Who Knew These Things?! - enjoying Canton with Nakia & Tracy

This week, we are getting ready to attend another Thirsty Thursday at the Hall of Fame Village tomorrow night!
Nakia shared her volunteering experiences at the Black College Hall of Fame game weekend!
Tracy visited the Side Street Markets at Oakwood Square over the weekend!

We hinted at a local partnership that we'll be announcing soon! We are so excited to partner with a fun upstart that focuses on everything local!

We have our Canton Food Tour DATE: Tuesday, October 19th at 5:30-5:45 pm, and it's limited to 15 people! We'll be sharing a link soon to sign up! The cost is $65 directly made to Canton Food Tours and plan to spend about 3-1/2 hours with us exploring downtown Canton through food and a walking tour!!

We are excited that our SWAG SHOP is up and running on our website! Visit the homepage and check out the button to see what we have to offer!!

We have the upcoming Vintage Canton event next week! We hope to see you there!!

Lastly this week, we talked about the Canton Kindness Coalition! We hope you check out their upcoming events to help spread kindness in the community!!

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We did so much since the last episode and there is so much going on this month!
The next Thirsty Thursday is September 9th! There will be another on the 23rd and then we hear they are planning a great costume one for October! Stay tuned!

We had an amazing time at Maize Valley for the sunflower festival! Watch their calendar for the fall festivities, they are worth the trip!

This weekend there is so much to do! We talk about:
The Stark County Fair is going on now until
 Canton First Friday is tomorrow night! It's gone to the dogs! (NO dogs on Centennial Plaza)
SideStreet Markets is this weekend!
The Black College Football HOF Classic game is Sunday at the Hall of Fame (Nakia is volunteering, say HI if you see her!)
The Cleveland Air Show is the weekend (no tickets at the door; early online purchase only)

Later this month, find us at Vintage Canton on September 16th!
We shared info about Women of Strength on September 23rd with Simply Give and we talked about Tracy's art in the Stark Hunger Task Force Palette 2 Palate fundraiser on September 24th!

Lastly, make plans to join us for a Canton Food Tour! It's tentatively on September 28th and will be an Evening Hall of Fame City Tour!

So much to do!!!

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Tracy shared her first trip to First Watch for brunch! Helpful hint...use the website and get in line before arriving! Nakia explored downtown on Saturday during the market and got to enjoy an outdoor breakfast at Samantha's downtown!

Today, we discussed our upcoming plans for a few adventures!! Tomorrow night we'll be at Thirsty Thursdays with a group of friends! Saturday, we have our fingers crossed we make it to Maize Valley and the beautiful Sunflower fields are open! Weather better cooperate!

We're planning a Canton Food Tour event with YOU, our listeners! Would you like to join us next month?! We're looking at the last week of September! Hall of Fame City Tour either a Tuesday or Thursday evening! Let us know what day works for you...more information is on their website!

Consider joining the community at the Stark Hunger Task Force Palette to Palate 2 Fundraiser on September 24th! Tracy is one of the artists donating her work!

Nakia just discovered StarkFresh and we discussed their new grocery store!! That also led to another discussion about delicious Deli Ohio

We also tossed around the idea of a Stark County shopping excursion?! Party bus for shopping, food, county tour, and more with friends...who's in?! Who says you have to travel out of the city to experience a bus tour...stay local and experience the fun!

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Welcome to episode 7! We attended the same event at the same time but separately over the weekend! The North Canton Main Street Festival was awesome! We hope you got to attend and can relate to our recap in the show! Visit the North Canton Chamber of Commerce webpage to see more community events available this year!

Tracy tried Rice Paper - a new Thai restaurant in North Canton near Belden Village and it was so good! Nakia saw The Howlin' Bird while at the Main Street Festival and is ready to try that location now!

We're recommending the North Canton Farmer's Market that's on Wednesdays because once the outdoor season is over, they move INSIDE the old North Canton Kmart location!

Thirsty Thursday is coming up next week! We hope to see you there!

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Welcome to our 6th episode, and we are so excited to talk about what we've done since our first live guest and what we're planning to do this weekend!
Again, thanks to Mike Sturdivant for being our guest last week!
Nakia and I attended a few separate events since then! She was at Canton First Friday during one of the BUSIEST evenings this year yet! If you haven't attended one, you won't want to miss this fun time every month of the year!
Tracy was at the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Fashion Show on Friday! It was a different setup but still a great event with a lot of attendees!

Saturday, Nakia attended the Grand Parade, and Tracy was at Side Street Market in Oakwood Square. They BOTH wore the same shirt...you'll see it on the social media accounts! They want to visit Bloom Hill Farms to get some amazing flowers from their self-serve cart and visit Maize Valley Winery to pick sunflowers!

