chivespa1
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Ok, I hate to call this "dining" as it is mega chain fast food but I do eat it from time to time and may take advantage of the fact that I won't have far to go nor will I have to spend money today. I saw this coming into work today, Wendy's is setup along Broad St on the statehouse side for a lunch give-away.
lifeliberty
Here
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nice, they'll get mobbed! :lol:
I was walking to work this morning lamenting the loss of wendys in the 5/3 building, maybe it was because i smelled the wendy's trucks?
heresthecasey
OSU
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wow. wendys closes all three of their restaurants in downtown then chooses it as the prime columbus site for their free burger promotion?
chivespa1
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Ok, so I want to make sure and give Wendy's props for this event. Unlike the other shameless marketing that's gone on with free food downtown lately Wendy's has taken it a step up and above. First thing I noticed was that while you got the burger free you had to make a donation to the Dave Thomas Foundation for a frosty - good move - I like that. Second was that I bumped into my friend Kathy Signorino (OAC coordinator) and she was there with local artist Helma Groot. Turns out that Wendy's, as a part of this tour, is paying 1 local artist at each of the 23 city stops $2500 to do an interpretation of "Wendy" in an artistic medium. The nonprofit art organization which sponsors said artist is then up for the chance at $25,000 in the form of a grant from Wendy's. That is one hell of a gesture. I'm not sure if there will be a public vote on which artist/group wins at the end or not but if there is then we'll all want to get to voting. Here's some pics of the event as it's happening. I didn't choose to wait in line but hey, Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen did! Sorry, can't help but take "celeb" shots when given the chance.
Bill Cohen
Helma Groot
Line wrapped around all over the place.
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