We are so excited to share our new video called “Sharing Our Appalachia,” made with support from Tourism Ohio. In the video, we visit several places along Ohio’s Winding Road, including Chesterhill, the Buckeye Trail, the Bailey’s Trail system, Shawnee, and Burr Oak State Park. We hope the video instills pride in southeastern Ohio, and…
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Announcing Our 2022 Seed Grant Winners!
This spring, twenty-nine mini-grants totaling more than $12,000 were awarded to businesses, individuals, organizations, and municipalities located in the nine-county area served by Ohio’s Winding Road. Ohio’s Winding Road seed grants are all under $700 and designed to fill in gaps or jumpstart local projects or businesses. Here are the winners: Altenbrauch Farm, LLC Athens…
“Sharing Our Appalachia” Community Arts Photo Show Opens August 14
Ohio’s Winding Road is pleased to announce a new community arts photo show called “Sharing Our Appalachia.” It will take place from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at our Marketplace location in Shawnee, at 117 Main Street, Shawnee, Ohio 43782. We are excited to host over two dozen photos, all by local photographers. This will be…
Announcing Our 2021 Seed Grant Winners
Visitors riding horses on the Moonville Rail Trail in Vinton County, Ohio. Photo from the Moonville Rail Trail Association. This spring twenty-seven mini-grants totaling more than $12,000 were awarded to businesses, individuals, organizations, and municipalities located in the nine-county area served by Ohio’s Winding Road. Ohio’s Winding Road seed grants are all under $700 and…
Marketplace Winter Sale: 20% Off All Items Through January 31!
Now through January 31, we are offering 20% off of our entire inventory of authentic local products from the nine county region of Ohio’s Winding Road. This includes artworks, crafts, food, and wellness items, as well as historical films, books, and music from the region. Each product has been carefully chosen to highlight many of…
Ohio’s Winding Road: Experiences Books
OHIO’S WINDING ROAD EXPERIENCES is an annual publication of selected experiences and stories brought to you by Ohio’s Winding Road, a collaborative network of experience producers, creative persons, organizations, and civic leaders. We are working to create a brand that represents authentic cultural and natural assets in nine Ohio counties in the Muskingum and Hocking…
Marketplace Producer Spotlight: 2nd Ave. Candle Co.!
Amy Blake believes in the connection between scents and memories. Her Athens, Ohio shop, Second Avenue Candle, embodies that belief with a selection of candles inspired by the scents of Southeastern Ohio. She crafts the candles herself, pouring them by hand using soy wax and tarts, and chooses phylate-free oils and cotton core wicks that…
Marketplace Producer Spotlight: Equinox Botanicals!
Equinox Botanicals’ farm is located in “Appalachia’s herb basket,” a part of Southeast Ohio that hosts wild plants that are endangered in other parts of the country. There, Paul Strauss and Lonnie Galt-theis have built their business on a deep relationship with those plants. Every herb they use is grown organically in its natural environment,…