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over 100 shops are located in our Uptown District!

Find out why we can say we are a Miracle Half Mile by visiting us! Our doors are open and we are happy to provide you with a variety of services/shoppes and needs!

The editors of Money Magazine have named Westerville
as one of CNN/Money Magazine's 2008 Top 25 Best Places for Affordable Homes in the nation.

Westerville is #5 on the list!
Money Magazine

Pamper yourself in Uptown

"Meeting shop owners recently in uptown Westerville, I found the vibe fantastic.
They're thrilled about what looks like a resurgence in their corner of central Ohio. "

Kristy Eckert, Columbus Dispatch

"I loved reading every word (enewsletter).  I am going to forward this to all new residents that I help find a home in Westerville.  This is the Westerville I enjoy talking about. You and your group are adding so much to our UPTOWN. Uptown is coming alive!  
  
Again, thank you.

Emma Yanok, ABR                             
"The Real Estate Teacher"
RE/MAX Affiliates
570 N. State Street, Suite 110
Westerville, Ohio 43082
614-891-1661, 614-946-0728
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Top Ten Reasons to Shop Local
(adapted from http://www.staylocal.org/facts/why/)

1. Protect Local Character and Prosperity
By choosing to support locally owned businesses, you help maintain Westerville's diversity and distinctive flavor.

2. Community Well-Being
Locally owned businesses build strong neighborhoods by sustaining communities, linking neighbors, and by contributing more to local causes.

3. Local Decision Making Local ownership means that important decisions are made locally by people who live in the community and who will feel the impacts of those decisions.

4. Keeping Dollars in the Local Economy. Your dollars spent in locally-owned businesses have three times the impact on your community as dollars spent at national chains. When shopping locally, you simultaneously create jobs, fund more city services through sales tax, invest in neighborhood improvement and promote community development.

5. Job and Wages
Locally owned businesses create more jobs locally and, in some sectors, provide better wages and benefits than chains do.

6. Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship fuels America’s economic innovation and prosperity, and serves as a key means for families to move out of low-wage jobs and into the middle class.

7. Public Benefits and Costs
Local stores in town centers require comparatively little infrastructure and make more efficient use of public services relative to big box stores and strip shopping malls.

8. Environmental Sustainability
Local stores help to sustain vibrant, compact, walkable town centers-which in turn are essential to reducing sprawl, automobile use, habitat loss, and air and water pollution.

9. Competition
A marketplace of tens of thousands of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices over the long-term.

10. Product Diversity
A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based, not on a national sales plan, but on their own interests and the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices.

AND STILL MORE REASONS!

FREE PARKING in Uptown

WE HAVE A WANDERING POLICEMAN during the day and when able, 3rd shift officers do check doors at night.

CRIME DATA (QUERIES) available

SECURITY SURVEYS offered by our Police Dept.

Uptown BLOCK WATCH

COMMUNITY CONTACT - Carrie Ryan
Crime Prevention Specialist
Westerville Division of Police
29 S. State St.
Westerville, OH 43081
(614)901-6490.

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Regular Business Events!

Deja Vu
Annual Sale - October
11. N. State St.
614-890-1150

Markets - Wednesdays 3-6pm, & Saturdays 10-1pm
Corner of State and Main

Foul Play Mystery Book Store
Monthly Book Club
13 E. College Ave.
614-818-CLUE

Gallery 202-
Art/Summer Camps/Theater Class/Photo Classes/birthday parties/scout classes
38 N. State St,
614-890-8202

Meza Wine Shop
Wine Tasting Events
Wednesday/Friday 48 N. State St.
614 259 3101

That's So Sweet Candy & Gift Boutique
Birthday Parties
13 E. College Ave.
614-895-0100

Columbus Running Company
Every Saturday Runs
20 South State Street
(614) 839-0698

Uptown Merchant Columbus Running Co. and it's running group, the Cbus Pacers, have group runs for all abilities every Saturday at 8am. Meet at the store and join one of the many pace groups for a run in Westerville. More details can be found at www.CbusPacers.com or www.columbusrunning.com

Community Events

Fourth Fridays - April - Sept., 6-9 pm WVCB

Westervile Music & Arts Festival - Heritage Park - Second weekend in July

Otterbein Pennant Days - June, Sept., Oct.

Midnight Madness - Annual WUMA event - October - Friday night the closest to Halloween

Holiday Celebration -Tree lighting, Uptown Events, Parade - 1st weekend in December- City of Westerville