By JOE MEYER – Asterisk Supper Club owner Megan Ada and her husband Joshua Cook are branching out Uptown. They will further punctuate Uptown’s culinary offerings with another of their signature restaurants, through the opening of their Ampersand Asian Supper Club at...
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Joe Meyer
Joe Meyer is a frequent writer for Uptown Westerville Inc.’s In & About Uptown blog.
A resident of Westerville since 1977, Joe describes himself as “a recovering journalist.” He is the owner of Meyer Media LLC, a communications and marketing firm he founded in 2015. Prior to establishing Meyer Media, Joe enjoyed a distinguished 30-year career in local journalism in Central Ohio.
His last two major journalism posts were as Editor-in-Chief of Suburban News Publications, a group of 22 weekly community newspapers in Central Ohio, from 2002-2012, and Managing Editor/News of ThisWeek Community Newspapers, a group of 25 Central Ohio community papers, from 2012-2015. From 1989 until 2015, he served as editor of Westerville’s historic hometown paper, the Westerville News & Public Opinion. After successive ownership changes, Gannett News ceased publication of all its Central Ohio community newspapers in January 2023.
Today with Meyer Media, Joe continues to write, and also offers creative services, communication consultation, and website design for businesses and nonprofits – including Uptown Westerville Inc.
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Ada to add ‘Ampersand’ to Westerville restaurant group
Historical plaques added to another 17 Uptown buildings
By JOE MEYER Seventeen more stories of local history await your next stroll through Uptown Westerville. The stories are featured on new decorative plaques, added this past summer and fall to historic commercial buildings across Uptown. The 17 new markers join the 20...
Treat giveaway to preview opening of healthy snack shop Everbowl
Uptown’s newest treats shop, Everbowl, will celebrate its opening with a giveaway of its signature “craft superfood” bowls between 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14. The shop’s official grand opening will be at 7 a.m. Friday, Sept. 15. Everbowl has set up in Westerville at...
Look for the man in the kilt Saturday, Untapped’s latest sponsor
If you spot a guy wearing a kilt as you head into Uptown Untapped Saturday evening, say hello and ask for a free Hangover Kit. And if you want to know about Epic Beer Trips to Great Britain, the guy in the kilt can fill you in on that, too. The guy in the kilt – an...
Bring a folding chair and catch the July 4th parade in Uptown!
State Street through Uptown will close to vehicular traffic — but open as prime spectator viewing space — during Westerville’s annual Independence Day parade Tuesday, July 4. Staged by the Rotary Club of Westerville, the State Street parade steps off at 10:30 a.m....
Site relaunch focuses on beauty of Uptown, new features
Earlier this week, we launched an updated website for Uptown Westerville Inc. We hope the feel of the updated site conveys the beauty, heritage and bustling activity of our historic Uptown district in 2023. You’ll note the new design’s emphasis on photos of Uptown’s...