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Jacki Chamberlain, Marketing Specialist
Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau

The Wayne County Convention and Visitors Bureau, in the heart of Ohio’s Amish Country, has put together a great self drive tour highlighting some of the less traveled backroads of the county. The bureau suggests that you may want to grab your picnic basket and cooler before setting out to enjoy the gorgeous summer weather as this tour features stops at local farmers markets, bakeries, meat markets, wineries and breweries.
Come enjoy the backroads of charming Wayne County, Ohio while filling your picnic hamper with delicious, fresh from the farm, homemade and homegrown treats…the very best of backroads country cusine!

Enjoy our new Backroads Tour Video. Backroads of Wayne County Tour 

Marshallville Packing Co.
50 E. Market St.
Marshallville, OH 44645
330-855-2871
www.marshallville-meats.com
A complete line of old-world sausages, smoked meats, and cheeses.

IXL Pioneer Farm
3719 Zuercher Rd.
Apple Creek, OH 44606
330-317-1622
www.pioneerfarm.net
“Sustainable Agriculture with a Gourmet Flair”
Creating specialty artesian breads, cakes, cookies & pies. Free range Eggs.

Local Roots Market and Café
140 S. Walnut St.
Wooster, OH 44691
www.localrootswooster.com
A year-round, indoor, local food co-op featuring baked goods, meats, eggs, produce, arts and crafts. All from Ohio producers. Fresh seasonal dishes.
330-263-5336

Mint Brook Meadow Teas and Café
36 W. Main St.
Dalton, OH 44618
330-201-1058
www.mintbrookmeadows.com
Locally grown and produced air-dried peppermint and spear mint herbal teas, mint chocolates and granola cereal and bars. Café serving fresh sandwiches, soups and ice teas. Boxed lunches to go!

Silver Run Vineyard and Winery
376 Eastern Rd.
Doylestown, OH 44230
330-671-1115
www.silverrunwinery.com
Boutique winery featuring hand-crafted wines in a country setting. Relax by the coxy fireplace or on the covered back porch.

Troutman Vineyards and Winery
4243 Columbus Ave.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-263-4345
www.troutmanvineyards.com
Bring a picnic lunch and sample home-grown wine in the shade of their backyard. Feed the goats and take a stroll through the vineyard. Learn about the wine making process.

JAFB Wooster Brewery
120 Beall Ave.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-601-1TAP
www.JAFBBeer.com
Fresh American handcrafted beer made in historic Downtown Wooster . They invite you to bring your picnic to their tap room as they only do beer. Growlers available to go.

Secrest Arboretum & Gardens/OARDC
2122 William Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-464-2148
www.secrest.osu.edu
The perfect spot to enjoy a picnic. Open daily dawn to dusk. Enjoy the beautiful gardens and arboretum. Part of The Ohio State University’s Agricultural College.

Jacki Chamberlain, Marketing Specialist
Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Most of you are aware that Wayne County, Ohio is part of the world’s largest Amish settlement and home to Lehman’s Hardware, The J.M. Smucker Company Store, Everything Rubbermaid, and The Cat’s Meow Village. But were you aware that the Ohio Light Opera, summer resident opera company of The College of Wooster, is gearing up for their 35th festival season?
The 2013 season, which runs June 15 through August 10, opens with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s popular hit “The King and I.” Other notable shows for the 2013 season include: “Silk Stockings,” by Cole Porter and “HMS Pinafore” by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Ohio Light Opera performers are chosen from auditions that are held each fall in cities across the country, including New York and Boston. The artists that make up the residency ensemble are chosen for their ability to perform and participate at the highest level used in the repertoire-singing, acting, and dancing. The company is backed by a full orchestra of 30 musicians, professional set designers, choreographers, and seamstresses.
Over 20,000 patrons from across the country and around the world come to Wooster for the Ohio Light Opera performances in the intimate confines of the beautiful Freedlander Theater, which is located on The College of Wooster campus. Groups find the matinee performances fit in well with local restaurants that offer upscale dining and still leave time for sightseeing. Evening performances can be followed by wine parings or decadent desserts and coffee. Group discount rates and special packages at local hotels and bed and breakfasts are available.
Additional information about the Ohio Light Opera is available by phone (330) 263-2345 or online at OhioLightOpera.org. Further information about Wayne County can be found at www.wccvb.com or by contacting the Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau at 800-362-6474.

