Community Matters 2025-3

🇩🇪🍻 Willkommen zurück, Cullman! Our Community Matters – Oktoberfest Edition is hot off the digital and print press, and it’s your ultimate guide to steins, strudels and small-town spirit! 🍻🇩🇪

📕 Prefer paper? Pick up a FREE physical copy at The Cullman Tribune office or dozens of partner businesses around town.

What’s on tap inside:

Official Oktoberfest Guide — Everything you need for Oct. 2-4 in Depot Park and the Warehouse District

• New Weihenstephan Biergarten – Prost to the world’s oldest brewery! 🍻

• 108-foot Ferris wheel and double-decker Venetian carousel 🎡

• Still FREE admission for all!

Plus

• Back-to-school survival tips – Lunchbox hacks, stress-free routines and more for busy parents 📚

• Local hero spotlight – A day in the life of beloved SRO Officer Bill Pagan 🛡️

• Farmhouse Midwifery – Raising the standard of care for local moms-to-be 👶

• Spooky season preview – Get your costumes ready for the 4th annual Witches Ride swooping into downtown on Oct. 19 🧹🎃

• Fall Sports Outlook – New coaches, fresh game plans, and high hopes for local teams 🏈

• Faith and fellowship – Journey Church and local congregations share uplifting stories of hope and service ⛪

…and pages of hidden gems, community news and fall fun. 🍂

🤝 Danke to our advertisers for making this free community magazine possible — especially our presenting sponsor, the City of Cullman! Get your copy from The Cullman Tribune office or one of the businesses below.

🤝 Thank you to our advertisers:

🗳 Alex Chaney

🍝 Carlton’s Italian

🏦 Citizens Bank & Trust

🏙 City of Cullman – Presenting Sponsor

🩰 Cullman Ballet Theatre School

📈 Cullman County Economic Development

🏭 Cullman County Industrial Development Authority

🏞 Cullman County Parks & Rec

⚖️ Cullman County Probate Office

🚓 Cullman County Sheriff’s Office

🏗 Cullman Economic Development Agency

🕊 Cullman Funeral Home

🛋 Cullman Furniture Market

🏟 Cullman Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism

🏥 Cullman Regional Medical Center

💈 East Side Barber Shop

🌱 Federer Fertilizer

🛡 Knight-Free Insurance Agency

🛞 McGriff-Best One Tire & Service

🛠 ProWorx

🇺🇸 Sen. Garlan Gudger

🧱 Walker Brothers LTD

🎓 Wallace State Community College

🍎 Wendy’s Health and Nutrition