Speaker 3: those through Wednesday as well.
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Speaker 1: Patunia Festival information with our marketing director of the Dixon
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Speaker 1: Petunia Festival, I should say Dixon Chamber and Dixon Main
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Speaker 1: Street and Discover Dixon Organization. Lucas Polly is live with
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Speaker 1: us this morning. Now we're going to kind of step
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Speaker 1: away from the Petunia Festival, take a look at some
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Speaker 1: other events and activities going on that Lucas wants to
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Speaker 1: chat about, and he's going to do the honors between
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Speaker 1: eight thirty and nine as we continue our coverage of
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Speaker 1: the Dixon Chamber in Main Street and Discovered Dixon Report
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Speaker 1: today here at Wi Sedu with our good friends from
10:51
Speaker 1: Dixon Chamber, Dixon Main Street and Discovered Dixon. The marketing
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Speaker 1: director those organizations with us today live in studio to
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Speaker 1: give us the little This is our monthly check of Chamber,
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Speaker 1: Main Street and discovered Dixon News and Information. Lucas Polly
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Speaker 1: is our guest today and we thank you for joining
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Speaker 1: us and the expanded talk line today.
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Speaker 2: Thank you, sir, Yeah, thanks for having us stick around.
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Speaker 1: Well, it's always a pleasure. We always have a full
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Speaker 1: plate when it comes to Chamber and Main Street. It
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Speaker 1: seems like every month here at wq WY. I said, now,
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Speaker 1: we do have some activities. We talked about Dixon Petunia
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Speaker 1: Festival and the Chamber in Main Street's involvement with Dixon
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Speaker 1: Petunia Festival for twenty twenty five. But there are other
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Speaker 1: events on the calendar going on, and we should point
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Speaker 1: out first of all, Lucas that there will be no
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Speaker 1: City Market in music at the Square this.
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Speaker 3: Weekend next week. Yep, so those are we will continue those.
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Speaker 3: The City Market will come back on July sixteenth. The
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Speaker 3: Midnight Purchase is the band that week from Milwaukee. Great band,
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Speaker 3: they've been here a few years. And music at the Square.
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Speaker 3: Jeff Kage, I think July eleventh will be the first
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Speaker 3: week back after that, so that will act. There will
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Speaker 3: be music at the Square next Friday, okay. No city
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Speaker 3: market this weekend next week.
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Speaker 1: Okay, so yeah, so a two week it is for
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Speaker 1: the city Market, but just one week hiatuses for Music
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Speaker 1: at the Square, which will continue at John Dixon Park
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Speaker 1: on the north Side again on July the eleventh. So
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Speaker 1: we did what to mention of the enclosures of those
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Speaker 1: main activities because they are central activities. Good to attendant
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Speaker 1: so far it's the city Market and good attendance at
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Speaker 1: both early Music at the Square. Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Music at the Square has been community favorite too as well.
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Speaker 3: So yeah, it's been very very nice to see the
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Speaker 3: attendance this year at both of those.
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Speaker 1: Okay, right, so again want to remind you of that.
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Speaker 1: Now to some other Dixon Chamber, Main Street and again
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Speaker 1: discovered Dixon activities again taking place from June and into July,
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Speaker 1: as a matter of fact, a couple of main July
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Speaker 1: activities that we wanted to talk about the next Business
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Speaker 1: after Biden. Now, we won't hold one in June, right,
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Speaker 1: we won't. We won't. We already did, we already did? Yeah, okay,
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Speaker 1: so the next one is next month, and you wanted
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Speaker 1: to talk about that it is.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, so business after business the July Business after Business
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Speaker 3: for quite a few years has been at the Sok
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Speaker 3: Valley Community College. So SoC gets, you know, a bunch
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Speaker 3: of the community chambers together and holds a business after
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Speaker 3: business event. It's very very fun. They do a great job.
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Speaker 3: They have an awesome spread. Everyone is encouraged to wear
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Speaker 3: Hawaiian themed shirts. Discovered Dixon has our own Hawaiian Discovered
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Speaker 3: Diction shirts. Now we've joined the club. So that is Thursday,
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Speaker 3: July seventeenth from five to six thirty pm at SOCC
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Speaker 3: Valley Community College.
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Speaker 2: You know, very great opportunity.
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Speaker 3: Just to connect to with the entire community, not just Dixon,
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Speaker 3: but Morrison, Sterling, Rock Calls. So yeah, it's a fun
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Speaker 3: event to get everyone out there.