Jacki Chamberlain, Marketing Specialist
Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Spring is in the air and many of us have been thumbing through seed catalogs and watching home and garden improvement shows on TV in anticipation of warmer weather. For some reason, we look forward to outdoor jobs to be done in the spring that later in the season become simply dreaded outdoor chores.

To set you on the right path of colorful fragrant blooms and healthy delicious homegrown produce, Wayne County offers many gardening seminars, shows, and sales, all with the spring garden enthusiast in mind.

Here are just a few events scheduled for spring and early summer:

April 20: Earth Day Celebration, The Wilderness Center, Wilmot
April 27-28: Wayne County Home & Garden Show, Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster
April 27-28: Native Plant Sale & Gardening Seminar, The Wilderness Center, Wilmot
May 4: Wooster Noon Lions Flea Market, Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster
May 11: Plant Discovery Day, OARDC, Wooster
May 11: Heirloom Plant Sale & Open House, IXL Pioneer Farm, Kidron
June 8: Annual Rose Garden Open House, OARDC, Wooster
June 8-9: Spring Garden Fair, Quailcrest Farm, Wooster
June 8-9: Hydrangea Mania Days, Deborah’s Garden Market, Wooster
June 15-23: Warehouse Sale, Pine Tree Barn, Wooster

So after a winter of being stuck inside, get out and enjoy the warm spring weather and the sunshine on your face. Visit the Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau website at www.wccvb.com for details on the above events or for more wonderful springtime events in our area.

By Neil Cotiaux, Guest Writer

Sociologists describe America’s Silent Generation – those raised during the Great Depression or World War II – as cautious and conformist. By contrast, the so-called Baby Boomers – those born between 1946 and 1964 – are considered to be individualistic and cause-driven. Such labels fail to account for seniors like Wayne County’s Bill Erdos, whose approach to life and work has borrowed traits from each demographic group as part of the Encore Generation.

Erdos, raised just outside Wooster, graduated from Kent State University with a bachelor’s degree in biology, married early, started a family and then slid into a comfortable career in advertising and marketing – a purely “income-driven” move, he recalled this year.

But Erdos felt something was missing from his day jobs, so he built a couple of houses on the side to give vent to his talent for construction.

Then, 10 years ago at the age of 63, Erdos decided it was time for his second act.

Building Wooster’s brand

While Erdos plied his trade in advertising, Wooster was slowly remaking itself into a more chic and trendy destination for out-of-towners.

Twenty-five years ago, the city’s central business district suffered a 42 percent vacancy rate, largely as a result of outward expansion. Downtown Wooster had taken on a shopworn feel and lacked excitement. As executive director of the nonprofit community group, Main Street Wooster, Sandra Hull began enlisting the support of a network of civic leaders committed to change, including Wooster native and retired Goodyear CEO Stanley Gault. Wooster was on the road to renewal.

Energized by this accelerating revitalization, Erdos decided to take the plunge as a commercial developer and fully embrace his passion.

Purchasing a vacant pharmacy that he would convert into a pastry shop, he faced the immediate task of ensuring that his work would fit Wooster’s blueprint for change. The requirement was for diverse, independently owned businesses housed in renovated buildings that mix historical charm with modern verve.

According to Main Street’s Hull, Erdos quickly exhibited the traits of a successful developer: the ability to put a dream to paper, respect for a community’s historic character, a willingness to collaborate, care in selecting the right team of craftspeople and a commitment to local labor. In Erdos’ case, that included recruiting local Amish craftsmen.

Passion on fire

Once Tulipan Hungarian Pastry and Coffee opened and Erdos’ passion had been fully lit, he turned to other projects in rapid succession – 23 residential lofts, an upscale steakhouse, a wine cellar and other tasteful establishments, some done solo, others done with partners. These and other projects are keeping downtown Wooster’s commercial vacancy rate around five percent or slightly higher.