This weekend, we hope to catch up at the North Canton Main Street Festival! Nakia is looking forward to getting cookies from Little Chunk of Goodness, and Tracy will be there until 1 pm!

We hope you enjoy this week's episode!!

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This week we were honored to have our very first guest, Mr. Downtown, Mr. Canton...Mike Sturdivant and we recorded LIVE downtown at Muggswigz off Walnut.
Our discussion started with everything Mike is doing:
Stark Flavor
Rock Island Growth Specialists
Canton Food Tours
We shared about our weekend at the HOF Balloon Classic and discussed the upcoming festivities (Mike was on his way to the game) and what we thought Canton needed to continue to grow! 
Enjoy the laughter, the city sounds, and our discussion!
Thanks again Mike, we had a blast!!

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This week, Nakia shares ALL of the things she did in ONE weekend!!
First, we shared the Thirsty Thursday event (the next one is August 26th! Get your tickets now!) and we had a blast!! Check out our video and highlights on our Instagram page!

Nakia attended the Women's Football Alliance Championship over the weekend at the Pro Football Hall of Fame and had a blast! Q92 gave us free tickets to the event at Thirsty Thursday! Then she also visited the EN-RICH-MENT African American Arts Festival Saturday!

We both visited the Downtown Canton Farmer's Market at different times but both hit up the M&H Beans Beanbox coffee truck! How did we both walk away with a lavender-infused beverage?! Who knew?!

And keeping with the lavender theme, Nakia had a lavender-infused cheese from Fromage Du Monde and Tracy had tried it a few weeks before, delish!!

Tracy finally got to have lunch at Jerzee's last week by Centennial Plaza and loved it! Great food and atmosphere!

The outdoor summer movie series was another event they discussed and the schedule is available on the Palace website!

Tracy hopes to get Nakia to her FIRST Pro Football HOF Balloon Classic this weekend! Check out the full schedule of events!

We hope to have our first guest next week...stay tuned if our schedules align!!

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We are blown away over how fast time flies because we keep discovering so many new things and feel like we can't share them fast enough with you!

This week, Nakia shares her visit the A+ Crab, the new location on Tusc! Tracy had visited a few weeks back too, before the podcast started and both recommend it!!
Nakia also loved her visit to Tremont Coffee! We discussed their multiple locations and how they have come across their varieties of coffees (with the kind help from their staff!) Nakia told Tracy to visit Francisco's and boy was she RIGHT! It was phenomenal!!

This weekend, Nakia will be participating in the Community Parade that kicks off the Pro Football Hall of Fame festivities! Be sure to hollar "WHO KNEW" to her if you see her!!

We are looking forward to Thirsty Thursdays with Q92's very own Nikolina on the rooftop of Tom Benson Stadium at the Pro Football Hall of Fame tomorrow night!! Check out our NEW Instagram page and we'll probably do a IG LIVE!!

Thanks again for all of the love, we are amazed by your kindness!!

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This week, we explored some different locations with our families! It's so fun to learn about new places and events from one another.

Nakia attended the Canton Blues Fest, in their 12th year!
Tracy tried WingStop (from Nakia’s recommendation) and loved it!

We both visited the Downtown Canton Farmers Market this weekend and M&H coffee was a great surprise as a vendor now attending! Their new chicken salad is amazing!

We talked about the upcoming Pro Football Hall of Fame festivities, including the popular Balloon Classic at the end of this month!

Tracy mentioned the SARTA bus route to Cleveland...and she was right! Their route information is on their website!

We hope to stop by a Muggswigz location on our next coffee excursion!  Stay tuned to where we will be in Stark County and Canton next!! Be sure to visit our blog on the website to check our more details and photos! 

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Nakia and Tracy are friends in Canton, Ohio, and want to share their exploration of the city and county with you! Listen in each week to hear their discoveries and find out about places, food, activities, and more!

This week, we discuss why we wanted to start this podcast and what to expect!
As promised, here are the links to the places/businesses/people we discussed!


Canton Food Tours
Lucca
Milestone Games
Basil
Bender's Tavern
Jerzee's Cafe
Centennial Plaza
Canton Farmer's Market - Facebook Page
Carpe Diem
Izzy P at Home - Facebook Page
Nothing Bundt Cakes (owned by Kenny Peterson/ NFL player from Green Bay Packers & Denver Broncos...see, we looked it up!!)
Lynda Tuttle's Art Center
Letterpress Jess
Little Chicago Clothing Company

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