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Carey Mcdonald: Hi.

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I'm Carey McDonald with
the Unitarian Universalist

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Association.

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And I'm here in Columbus,
Ohio, by the convention

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center, where we're going to
be for General Assembly 2016

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June 22 through 26.

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And I want to tell you a
little bit about Columbus,

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my hometown, and why I think you
need to come to GA this year.

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Now, there's lots
of great reasons

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to come to GA, including
our Ware lecturer,

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Krista Tippet, host of
the radio show, On Being.

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But I also want to show
you a couple of the reasons

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that I love Columbus,
the fun and friendly city

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that I've come to know.

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And so we're going to go
on a quick walking tour

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and see some of the
things that you're

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going to be able to experience
within a five-minute walk

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of the convention center.

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So come on, let's go.

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I'll show you around.

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First up, North Market.

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Columbus' historic,
downtown public market

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features dozens of
amazing local vendors.

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This is going to be your
new favorite lunch spot.

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Prepared foods, unique
gifts you can take home.

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I love North Market.

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There's always fun
stuff going on.

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Let's take a walk through.

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Coming out the other
side of North Market,

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and you're right in
the middle of Columbus'

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nightlife hot spots.

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You have bars, restaurants.

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Just down there, you'll
find the Arena District,

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where Columbus' NHL team plays.

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The Arena District is
also right on the river.

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There's a brand new
park, great for walks,

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that's really easy to get to
from the convention center.

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So let's head through
down here on Park Street,

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and we'll go to Goodale Park.

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Goodale Park.

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It is parked right in the
middle of downtown Columbus.

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Right now, it just looks like
a great place to take a walk.

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But for the Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday of General Assembly,

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if you can pull yourself away
from all the amazing workshops

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and programs that are
already on the schedule,

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this place is going
to be jumping.

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Columbus is a city of festivals.

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We have arts festivals,
the Jazz and Ribs festival,

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Asian festival, Latino
festival, Juneteenth festival,

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and the biggest Pride
parade in the Midwest.

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But what's going to be
happening while GA is going on

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is a thing called
Com Festival that's

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been happening every
year in Columbus.

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It's a free music and
cultural arts festival

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that's going to have this whole
park just filled with people

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and vendors having a great
time, kicking back and enjoying

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some local music and arts.

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So you're definitely going to
have to come check out ComFest.

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You can basically throw a
baseball from the convention

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center and hit it here.

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But don't do that.

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You don't want to hit anybody.

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So let's walk from Goodale down
to the Short North, which is

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Columbus' hippest neighborhood.

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And we'll see a
couple of other things

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that you'll be able to check
out while you're in Columbus.

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So the Short North
starts right around

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where the convention center is.

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It's all stretched out along
the main drag in Columbus,

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which is High Street.

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And then it runs north
for blocks and blocks.

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Boutiques, art
galleries, coffee shops,

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restaurants-- the Short North
is just a great playground

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of things for everybody.

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There's something
for everybody to see,

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and there's lots to explore.

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So I'm going to
take you up to one

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of my favorite places
in the Short North,

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and we'll get a real
taste of Columbus here.

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There's a lot of ways to
get around in Columbus.

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In addition to being
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as you're seeing in
this video, there's

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a downtown circulator free
bus that just goes up and down

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the High Street
corridor, and it'll

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take you to downtown and
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to explore, like German Village.

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Columbus is a bike-friendly
city, really easy to bike

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around.

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And we even have a
bike-share program.

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We passed a couple-- I think
we'll pass another one--

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and places to lock your bikes,
so they won't get rained on.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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Our final stop is Jeni's Ice
Creams, known as the best ice

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cream in the country.

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This stuff is amazing,
the most creative flavors.

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And it started right
here in Columbus,

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and now it's in a bunch
of different states.

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So come on, let's
get some ice cream.

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Hi.

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Can I get the sweet
corn spoonbread

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and the brambleberry crisp?

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Speaker 2: Yep.

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In a cup or a cone?

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Carey Mcdonald: In a cup.

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Thanks for taking
this walking tour

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of my hometown, Columbus, Ohio.

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To register for
General Assembly,

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just go to uua.org/ga, and
you're going to be able to get

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more information on
the schedule, programs,

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business agenda, all the
great stuff you need.

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Come hang out with
me in Columbus,

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a fun, friendly, awesome,
creative, diverse town

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in the Midwest.

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You're going to have a blast.

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I'll see you there.

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