Consistent with the emerging look and feel of downtown, this grandfather of six believes that when melding past and present, less is more. This concept appeals to tourists, generates return business, and ultimately contributes to a developer’s profits as an investor in his own creations.

Peeling back plaster and drywall to expose century-old brick clearly excites Erdos, as does salvaging tin ceilings. His look is historical yet hip, and he does not favor adding “a lot of fluff.” In his lofts, he tries to “give a feel, a flavor of what people might experience in Chicago, let’s say, or New York.” Offering something a bit different may be one reason why his residential units have remained almost fully occupied and why the steakhouse in which he holds a financial stake is bustling.

The missing link

Successful city planning involves knowing what pieces of the property puzzle are lacking, and for Erdos and other community leaders, that missing link was a boutique hotel to cater to the class of outsiders that Wooster is seeking to attract.

Erdos poured both passion and personal muscle into the St. Paul Hotel, which opened in 2012. Twelve rooms and suites incorporate 50-inch flat screen televisions, heated floors and classic mid-century furnishings, all part of an “eclectic elegance” that’s receiving a warm response from business people and couples.

“There’s nothing that I’ve done previously that’s been as satisfying,” Erdos said as he sat in a leather chair in the hotel’s lobby. “Every once in a while I wonder why I wasn’t doing this a long time ago.”

So, what’s next at 72? Erdos laughed, mentioned retirement, but confided that he’s been approached to work on projects in other communities. However those may turn out, he added, “I’m pretty happy with what I’ve done.”

And so, might he add, are visitors to chic, vibrant downtown Wooster, all of whom benefit from his decision to become part of the Encore Generation.

Jacki Chamberlain, Marketing Specialist
Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Here it is folks, the hottest list in town, the 2013 calendar of area city and village wide garage sale dates.
The concept of the garage sale is nothing new, but making them more popular than ever are the “trash to treasure” shows on the Home and Garden and DIY Networks.
Smithville April 27
Shreve June 1
Creston June 6-8
Mt. Eaton June 7-8
Dalton Aug 8-11
Doylestown Sept 21
Shreve & Orrville Oct 5

Be sure to save the dates of August 8th through the 10th for the granddaddy sale of them all, the Lincoln Highway “Buyway Sale” including the village of Dalton. This sale runs along the route of the Lincoln Highway across the state and right through Wayne County! If you would like information on the Lincoln Highway Sale, visit their website at www.historicbyway.com. Don’t forget the Annual Wooster Noon Lions Flea Market at the Wayne County Fairgrounds June 1st or the NEW Wayne County Flea Market, opening May through October 8th. The flea market, located at 4767 Fulton Road, Smithville, will be open the first and third Saturdays and Sundays of the month from 8am until 4pm. Visit them on line at waynecountyfleamarket.com. For more information on area events and attractions visit the Wayne County Convention and Visitors Bureau website at www.wccvb.com.

Jacki Chamberlain, Marketing Specialist
Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Join the Village of Shreve, Ohio, just south of Wooster and home to Ohio’s largest in-land water way the 5,512-acre Killbuck Marsh, on Saturday, March 16, 2013 for the Shreve Migration Sensation. The day centers around the peak spring bird migration and includes self-guided tours with local experts located at Help Stations in the Killbuck Marsh, Shreve Lake, Brown’s Bog, and the Funk Bottoms wildlife area. Cost is just $10.00 per person or $15.00 per family and includes all events, six workshops, and location maps. Visit the many booths in the Birder’s Market Place where you will find a large selection of binoculars, spotting scopes, nature art, books, bird houses and feeders, shirts and hats with the migration logo. In addition to this year’s workshops enjoy these “Sensational” Family-Friendly Activities: Dip-Netting in the marsh for creatures with the Wilderness Center, Akron Zoo’s Live Animal Activities, and a Family Nature Area with games and crafts. The Shreve Library will have “hands on” programs with stories, coloring projects and crafts.
Registration opens at 7:00 a.m. at Shreve Elementary School, 598 North Market Street (State Route 226), Shreve, Ohio 44676. For a complete list of the day’s activities and workshop subjects and presenters visit their website at www.ShreveMigration.org.
Plan on spending the day in the quaint Village of Shreve with its authentic Amish Restaurant and Bakery, old fashioned hardware store and unique shopping. “It’s where good friends get together to enjoy nature!” Call the Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau for a brochure on the Migration Sensation and on other great Wayne County attractions at 800-362-6474 or visit them on the web at www.wccvb.com.

