What's Up Big Rapids - Episode 8: Tax Scare, Tacos, and Middle School Drama!
This week on What’s Up Big Rapids, we cover a tax assessment scare, 🌡️ a new taco spot coming to town, 🌮 and middle school drama—literally! 🎭 Plus, we talk about clown legends, 🤡 the Chipotle vs. Qdoba debate, 🌯 and exciting changes coming to Big Rapids!
🔹 Topics & Time Markers:
🎬 0:00 Intro
🎭 1:48 Newsies Jr. is a smash hit for the Big Rapids Middle School drama team
🎸 3:55 Hand of Giants entertains a standing-room-only crowd at the Sawmill Saloon
🎪 6:58 Tribute to the late, great Dynamite the Clown, a local legend
🤡 10:30 Clown vets and Puppets for Peace
💰 12:45 The city freaks everyone out with a tax assessment error
💳 15:00 Downtown discount cards now available
🎡 17:45 Summerfest will now kick off summer instead of closing it out
🌯 18:30 Chipotle vs. Qdoba—does Big Rapids need both?
🏛️ 19:47 FSU breaks ground on the new Jim Crow Museum
🏟️ 21:45 A new look is coming to Bulldog Stadium
🚴 23:37 Einstein Cycles to open in the newly remodeled Old Depot building
🏦 26:20 Delaney Dentistry makes way for Consumers Credit Union
🌮 27:43 New taco restaurant coming to downtown Big Rapids
⚖️ 30:09 Suits vs. Matlock—who wins?
🛒 31:05 Ollie’s grand opening
📝 34:10 Corrections for the week
👋 35:20 Outro
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📌 What do you think—should Big Rapids have both Chipotle and Qdoba? Let us know in the comments!
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