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Speaker 1: Multiple chambers again will be at this one because it
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Speaker 1: is that annual multiple chamber event. It's business after Business, yes,
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Speaker 1: but it is through multiple chambers of commerce that are
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Speaker 1: going to gather on Thursday, July seventeenth. We're a great
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Speaker 1: networking event starting at five o'clock at Sock Valley Community College.
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Speaker 1: And here comes the golf. Yeah.
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Speaker 3: And you know when you put these events together in
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Speaker 3: a list, you kind of realize, oh, the golf outings
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Speaker 3: the next.
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Speaker 1: Day, so yeah, that's right. Yeah, so you guys haven't.
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Speaker 2: Really put that together yet.
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Speaker 3: So today, h Yeah, So we've got the Discovered Dixon
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Speaker 3: golf outing Friday, July eighteenth at Timbercreek Golf Course, you know,
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Speaker 3: having it there again, great, great time.
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Speaker 2: We had a great golf outing the last couple of years.
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Speaker 3: And I do believe, you know, wet we still are
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Speaker 3: accepting teams. I think we are almost you know, at
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Speaker 3: eighteen teams, so we might be doubling up some holes
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Speaker 3: if we do accept some teams. But call our office.
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Speaker 3: You know, Amber Schmid's the one who handles that at
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Speaker 3: our office. She does a great job with the golf outing.
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Speaker 3: And then I think we are still accepting you know,
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Speaker 3: whole sponsorships as well. If you want to be at
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Speaker 3: a whole your business organization, you know, call Amber our
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Speaker 3: office and then we can kind of set you up
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Speaker 3: there too. You can go to Discovered Dixon dot com
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Speaker 3: and find that information as well. So and yeah, golf
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Speaker 3: outings the next day. So yeah, that'll be a busy
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Speaker 3: week right there.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, back back to back activities with that business after
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Speaker 1: business at Salk Valley Community College on the seventeenth. Then
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Speaker 1: right after that on the eighteenth of July, it's the
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Speaker 1: Discovered Dixon Golf outing at Timber Creek. And again, as
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Speaker 1: Lucas just mentioned, again, maybe hopefully you can get yourself
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Speaker 1: still again situated to play golf, but sponsors, yes, again
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Speaker 1: encouraged to attend and to be a part of the
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Speaker 1: Dixon Chamber, Dixon Main Street and Discovered Dixon Golf outing
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Speaker 1: on Friday, July the eighteenth. A couple of other areas
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Speaker 1: that we wanted to talk about. One is about ready
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Speaker 1: to conclude as far as what we've organized earlier in
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Speaker 1: the year, taking it through the mid section of summer,
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Speaker 1: and that's your banner program.
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Speaker 3: It is so the banner program we have unveiled the
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Speaker 3: new banner program that is wrapping up basically today or tomorrow.
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Speaker 2: I've got a.
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Speaker 3: Few orders I know that are coming in today and
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Speaker 3: we are trying to wrap up that order before we
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Speaker 3: go on a little bit of a break before the
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Speaker 3: fourth festivities this weekend. So yeah, if you haven't ordered
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Speaker 3: your banner for this year, that's the downtown banners that
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Speaker 3: hang up downtown and we had a very you know,
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Speaker 3: beautiful banner this past year as well, so we're excited
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Speaker 3: about the new banners, but that is wrapping up, so
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Speaker 3: you can find all that information at discovered Dixon dot com.
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Speaker 3: I'm a broken record, but at the top of discovered
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Speaker 3: Dixon dot com there's a banner program right at the top,
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Speaker 3: so click on that. It'll give you all the information
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Speaker 3: and you can actually fill out the form right there
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Speaker 3: and our office can invoice you or you can call
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Speaker 3: for more information.
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Speaker 2: All that information is right there for this year's banner. Excellent.
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Speaker 1: And now now the banner program, let's let's take it
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Speaker 1: a little a step further. Obviously, you know, if you
16:35
Speaker 1: if you haven't seen the downtown Dixon decorated with the banners,
16:38
Speaker 1: shame on you, because they're really now a major part,
16:40
Speaker 1: really are a major part of the Downtown Dixon uh decorations.
16:44
Speaker 1: And again they're very handsome banners. They hang by the
16:47
Speaker 1: light posts.
16:47
Speaker 2: They do yep.
16:48
Speaker 3: And you know, the nice thing about the new walking
16:50
Speaker 3: path too, is that we have some of those light
16:51
Speaker 3: posts going to Dementtown as well, so it's you know,
16:53
Speaker 3: it stretches even beyond downtown a little bit, which is nice.
