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As the calendar flips to a new year, it’s natural to take a look back over the year ending, to wonder where the time went and to take stock of all that happened. For residents of Fulton County, 2022 was surely a year like many others: full of familiar people, places and events, work, school and worship. It was a year of businesses opening and closing and moving. Of elections, festivals, the fair, contests and awards. Of volunteering, fundraising and donating to worthy causes. Of births, deaths, grief, hope and hard work. The year’s end is a time to shine a spotlight over the prior 12 months and highlight just a few of the “marquee” moments the community enjoyed and which the Shopping Guide News reported to you. Times Theater Marquee On Dec. 16, the rejuvenated marquee of the old Times Theater in downtown Rochester was officially illuminated once again. The event echoed New Year’s Eve in New York City’s Times Square, complete with softly falling snow, a crowd cheering in the street and a 10-second countdown. “I think it’s awesome,” said local business owner Stacy Heckathorn of Craft Crossing and Antiques, who was in the crowd. “It was so run-down. I think it’s just wonderful, beautiful.” The relighting of the marquee — with its dancing lights, glowing neon and colorful digital boards — showed the progress being made in a longtime, nonprofit project to renovate the Times Theater into a venue for community events. A lot of fundraising has been going on behind the scenes and a lot of work has been happening inside the building, but residents were able to witness the outdoor marquee restoration over the past many months as they drove
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or walked by the theater on Main Street. A grand reopening of the theater is expected in February 2023. Decades Of Chili And Cars Early October saw the 30th annual Chili Cook Off and Red Hot Car Show in downtown Rochester. That’s 30 years. The fall weather was perfect, people filled the street, the 16 chili entries were double from the year before, and 550 cars were on display. Manitou Moose Lodge No. 1107 was crowned chili champ of the big event. Making A Splash A new splash pad at City Park in Rochester made a big splash with children when it opened in May. Local women (and sisters) Andi Lee and Wendy Zent spearheaded the project, working with the Fulton Economic Development Corp.
to tap funding and with city officials to help create a space where kids can splash, play, yell and cool off in the summertime. Public Art ‘Destination’ Murals in downtown Rochester by Full Tilt Arts were named a “destination” as part of Visit Indiana’s Arts & Culture Passport program, as Shopping Guide News highlighted in August. Full Tilt Arts is a nonprofit group dedicated to bringing art to public spaces in Fulton County. It was formed in 2019 by Christine Walsh, her husband, Brian Walsh, and Erica Coffing. See the group’s artistic handiwork next to the Native Nook, at Primos Bar & Grill and at Webb’s Pharmacy, all on Main Street. Main Attraction The Rochester Downtown Partnership is a nonprofit group with the goal to make downtown —
with an emphasis on Main Street — a welcoming, vibrant place for businesses, residents and visitors, as the Shopping Guide wrote about this past summer. “The heart and soul of a community is its downtown,” Harry Webb, the organization’s president, told the Shopping Guide News. “It’s what makes that community unique.” The fruits of nearly $1 million in grant money the group has snagged have gone toward improvements to downtown facades and awnings, the installation of bike racks and benches, mural projects and the revitalization of the Times Theater. Always More The Fulton County Bark Park opened in May at the Richland Restoration Nature Park, to the delight of dogs (and their huContinued on page 3
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