Jacki Chamberlain, Marketing Specialist
Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau

What a great song…only they aren’t singing about Wayne County, Ohio. We host many inside events during the winter months, so if you are suffering from cabin fever or the winter doldrums, the Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau invites you to visit our new 2013 Wayne County Directory and Calendar of Events online at wccvb.com, or a printed copy can be requested by calling our office toll free at 1-800-362-6474. No place to go? The next few months are full of amazing indoor events for the whole family.

Here is just a sample of some of the cozy and warm inside events Wayne County has to offer:

o Wooster Oilers Hockey Games & Family Skates at the Alice Noble Ice Arena
o Amish Country Spring Home and Garden Show at Buckeye Event Center in Dalton
o Rotary Club Antique & Collectible Auction at Wooster High School
o Wayne County Farm Toy Show at Greene Middle School in Smithville
o Northeast Ohio Sportsman Show at the Buckeye Event Center in Dalton
o Concerts and theater productions at the College of Wooster
o Migrations Sensation Birding Workshops at Shreve Elementary School
o Arts and crafts shows, toy and train show, health expo, bridal shows, pancake breakfasts, auctions and sales, quilt shows…just to name a few…

Many of our hotels offer special winter incentives during the off-season and feature indoor pools, hot tubs, free Wi-Fi and breakfast. So start a new family tradition with a Wayne County winter getaway…no place to go?
We don’t think so!

Jacki Chamberlain, Marketing Specialist

Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau

With gasoline prices at an all time high the Wayne County Convention and Visitors Bureau thought you might appreciate a list of no cost , or very low cost, events that are sure to entertain your family this fall.  We suggest visiting our website at www.wccvb.com or calling us at 800-362-6474 to request a FREE copy of the 2013 Wayne County Visitors Guide.  This directory is chockfull of no cost or low cost family friendly fall events as well as events for the entire year.  Also listed are the beautiful parks, bike trails, arboretums, gardens, lakes and wildlife areas in Wayne County along with many attractions that don’t charge an entrance fee.  How about a morning at a farmers market or an afternoon picking apples or pumpkins, the visitors guide can help you with both!

Here is just a sampling of the events we are talking about:

October 13          Winery Harvest Festival, Troutman Vineyards, Wooster

October 13          Shreve Tractor Parade, Shreve

October 13-14   Wayne County Farm Tour

October 13          Bucket & Beans Car Show, Blacksmith Shop, Marshallville

October 20-21   Woopex 2011, Stamp Club Show, Ida Sue School, Wooster

October 27          Jumpin’ Pumpkin” Train Ride, Orrville Depot

November 3       Buckeye Book Fair, OARDC, Wooster

November 3       NatureFest Arts & Crafts Show, The Wilderness Center, Wilmot

So instead of spending money this fall, try spending some time with your family enjoying the splendor of autumn, in beautiful Wayne County, Ohio!

Jacki Chamberlain, CTC Marketing Specialist
Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Wayne County, Ohio is well-known for its scenic back road drives. Pair the beautiful colors of autumn with Amish buggies filled with waving children, roadside stands selling fresh produce and hand woven baskets and you’ll experience why Wayne County is listed among some of the best scenic fall foliage drives in Ohio.

One particular Wayne County highway has been in the news lately as it is being considered as a possible future Ohio Scenic Byway, State Route 94, Mt. Eaton Road. This picturesque Wayne County road begins just north of Doylestown and continues south to the Village of Mt. Eaton dissecting the eastern edge of the county.

Those traveling along this stretch of highway will find beautiful farms and farmland stretching out as far as the eye can see at the crest of each new hill. If you’re lucky enough to pass through during harvest season you’ll be treated to the sights of Amish farmers gathering their crops by hand and with horse- powered equipment. There are many Amish homes, Amish businesses, and several Amish school houses along the south half of route 94, so please take your time, enjoy the road and watch for our Amish neighbors, many of whom will be on foot, pony carts, bicycles, and slow moving buggies.

