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By Madelyn Braho<\/a> · Staff Writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grove City hosts annual Oktoberfest to celebrate the season. \u2014 GROVE CITY OKTOBERFEST FACEBOOK<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Prepare for a busy Broad Street: Oktoberfest is arriving in Grove City next week. Local businesses will be open for a community day on Friday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be the third year Broad Street has held an Oktoberfest event. It is organized by Heather Blanchard, owner and operator of D\u2019Licious Bouquets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All local businesses on the street are welcome to participate. The storefront beside Precision Cuts, opposite the Guthrie, will host the Smiling Moose Distillery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The street will remain open, except for a small portion of East Pine, which will be a children\u2019s area. Bookends Bookstore will host free pumpkin painting, and there will be a racecar and a firetruck on display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sponsors include Saxony House Furniture, Joden\u2019s Jewelry, D\u2019Licious Bouquets and Bookends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treebeard Brown, a local band composed mostly of teachers from Grove City High School, will be performing in the gazebo near Coffaro\u2019s at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blanchard also organizes Light Up Night with Santa in December as a way to bring some attention to Broad Street. \u201cOur downtown is charming and cute, but a lot of us are struggling,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her business is one of the longer-running ones now: She has been open since 2014. Her hope is that having these events will help bring people, especially college students, downtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The past two years have been very successful, according to Blanchard. \u201cAt one point you couldn\u2019t even walk down the street with how full it was,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oktoberfest will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3 on Broad Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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