16:57
Speaker 3: And having that opportunity to kind of get those banners
16:59
Speaker 3: over there too, So you know, the more orders we get,
17:02
Speaker 3: the more banner spots we can fill every year. So
17:04
Speaker 3: it's you know exciting, you know when we get those
17:07
Speaker 3: you know, higher numbers for the banners, we can make
17:09
Speaker 3: you know, at the downtown looking prettier.
17:10
Speaker 1: Absolutely, and obviously we're encouraging businesses, you know, to be
17:13
Speaker 1: a part of the sponsorship of the banners, but it's
17:16
Speaker 1: you don't have to be a business.
17:17
Speaker 2: It is not.
17:17
Speaker 3: So yeah, we've got families you know that are our
17:19
Speaker 3: loved ones on there. We've got organizations. You know, if
17:23
Speaker 3: you are a member of Discover Dix and Dixon Chamber,
17:25
Speaker 3: you do get a little bit of a discount as well.
17:27
Speaker 3: But yeah, you can you know, some some families have
17:30
Speaker 3: done it year after year. You know, businesses, you know,
17:33
Speaker 3: you'll get your basically, you'll get your logo on there
17:36
Speaker 3: if you have you know, if you're doing it for
17:38
Speaker 3: a family or a love one, you'll get whatever you
17:39
Speaker 3: know name or family name you want on there as well.
17:42
Speaker 3: So yeah, your your imprint will be on there for
17:44
Speaker 3: an entire year and you'll be able to see that,
17:46
Speaker 3: you know, hanging somewhere downtown.
17:48
Speaker 1: And the registration is wrapping up.
17:51
Speaker 3: It is today or tomorrow. Yeah, yeah, I would say
17:53
Speaker 3: get it in or let me know at least today
17:55
Speaker 3: or tomorrow.
17:56
Speaker 2: And you know, we'd be happy to kind of work
17:58
Speaker 2: with you if you need a.
17:59
Speaker 3: Few days to figure it out or you know, some
18:01
Speaker 3: people have bosses they need to get things approved by
18:04
Speaker 3: and I totally understand that. So yeah, if we can,
18:06
Speaker 3: you know, get that wrapped up here, you know, in
18:09
Speaker 3: the next couple of days, you know, trying to get
18:10
Speaker 3: that order, go.
18:11
Speaker 1: To that website, Discovered Dixon dot com. Go to that
18:13
Speaker 1: area of Discovered Dixon dot com, and again be a
18:16
Speaker 1: part of the really neat banner program. And this is,
18:19
Speaker 1: as Lucas mentioned, stretching out. That's just not the downtown.
18:24
Speaker 1: Now we're stretching out and you're using a lot of other,
18:26
Speaker 1: you know, areas as far as decorating and getting the
18:30
Speaker 1: banters up in our Dixon area courtesy of Dixon Chamber
18:33
Speaker 1: and Main Street and Discovered Dix. Another activity that we
18:37
Speaker 1: wanted to mention before we let Lucas go, and that's
18:39
Speaker 1: the mural activity go.
18:42
Speaker 3: Yeah, so the Arts Coalition, which is Discovered Dixon facilitates
18:46
Speaker 3: the Arts Coalition.
18:47
Speaker 2: I'm a member of that as well as our.
18:50
Speaker 3: Executive director, Amanda Wyke is a member of that as well.
18:53
Speaker 3: So we are currently accepting bids for an upcoming MURA
18:59
Speaker 3: project at the Water Department building on River Street.
19:03
Speaker 2: I am eluded by the.
19:04
Speaker 3: Exact address, but I'm sure you're familiar with it on
19:06
Speaker 3: River Street and that is being accepted right now. So
19:12
Speaker 3: we've got a few applications in. We're very excited about that.
19:16
Speaker 3: We know of a few more applications that are probably coming.
19:19
Speaker 3: People are asking questions. I just got another question in
19:21
Speaker 3: my email this morning from somebody who's looking to apply,
19:23
Speaker 3: so it is definitely heating up. I believe we are
19:26
Speaker 3: accepting until August thirty.
19:29
Speaker 2: First, I think.
19:31
Speaker 3: Trying to get my dates right, but as yeah, August.
19:35
Speaker 3: So that's that's all online as well. You can actually
19:38
Speaker 3: look and find that information as well. You can find
19:41
Speaker 3: Arts Coalition under the living tab at discovered Dixon dot com.
