Westerville Interesting Facts
There are several notable points of interest and facts related to Westerville:
* Cheryl & Co. (originally, Cheryl’s Cookies) was founded in 1981, and is still based there.
* Worthington Industries has a factory operating out of Westerville.
* The ACS (The American Ceramic Society) is a non-profit organization founded in 1899 in Columbus, Ohio, and is headquartered in Westerville.
* In October of 1908, Wilson and Carrie Cellar started The Cellar Lumber Company – it’s now Westerville’s oldest operating businesses.
* Schneider’s Bakery is known for opening in the early morning hours (between 1:00 to 1:30 AM) and is heavily populated by Otterbein students on early morning doughnut runs.
* The town’s center is referred to as “Uptown Westerville”, and its storefronts along State Street are mostly the original architecture.
* Westerville is home to a smaller and lesser-known Hoover Dam, where the Westerville Crew high school rowing team and the Ohio State University and Denison University sailing teams practice.
* Westerville’s Central High School is actually further north than North High School.
* In 2009, Westerville was ranked #15 on Money magazine’s list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live. It ranked #46 on this same list in 2007.
* Westerville does parks right. The Westerville Parks and Recreation Department has won the gold medal for Excellence in Parks and Recreation Management in both of the last two recent years of eligibility (for 2001 and 2007). The winner has to wait a full five years before applying again, so who know what 2013 will bring.
* Jennifer Hetrick, who plays Vash in Star Trek: The Next Generation, is from Westerville.
* Two time Olympian (1992, 1996) Bob Kennedy is a Westervillan.
* Ditto for Dan O’Brien, the former General Manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
* Lance Moore, wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints, is a graduate of Westerville South High School.
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