North America in 2012. This achievement was awarded four times in seven years. Readers of Sunshine Artist magazine rank the Art and Crafts Festival as the third-best Classic and Contemporary Craft Show in America. The Art festival was also listed at the number one in the category of "best attractions for group travel in Indiana" in Travel Trade Magazine. Senior Group Traveler selected the Arts and Craft Festival as one of only seventy "Editor's Choice of Outstanding Festivals and Major Events"; the Art and Craft Festival being the only one chosen from Indiana. Amish Acre's Art and Craft Festival attracts people from areas as far as Chicago, Indianapolis, Toledo, and Detroit. Amish Acre's grounds can only support up to 300 booths which consist of 250 different cities from 30 states. Notable people Merrill Blosser, (Freckles and His Friends) David Crane (programmer), creator of Pitfall! and co-founder of Activision Vance George, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus from 1982 to 2006 Bill Holman, (Smokey Stover) Fred Neher, (Life’s Like That) Bob Rensberger, (1921–2007), a professional basketball player for the Chicago Stags Diane Meyer Simon, environmental activist and former wife of Herbert Simon Twin city Greater Napanee, Ontario References Sources They Called It Nappanee: A History 1874-1974 by James L Weygand. (Nappanee, Indiana, 1974) External links City of Nappanee, Indiana website Amish Acres Historic Farm and Heritage Resort - Listed in the National Register of Historic Places Nappanee Missionary Church - Largest church in the area Nappanee Amish community Amish in Indiana Cities in Elkhart County, Indiana Cities in Kosciusko County, Indiana Cities in Indiana