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Marion City Councilman Kai Meade is dusting off his walking shoes with summer just around the corner.
Over the coming weeks, Meade, D-1st Ward, will be going from door-to-door to talk with the community. While in the past he s done this for his campaigns, this time he s raising awareness for Small Business Appreciation Day. It s just fun doing the leg work, Meade said. There s probably less-calorie-burning ways to support small businesses, but I think this is kind of what we need from a pandemic standpoint [which is] someone willing to go into business-to-business, explain it and try to create a grassroots support system.
As you find your seat at one of the many tables scattered across the café, the jingles of wind chimes softly play in the background. Each room here has been specially themed to fit the styles of when Warren G. Harding was alive and eventually president; while some rooms are geared towards country-style living like Harding would ve experienced as a kid, others draw inspiration from that era of interior design.
Overall, stepping inside Booming Blessings is something like stepping into a different timeframe of life. It s a relaxing atmosphere with decorations and trinkets that are full of stories themselves. And that s exactly what Gillian Anantharaman was looking for when she first opened the café.