19:46
Speaker 3: So you go up to the top of discovered Dixon
19:48
Speaker 3: dot com, there's a living tab and you can just
19:50
Speaker 3: you know, click that for the drop down and go
19:51
Speaker 3: to the Arts Coalition. You'll be able to find that
19:54
Speaker 3: and actually apply for the mural up there. You'll be
19:57
Speaker 3: able to upload your resume, your cover letter, you're pieces
20:00
Speaker 3: of work.
20:01
Speaker 2: That you've done.
20:01
Speaker 3: All that can be uploaded right there. And then you
20:04
Speaker 3: have some contact email, so if you need to email
20:06
Speaker 3: me a question before you want to apply, that's all
20:08
Speaker 3: right there as well. And we are also taking applications
20:14
Speaker 3: or inquiries i should say, from businesses who are interested
20:17
Speaker 3: in having a mural on their property as well. So
20:20
Speaker 3: we're currently accepting inquiries for that on that same page.
20:23
Speaker 3: So if you are a business or an organization or
20:26
Speaker 3: a property owner around town and you think your piece
20:29
Speaker 3: of property would be a great place for you a mur,
20:32
Speaker 3: we are taking those suggestions right now and then kind
20:35
Speaker 3: of going from there for upcoming projects, you know, whether
20:37
Speaker 3: that's you know, five ten years down the road, but
20:40
Speaker 3: we're looking to see, you know, who might be interested
20:42
Speaker 3: in having art downtown or beyond so the community. Yeah, yep,
20:47
Speaker 3: so we're very excited about that. So yeah, the Arts Coalition,
20:51
Speaker 3: we also had some you know, we've got the picnic
20:53
Speaker 3: tables that we revamped this year.
20:56
Speaker 2: The City.
20:59
Speaker 3: Street Department Tyle of Near did a great job with
21:01
Speaker 3: a new vehicle to transport those picnic tables. We've got
21:05
Speaker 3: some new tents that organizations have used. So the arts
21:08
Speaker 3: coalitions very involved in getting you know, the arts and
21:11
Speaker 3: the events around town, you know, supported by some new
21:16
Speaker 3: infrastructure that was needed a little bit. So it's been
21:18
Speaker 3: it's been awesome to see some organizations already utilizing those
21:21
Speaker 3: things as we've gone through this year.
21:23
Speaker 1: So don't forget about that mural project though, And if
21:26
Speaker 1: you're interested in you know, contributing or being a part
21:29
Speaker 1: of that, you know, contact Dixon Chamber, Dixon main Street,
21:32
Speaker 1: Discovered Dixon and they'll again put you in touch with
21:36
Speaker 1: the information you need in order to set yourself up.
21:40
Speaker 2: Now.
21:40
Speaker 1: Choices will be made then.
21:42
Speaker 2: Later on or I believe we will.
21:46
Speaker 3: Notified October thirty first, So yeah, I'm reminding myself it's
21:51
Speaker 3: just a long process. But and then you know the
21:54
Speaker 3: time to complete the process would be next year, from
21:56
Speaker 3: June to August, so that would be the actual time
21:59
Speaker 3: you would be you know, painting whoever is selected at
22:02
Speaker 3: as that artist.
22:02
Speaker 2: So yeah, we're very excited, all right.
22:04
Speaker 1: Yeah, uh, And we'll continue that information flowing from Dixon Chamber,
22:07
Speaker 1: Dixon main Street, and Discovered Dixon. Discovered Dixon dot Com
22:10
Speaker 1: obviously is a headquarters. Uh for a lot of this
22:14
Speaker 1: information that Lucas talked about today, Petunia festival information, sign
22:17
Speaker 1: up information, neural information, it's all there at Discovered Dixon
22:21
Speaker 1: dot com. But you can call your office.
22:23
Speaker 3: Right yeap to eight four three three six one, so
22:25
Speaker 3: you can give us a call as well. Like I said, well,
22:27
Speaker 3: we will be closed. We will be open but off
22:31
Speaker 3: site Wednesday and Thursday. So if you need us, just
22:33
Speaker 3: give us a caller, you know, message us on Facebook
22:36
Speaker 3: or email and we'll get we'll get a hold of you.
22:39
Speaker 1: So a busy time, a busy time for everybody yeh
22:42
Speaker 1: connected with the Dixon Petunia Festival, including Dixon Chamber, Dison
22:45
Speaker 1: Main Street and Discovered Dixon. Lucas Paula, the marketing director, Sir,
22:49
Speaker 1: we thank you so very much for dropping.
22:50
Speaker 2: Thanks for having us see you.
22:51
Speaker 1: Thank you always a pleasure chatting with Lucas and our
22:53
Speaker 1: friends from Dixon Chamber and Main Street on today's talk
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Speaker 1: line here at