In this weeks episode our host Jonathan Aymin sits down with wedding venue owner Sarah Bolte to discuss how she and her family have used weddings as a means to diversity their farming operation, how they use agritourism as a way to build community and educated families, and how her career and background in fundraising has helped her gain skills she uses as part of her venue sales processes.

About Our Guest:

Sarah Bolte and her husband John are business partners, dreamers and the hands and hearts behind Arlington Acres. Arlington Acres is set on the grounds of a working family farm in northwest Ohio just outside of Tiffin, Ohio. Their farm produces pumpkins, corn, soybeans, wheat, sunflowers and honey.

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The Barn at Arlington Acres was originally built by Civil War veteran Arlington Dunn in the late 1800’s as he prepared to build his farmstead. There is an archive on the farm’s namesake at the Rutherford B. Hayes Museum and Presidential Library in Fremont, Ohio.

The property and the farm were purchased by their family from the Dunn family in the 1970's and when they needed a name for the barn it seemed only fitting to name it after Arlington Dunn the original owner of this beautiful farm.

The foundations of the barn were first laid by the namesake Arlington Dunn in the late 1860s where it stood for several years and then was used as housing for the building crew and farm hands as they built Arlington’s beautiful home on the property. The lumber used for the barn and home is all native timber (butternut, walnut, and cherry) from the farm.

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In 2019, John and Sarah set about restoring the barn to it's former glory and updating it to become a wedding venue. The additions included re-siding, adding windows, restrooms, getting ready suites, a kitchen and patio.

In 2022 Arlington Acres was awarded Heritage Ohio's Historic Farmstead of the Year Award for their restoration efforts. The farm is located just outside of Tiffin and is about 90 minutes from Cleveland and Columbus, 60 minutes from Toledo, and only 30 minutes from Findlay, Fremont and Bucyrus.

Venue Info:

Arlington Acres

An Authentic Northwest Ohio Historic Barn Venue

3191 West State Route 18, Tiffin, OH 44883

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.arlingtonacresoh.com

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