Bluffton community, businesses, university featured in new "WeAreLimaAllenCounty" website
You'll discover Bluffton in several places in the new website www.WeAreLimaAllenCounty.com, which is part of the Lima-Allen County Chamber of Commerce website.
Here are directions on locating the Bluffton portions of the site.
• Once on the site, click on the “Convention and Visitors’ Bureau” link. From there, click on “Our Communities.”
• On “Our Communities” viewers will see links to City of Lima, Village of Bluffton and Village of Spencerville.
• Click on Village of Bluffton and you will find a 1 minute 48 second video that shows scenes of the community.
• Several Bluffton downtown businesses are featured is a segment of “day trips” in Allen County. Click on “Things To Do.” Scroll down to Day 3 – A Little Retail Therapy.” There you will find brief videos of:
• Et Cetera Shop
• Ten Thousand Villages
• Shirley’s Gourmet Popcorn Co.
• The Black Lab
• Jeanne’s Kitchen
• Scroll further down on “Things To Do.” You will find a Bluffton University video in “Things To Do Resources.”
Several additional photos of Bluffton are featured on the website, in addition to brief interviews with persons connected to the community.
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Friday, February 21, 2025
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- Lions Club seeks Citizen of the Year nominations
- JAMPD newsletter looks forward to Spring 2025
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Bluffton Beavers sports roundup, Feb. 12-18
- Special meeting of Bluffton School Board includes land purchase
- Pirates Grandey, Donaldson and Sommers earn district hoop honors
- BAMA donates $700 in tissues to Bluffton Schools
- Village of Bluffton snow safety reminders
- Chamber update: Board representatives and 2025 Chocolate Walk
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- George N. Stultz was a business administrator
- Joyce Carolyn LaRue was a homemaker and seamstress
- Ticket information for section wrestling on February 22
- Tickets and livestream information for February 21 sectional boys basketball
- Bluffton businesses spotlighted at February chamber breakfast
- Tickets now on sale for March 21 Music Boosters Chicken BBQ
- Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference March 11-12
- Bluffton Forum speaker to focus on UF History
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Sandra "Sandy" Kay Palte worked for Beaverdam Elevator
- Bluffton in Bloom committee meets February 19
- Donaldson and Sommers named to All-NWC boys basketball teams
- Reminder: Senior Center Garage Sale is Feb. 27-28, Mar. 1
- Lunch & Learn speakers announced
- BHS wrestlers are NWC champions
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