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Beautiful weekend is ahead. East Grand Rapids is having its
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Harvest and Beer Festival once again with the details. Gaslight
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Village Business Association's Andrew Grasheis back with us. Andrew, thanks
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for doing this today.
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Oh, thank you for having me.
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Talk to us a little bit about what to expect
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on Saturday. It starts at noon, right? Gets underway at noon?
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It does, yeah. So downtown Gaslight, we closed down the street.
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We Live music, three different musicians or bands playing. We
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have 15 different breweries in the streets. We have taste testing,
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and it's free to enter. So anybody can show, experience it.
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It's built around the harvest feel. So kids' games, painting,
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pumpkin painting, all the things that you would feel around
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the harvest time.
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And music too, right? So everybody can take advantage of that?
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Yeah. So we have Three bands, we have the Yetis,
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who's a local band here to Grand Rapids, and Melophobics
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is the headliner, the last band, and then DJ AB
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plays in between, and he's kind of a local legend
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here in the West Michigan space. People know about all three, really,
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and it makes it really a unique dynamic as well.
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Give us a little inside information about parking. I know
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about school that's close. There's a street and there's some lots.
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And what would you give folks who maybe haven't been
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to EGR and are hearing this and want to navigate
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things right?
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Yeah, so it's always a topic, right? Parking. There is
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some paid parking around the event. There are signs letting
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people know where. Mostly it's going to be street parking.
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We have a DMW public parking lot that's available. You know,
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the nice thing about Gaslight is that it's walkable for
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a lot of families and So there usually is parking
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available in and around. You just have to maybe take
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a little time to search. But I would say get
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there early, enjoy the day. It's setting up so far
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to be a summer-like day, which is not harvest fast,
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but we'll take it.
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Yeah. I mean, sunny in 72 is better than in
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years past. We've had some interesting weather. What's the best
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resource to find out more information to help plan my day?
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We have a Facebook page that you can find each
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year at the Harvest Festival. Or we have our own website, EGRHarvestFest.com.
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And on there, there's a countdown. There's ways to get
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involved if you want to volunteer. But there's also ticket sales,
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merchandise sales, and different things. And it gives you kind
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of the whole gamut of what the day is, including
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all the acts and all the timeline of what things
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are happening with the sale.
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Sounds awesome. And they might even be working on the
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track while you're there so you can see actual construction.
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I drove by yesterday and I'm like, hey, they're parking
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cars on that. That's smart.
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Yeah, they needed to do that. So there's parking available
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there as well.
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You will find out more, as we mentioned, in the
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link that we put in the podcast section at woodradio.com,
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the East Grand Rapids Harvest and Beer Festival on Saturday.
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Andrew Grasheis, Gaslight Village Business Association, thank you for your
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time this morning.
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Thank you for having me.
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Beautiful weekend is ahead. East Grand Rapids is having its
2
00:00:03.629 --> 00:00:08.439
Harvest and Beer Festival once again with the details. Gaslight
3
00:00:08.470 --> 00:00:12.359
Village Business Association's Andrew Grasheis back with us. Andrew, thanks
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00:00:12.380 --> 00:00:13.199
for doing this today.
5
00:00:13.220 --> 00:00:15.199
Oh, thank you for having me.
6
00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:17.179
Talk to us a little bit about what to expect
7
00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:20.780
on Saturday. It starts at noon, right? Gets underway at noon?
8
00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:26.269
It does, yeah. So downtown Gaslight, we closed down the street.
9
00:00:26.570 --> 00:00:32.109
We Live music, three different musicians or bands playing. We
10
00:00:32.149 --> 00:00:36.229
have 15 different breweries in the streets. We have taste testing,
11
00:00:36.350 --> 00:00:39.759
and it's free to enter. So anybody can show, experience it.
12
00:00:39.820 --> 00:00:43.520
It's built around the harvest feel. So kids' games, painting,
13
00:00:43.859 --> 00:00:47.659
pumpkin painting, all the things that you would feel around
14
00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:48.259
the harvest time.
15
00:00:48.659 --> 00:00:53.259
And music too, right? So everybody can take advantage of that?
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Yeah. So we have Three bands, we have the Yetis,
17
00:00:56.350 --> 00:01:00.829
who's a local band here to Grand Rapids, and Melophobics
18
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is the headliner, the last band, and then DJ AB
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00:01:03.979 --> 00:01:06.560
plays in between, and he's kind of a local legend
20
00:01:06.609 --> 00:01:09.680
here in the West Michigan space. People know about all three, really,
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00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:13.000
and it makes it really a unique dynamic as well.
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Give us a little inside information about parking. I know
23
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about school that's close. There's a street and there's some lots.
24
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And what would you give folks who maybe haven't been
25
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to EGR and are hearing this and want to navigate
26
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things right?
27
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Yeah, so it's always a topic, right? Parking. There is
28
00:01:34.969 --> 00:01:38.310
some paid parking around the event. There are signs letting
29
00:01:38.329 --> 00:01:41.310
people know where. Mostly it's going to be street parking.
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We have a DMW public parking lot that's available. You know,
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the nice thing about Gaslight is that it's walkable for
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a lot of families and So there usually is parking
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available in and around. You just have to maybe take
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a little time to search. But I would say get
35
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there early, enjoy the day. It's setting up so far
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to be a summer-like day, which is not harvest fast,
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00:02:06.709 --> 00:02:07.290
but we'll take it.
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00:02:07.549 --> 00:02:10.810
Yeah. I mean, sunny in 72 is better than in
39
00:02:10.849 --> 00:02:15.310
years past. We've had some interesting weather. What's the best
40
00:02:15.409 --> 00:02:18.349
resource to find out more information to help plan my day?
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We have a Facebook page that you can find each
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year at the Harvest Festival. Or we have our own website, EGRHarvestFest.com.
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00:02:28.460 --> 00:02:32.710
And on there, there's a countdown. There's ways to get
44
00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:36.330
involved if you want to volunteer. But there's also ticket sales,
45
00:02:36.629 --> 00:02:40.770
merchandise sales, and different things. And it gives you kind
46
00:02:40.789 --> 00:02:42.750
of the whole gamut of what the day is, including
47
00:02:42.889 --> 00:02:45.229
all the acts and all the timeline of what things
48
00:02:45.289 --> 00:02:46.310
are happening with the sale.
49
00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:49.500
Sounds awesome. And they might even be working on the
50
00:02:49.539 --> 00:02:52.569
track while you're there so you can see actual construction.
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I drove by yesterday and I'm like, hey, they're parking
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cars on that. That's smart.
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Yeah, they needed to do that. So there's parking available
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there as well.
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You will find out more, as we mentioned, in the
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link that we put in the podcast section at woodradio.com,
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the East Grand Rapids Harvest and Beer Festival on Saturday.
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Andrew Grasheis, Gaslight Village Business Association, thank you for your
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time this morning.
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Thank you for having me.
