{"id":1638,"date":"2023-09-06T14:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2023-09-06T14:22:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:22:01","slug":"first-friday-parties-saturday-farmers-markets-and-more-in-downtown-delaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/first-friday-parties-saturday-farmers-markets-and-more-in-downtown-delaware\/","title":{"rendered":"First Friday Parties, Saturday Farmers\u2019 Markets, and More in Downtown Delaware!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Ohio Wesleyan community is invited to visit downtown Delaware for First Friday parties, weekly farmers&#8217; markets, and other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreetdelaware.com\/events\/?tribe_paged=1&amp;tribe_event_display=list&amp;tribe-bar-search=first+friday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mainstreetdelaware.com\/events\/?tribe_paged%3D1%26tribe_event_display%3Dlist%26tribe-bar-search%3Dfirst%2Bfriday&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694110623574000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1hX5cGn9TPhQlFP9mM4zAS\">events<\/a>! Delaware is a national Main Street community, and Main Street Delaware helps to celebrate the city with a long list of fun, family-friendly happenings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Just two blocks from Ohio Wesleyan, the city comes alive on the First Friday of every month with a special themed celebration from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Friday, September 1, the community enjoyed a Back-to-School bash that included the Marching Bishops!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Every Saturday through Oct. 28, Main Street Delaware hosts a Farmers&#8217; Market from 9 a.m. to noon on South Sandusky Street. The markets feature locally grown fruits, vegetables, flowers, and more, based on what&#8217;s in season.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In December, everyone&#8217;s invited to a three-day Home for the Holidays celebration that includes a downtown tree lighting\u00a0and parade.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We hope to see everyone downtown! We&#8217;re sure you will enjoy all of the retail shops, restaurants, coffee shops, and other\u00a0locations that make the city a popular\u00a0community and tourist\u00a0destination.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Learn more about Main Street Delaware and its events at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreetdelaware.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mainstreetdelaware.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694110623574000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3xC8cTH5FvkrEf0bfAK5Vt\">www.mainstreetdelaware.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0University Communications<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Cole Hatcher at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cehatche@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cehatche@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ohio Wesleyan community is invited to visit downtown Delaware for First Friday parties, weekly farmers&#8217; markets, and other\u00a0events! Delaware is a national Main Street community, and Main Street Delaware helps to celebrate the city with a long list of fun, family-friendly happenings. Just two blocks from Ohio Wesleyan, the city comes alive on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[192,232,233,57],"class_list":["post-1638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parent-family-engagement","tag-community","tag-delaware","tag-downtown","tag-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1639,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions\/1639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}