Thursday, September 14 2017

Happy Thursday. It's James.

Ohio is full of quirky local festivals, and one of the most unique takes place this weekend. The Pawpaw Festival celebrates the ubiquitous southern Ohio fruit and Zoey has your guide on what to see and eat.

Navigator full story: Your Guide To The 2017 Ohio Pawpaw Festival

Weather 🌡70 - Cloudy. ☁️

Navigator Originals ✏️The Very Best Beer From Each Of The 15 Local Brewery Pubs In Columbus [Miller]The New Martin Luther King Library Branch Is Set To Break Ground In Early October [Miller]Check out the design of the 8th recent neighborhood remodel that the Columbus Public Library is undertaking.Edamame At Easton Has Closed Its Doors For The Last Time [Wiley]The sushi shop had been an Easton mainstay for nine years.Endeavor Brewery Set To Open Later This Month [Wiley]Zauber Brewing is gone, but Endeavor Brewery, in the same spot, will be opening later this month.GIVEAWAY: $50 Brassica Gift CardIf you haven't tried Brassica yet, here's your chance, and if you have then you know you need this.

Coming Up 📆👗 9/14: Easton Fashion Night🏃 9/15: March of Dimes Night Moves 5mile/5k🌳 9/15-17: Ohio Paw Paw Festival🏡 9/15-17: Country Living Fair🍤 9/15-17: Ohio Fish & Shrimp Festival🦋 9/15-17: Cartoon Weekend at the Columbus Zoo🏡 9/16-17: Short North Home and Garden Tour

Around Town 🏘The reviews of Columbus from Oklahoma visitors are in. News OK calls us "Austin, Texas, without the weird", while an OU student wrote a very kind open letter praising Buckeye fans.Starting next month, inmates being released from Franklin County jail will be offered Vivitrol, a drug that prevents opiate and alcohol relapses. [Dispatch/Perry]Glassdoor named Columbus the 7th best city in America for jobs. [Glassdoor]

Longread 🛍It’s 2036. We’ve automated ourselves out of shopping and shipping. Here’s how it happened.Bloomberg: The Lonely Future of Buying Stuff

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