Once a month through April, the Civic Center will be showing family movies on the big screen. This is the third year for the Groupie Movies series but the first time they've held a Groupie Movie Night since the pandemic.

Thursday's movie was "The Polar Express" and free peppermint lattes were handed out to get viewers in the Christmas spirit. The Civic Center Foundation keeps ticket prices for this event low so that as many people as possible can come out and enjoy a nostalgic movie with their family. 

A Lima non-profit organization is making sure that everyone has a place to go to on Thanksgiving.   The Lima Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be Thursday November 24th at the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center.  For a second year in a row, the meal will be put on by the Compassionate Ministries of Lima.  But the event has been going on decades with various families and organizations hosting the dinner.   Besides serving up Thanksgiving favorites, the meal gives people the chance to come together in fellowship for the holiday.

Activate Allen County is giving local families the opportunity to stay educated about their health.  They will be hosting their Healthy Families Expo for the fifth year in a row on November 19th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Civic and Convention Center in Downtown Lima. This year is sponsored by Mercy Health. They have two special guests, one being Santa and his reindeer all the way from North Pole.   Who families can get pictures with and Stedic Music, who will be providing all who attend with live entertainment.

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The Allen Lima Leadership kicked off orientation for their 34th class. Participants spend one full day each month through June on themes such as education, economic development, and criminal justice. For the participants, it's like the first day of school as they meet with professionals from various businesses in the area. The two-day orientation includes a trip to Fassett Farm to participate in team-building exercises. Participants get to experience their community in a hands-on way to learn more about how organizations in the area work.

The City of Lima has completed the roundabout and installed a new parking pattern in front of the courthouse that has now allowed Allen County Commissioners to approve maintenance projects outside the courthouse with the installation of a new retaining wall and new landscaping at the justice center. The Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center getting a new roof over the theatre atrium which was seeing a lot of water damage. Capital projects are always on the minds of commissioners.

Allen County Commissioner Brian Winegardner explains, “There will be some procedures that you will need to follow coming in if you want to speak. There will be a registration and the map will be on display at that time."

The center’s chief executive officer spoke to Lima Rotarians about the journey they have had through the pandemic. After closing the doors for a period of time, their comeback season started last October. Ticket sales for performances have been going well, weekend hall rentals are full, but weekday rentals have been slow.

A United States Senator visited Allen County on Tuesday in order to see the results of grants that helped two organizations survive the pandemic.  Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited the Allen County Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center to connect with local art leaders on how the Shuttered Venue Operator Grant (SVOG) has helped cultural and entertainment small businesses survive the pandemic.