Route 94 passes through the Village of Dalton where it intersects with the historic Lincoln Highway. The Sippo Valley Rail to Trail bike path can be accessed from the Dalton Village Green Park. Our next stop is the Village of Marshallville and The Marshallville Packing Company where it is like stepping into a meat market from your childhood. Bring a cooler along as you won’t be able to resist the display cases full of fresh meats, smoked cheeses and old world sausages.
Explore Rittman Orchards where you can pick your own apples and purchase fresh cider. Discover Johnson Woods State Nature Preserve with its 1.5-mile boardwalk foot trail providing spectacular views of one of Ohio’s few remaining old-growth forests.

For a free copy of the Wayne County Visitors Guide and map visit us online at www.wccvb.com or call the Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau at 800-362-6474. Wayne County is proud to show off the diversity of our beautiful countryside and autumn is the perfect time of the year to do that. We invite you to come for a visit and experience firsthand the warmth of Wayne County’s back roads hospitality.

Jacki Chamberlain, CTC Marketing Specialist

Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Summer vacation is over and the kids are heading back to school. It’s getting darker earlier and morning temperatures are cooler. High School Football is in the news and sweaters and sweatshirts are part of our wardrobe again. Where did summer go?
Not to fear, there are plenty of fun times ahead this autumn in Wayne County, Ohio. So if you feel summer has passed you by we invite you to visit us on line at www.wccvb.com or call for a free visitors guide and calendar of events so you can start planning an autumn adventure. It’s no secret that Central Ohio is known as one of the best places to view the changing colors of the season. Pair this sight with the scenic back roads of Amish Country and you’ve found yourself an incredible match made in heaven.
Check out The Outdoor section of our visitors guide for foot trails, bike paths, birding and fishing areas sure to please the outdoor enthusiast. Open daily from dawn to dusk, the Secrest Arboretum, part of The Ohio State University’s Agricultural Research and Development Center, is the perfect place to enjoy the changing colors.
Organize a family outing to Ramseyer Farms Maze Adventures and Pumpkin Patch this fall. You can visit the farm animals, wander through one of their many mazes, shoot a potato in the “spud slinger”, take a hayride into the fields to pick the perfect pumpkin or just sit back and enjoy the scenery while munching on a bag of freshly made potato chips.
Nothing takes as good as an apple fresh from the tree and Wayne County’s pick-your-own orchards won’t disappoint. Offering pony rides, fresh bake goods, and special dwarf size apple trees so everyone in your family can experience the delight of picking an apple right from the tree.
Wayne County likes to celebrate fall in style with many fall festivals, parades, car shows, and rail excursions. Here is a sampling of some of our harvest season celebrations.
September

14-15  Lehman’s Fall Festival Lehman’s, Kidron
22  Apple Festival Days Bauman Orchard, Rittman
27  Guided Autumn Walk Secrest Arboretum, Wooster
28-29  Woosterfest Downtown, Wooster
29-30  Potato Festival Ramseyer Farms, Wooster

October

5-6  Harvest Festival P. Graham Dunn, Dalton
6  Autumn Discovery Day Secrest Arboretum, Wooster
6-7  Apple Dumpling Festival Whispering Hills Campground, Shreve
6-7  Williamsburg Festival Pine Tree Barn & farm, Wooster
12-13  Enchanted Forest Wilderness Center, Wilmot
13  Fall Rail Excursion Railroad Heritage Society, Orrville
13  Winery Harvest Festival Troutman Vineyards, Wooster
13  Tractor Parade Downtown, Shreve
13  Bucket & Beans Car Show Historical Society, Marshallville
13-14  Farm Tour Southeast Wayne County
27  Jumpin’ Pumpkin’ Train Rides Railroad Heritage Society, Orrville

So grab a sweater, pack up the family car and come see why “fall is best of all” in Wayne County, Ohio!

For a complete list of festivals and activities see our visitors guide or our calendar of events on line at www.wccvb.com

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