BYOB
Bring what you like to drink. We'll have water & lemonade for the kids.
We're closing the street.
You're invited.
A block party for the three streets that make up our neighborhood off Olde Eight: Kitner, Shady, and Oviatt.
BYOB. Potluck-style. Kids welcome. No fees, no formalities. Just neighbors, food, and an afternoon together.
Here's the deal
Potluck + Grills
Bring a dish and a pack of burgers or dogs to share. Grills going.
Games
Cornhole, ladder ball, sidewalk chalk. Got more ideas? Let us know.
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Big thanks to Hunter
Who's been more fired up about this block party than anyone on the loop. His designs inspired the flyer, and he personally walked door to door delivering every single one. If a flyer brought you here, that was him.
Say hi at the party 👋
About our corner of Northfield
Our three streets are a midcentury slice of a much older story. Long before Kitner, Shady, and Oviatt were platted in the late 1950s, this corner of Northfield Center was already a community. George Leach settled nearby in Little York in 1832, shipping lumber out on the newly-completed Ohio-Erie Canal. The Brandywine Creek, much wider then than it is today, was joined here by Indian Run, draining the land that became Macedonia.
New Englanders from Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts brought their town-meeting traditions west with them. A bridge over the Brandywine. A few homesteads. A cheese factory. A church on the green. Now there's us. Three quiet streets off Olde Eight.
We're not building anything that grand. Just continuing a thing that's been going on around here, in one form or another, for almost two hundred years: neighbors getting together to share a meal and figure out who lives next door.
Where it'll happen
We'll close the street between the two ✕ marks.
We've coordinated with Northfield Center Township to close this stretch of the loop for the afternoon. One lane stays clear so emergency vehicles can pass through and hydrants stay accessible. Tables and chairs go on one side only.
Help fund the extras
The party itself is potluck. Bring a dish, bring a pack of burgers or hotdogs to share, we'll have grills going. But there's a couple of extras that'd make the day a lot better and cost actual money. We're funding them in order, and tier 1 has to hit for the party to happen. Porta potty first. Then the kegs. Every dollar past that goes into making the party better. We'll post the final total and where it all went after.
Porta potty
MUST HAVEHandicap-accessible unit with sanitizer for the afternoon. $225 + tax + $100 delivery. Strongly recommended by neighbors who've thrown these before, so nobody needs to ask to use someone's bathroom. If we don't hit this goal, the party doesn't happen as planned and every contribution gets refunded.
goal
$350
The kegs
UNLOCKS NEXTTwo domestic half-barrels from Heidelberg + cups + ice + tap rental. Once the porta is paid for, every additional dollar goes here.
goal
+$380
Make it even better
STRETCHAnything beyond the first two tiers goes into making the day better: more dogs and burgers for the grills, a third keg (maybe a craft one), condiments, better cups, kids' drinks, you name it. Every penny gets spent on the party. We'll post the final total and where it went on the FB group after.
goal
+ every dollar
Chip in on GoFundMe →
One fund, three tiers. Deadline to chip in: July 12, same as the RSVP deadline. Goes through GoFundMe so your card info doesn't sit on our laptop. If tier 1 doesn't fund by July 12, every contribution gets refunded through GoFundMe.
Are you a local business? If you'd like to sponsor a piece of this in exchange for a shout-out at the party and on our Facebook group, knock on 7643 Kitner or call (330) 428-3462.
Who's coming, what they're bringing
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Private Facebook group for the neighborhood. For updates, photos after the party, lost dogs, and everything in between.
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