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Montgomery County tourism saw almost $2 billion in visitor sales last year, a steady increase from 2016 numbers.

Visitor spending in Montgomery County generated $1.97 billion in business sales, directly and indirectly in 2017, according to data released by Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics Company, and the Ohio Development Services Agency TourismOhio Office.

The data also revealed the area’s direct tourism sales grew by 1.6 percent between 2016 and 2017.

“This is great news for our…

Renovations are underway at Edgewood's Ammazza Pizza, which was hit by two separate cars in 2017.

The Mebane City Council has paved the way for the city's first Chick-fil-A.

Mark Tiller, a development partner with Atlanta-based Hendon Properties, asked the council July 9 to rezone a tract of land on Mebane Oaks Road next to a Wendy's for a new restaurant – a request the council approved.

Mebane Mayor Glendel Stephenson told Triad Business Journal that no one named the restaurant leading up to and during the meeting.

Stephenson said once the meeting had adjourned, “somebody asked (Tiller),…

Seasonal operation approved by planning board.

Happy Tuesday morning, Columbus.

Let's get down and literary.

I try to read every night before I fall asleep. After a day of writing and editing, it does my brain a world of good to absorb a bit of fiction and get lost in a world that does not revolve around datelines, headlines and bylines.

Depending on my level of tiredness, I might read 20 to 30 pages before I succumb to slumber. That's a good night.

On bad nights, I end up reading the same paragraph over and over again because I can't concentrate.…

Dirt work has started at the development site, which is at the northeast corner of Kellogg and Seneca in Wichita.

The Milwaukee Bucks made the first announcement about an event at the public plaza outside the team’s new arena: Christkindlmarket, an authentic German holiday festival that will run from Nov. 17 through Dec. 31.

The German-themed festival will include shopping, European and German delicacies, hot spiced wine, fine beer, hand-crafted ornaments, entertainment, family fun and more, the Bucks said Monday. The event will transform the plaza on the former North Fourth Street into “a picturesque holiday…

A sushi food truck is opening a store in Minneapolis’s skyways.

Bibuta, a food truck specializing in sushi burritos and poke bowls, announced on Facebook it would open a brick-and-mortar location in Gaviidae Commons this fall. The Star Tribune first reported the news and has more details.

The new, counter-service restaurant will take the place of second-level store St. Croix, a luxury mens fashion store, between 6th and 7th streets, and will be open for breakfast and lunch. It will offer…

Washington University released a statement Monday concerning an incident in which 10 students were accused of leaving IHOP without paying July 7.

An email among leadership at Washington University last week said the students were walking along Brentwood Boulevard from the IHOP on Clayton Road to the Galleria MetroLink station when two Clayton police officers approached them and told them they were suspects in a crime that just occurred at IHOP where a group of customers left without paying their…

After nearly 11 months in a renovated space, Groundstone closed Sunday.

A staff member confirmed to Business First by phone on Monday that the restaurant's last day was Sunday, without providing further details. Groundstone was located at 5001 San Mateo Blvd. NE and served pizza, burgers and beer.

The restaurant's owner, Russ Zeigler, told us last year that Groundstone was the sixth restaurant he owned, according to previous Business First reporting.

Groundstone leased its property, which underwent…