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Council grove area Trade & Tourism association
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Farewell November, Hello December!
Can you believe it's almost December? The days and weeks have been flying by! Since Halloween, it has felt like a different event every...
Zoey Bond
Nov 30, 20223 min read
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Small Business Saturday : Our chance to show our business community how much we appreciate them!
This Saturday, November 26th, it’s SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY! Do you know how many small businesses we have in Council Grove? Me neither!...
Zoey Bond
Nov 23, 20223 min read
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Carriages, Trolleys, and Shopping . . . Oh My!
Candlelight Charm 2022 is a wrap, and, oh my, was it a success! Our DESTINATION : Council Grove office was open for the first hour of the...
Zoey Bond
Nov 16, 20223 min read
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Candlelight Charm!
Saturday, November 12, 6pm Council Grove, it is almost time for our signature holiday event, Candlelight Charm! Can I be honest with you?...
Zoey Bond
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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Looking Back at Halloween Weekend, And Ahead to the Holidays
What a turnout for our ‘Spooky Council Grove : 75th Annual Kids Halloween Parade and More’ last Saturday. We had record-high attendance,...
Zoey Bond
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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SETHFEST Was A Blast! So What’s Next?
Phew, what a weekend it was in Council Grove, Kansas! Last Friday and Saturday saw artists, musicians, and art lovers converge on our...
Zoey Bond
Oct 12, 20223 min read
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Travel Industry Association of Kansas (TIAK) : Learning, Networking, and Growing for YOU!
This week, our DESTINATION : Council Grove office is being (wo-)manned but an incredible crew of volunteers — Cheerie Baker, Karen Lee,...
Zoey Bond
Oct 5, 20223 min read
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Who Welcomes Our Visitors To Town?
A few weeks ago, I was honored to speak to our local Pizza Hut staff during one of their professional development/employee pride...
Zoey Bond
Aug 10, 20223 min read
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Main Street in Rural America . . . It’s a Whole Mood (As the Kids Say)
This week I posted a passage on our Destination : Council Grove Facebook page about tips for improving the aesthetics of storefronts. It...
Zoey Bond
Aug 3, 20223 min read
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150 Years of Flint Hills News!
10 Questions with Council Grove Republican Owner, Contributor, and Active Community Member, Jan Sciacca We celebrate a lot at the Council...
Zoey Bond
Jul 28, 20225 min read
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Choose Rural
I’ve lived in various rural communities for a lot of my life. Sometimes by choice, sometimes by chance. Some of those communities have...
Zoey Bond
Jul 20, 20223 min read
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LADIES' NIGHT OUT, GIRLS' GATHERING IN THE GROVE, GIRLS' GETAWAY IN THE GROVE . . .
LADIES' NIGHT OUT, GIRLS' GATHERING IN THE GROVE, GIRLS' GETAWAY IN THE GROVE . . . This event has a lot of names, y'all! Luckily, no...
Zoey Bond
Jul 6, 20222 min read
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