A MARION LEGACY WORTH REFLECTING ON. The Huber Machinery Museum, tucked beside Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the Marion County Fairgrounds, recognizes the vision and industry of one of the community’s foremost inventors and philanthropists, Edward Huber. The exhibits of this museum cover nearly four decades of Huber’s work and detail the profound difference he made […]
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Norris Grocery
By MarionMade!
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON. Norris Grocery is a family-owned community store located at 901 Bennett Street on the west side of Marion. The store started as a dream for Jim Norris while he served in the Vietnam War in the 101st Airborne. His love for the business stemmed from working for his brother, Hugh Norris, […]
Flat Stanley
By MarionMade!
Taft Elementary: Flat Stanley’s New York Adventure For the first time, Katy Miller’s second grade class at Taft Elementary School sent their Flat Stanley projects across the country to learn about different cultures and communities. One of Miller’s students sent her Flat Stanley to, actor, Billy Peck. You may have seen him in Gotham, Quantico, […]
George Alber
By MarionMade!
He lived in Marion, believed in Marion, and when he died on Thanksgiving Day in 1997, forever left his mark on our community and its people. George Alber was–and is–MarionMade! thanks to his legacy gift of a $32 million trust, administered through the Columbus Foundation. . Each year, thousands of Marion County residents feel the […]
