Tri-Village Chamber Partnership Business Spotlight Sept. 2016

2 New Members | 3 EVENTS |4 Business SpotlightS

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Business Spotlight Vol. 4 Issue 2 • Thursday, September 22, 2016

The 23rd Annual Taste of Tri-Village draws nearly 3,000 Formerly known as The Taste of Upper Arlington, this year’s event, held on August 4th, was a great success. While there were a few changes this year that changed the footprint of the event from years’ past, the event still attracted nearly 3,000 patrons and over 50 vendors. This year’s presenting sponsor was PNC Bank, while other event sponsors included Chingle, Upper Arlington Veterinary Hospital, Wright-Patt Credit Union, JackFM, James Hardie, Kroger, ThisWeek Community News, CityScene Magazine, HHH CPA Group and the City of

Upper Arlington. “We had a beautiful day, a great crowd, outstanding entertainers and a solid overall event,” said Michelle Wilson, Executive Director of the newly-formed, Tri-Village Chamber Partnership. “Overall feedback has been very positive and we had a wonderful time interacting with the local community.” One exciting addition to this year’s Taste event was adding a partnership with a local charitable organization. Patrons might have noticed a full-size COTA bus on the eastern edge of the event that was

filled with donations for the OSU Star House. The Star House serves local youth facing homelessness and other challenges. NextLevel Gives organized the fundraising portion of the event for the Star House and raised more than their goal of $60,000 to fund their project, The Abundance Bus. To learn more about this ongoing project, https://www.facebook.com/ nextlevelgives/. Many thanks to all of our partners, vendors and sponsors for your support. We look forward to next year! See more photos on pg 6

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“We had a beautiful day, a great crowd, outstanding entertainers and a solid overall event.” — Michelle Wilson Executive Director, Tri-Village Chamber Partnership