To Whom It May Concern:
In order to stimulate the local economy and promote Stockbridge as a destination, the Stockbridge Downtown Development Authority has created the Harvest Festival.
The Harvest Festival will take place October 7, 8 and 9, featuring over night camping, vendors on the Township Square, children's games and activities, an Antique Tractor show, a Classic Car show, a dance in the Township Hall, and a family movie in Veterans Memorial Park.
Utilizing the Lakelands Trail Linear State Park will be a big part of the festivities. A horse drawn Hay Ride will take visitors from the Gregory Trail Head to the Stockbridge Trail Head. Local Equestrian groups will be invited to utilize the trail and camp overnight with their horses. Hikers and bicyclists will be encouraged to attend as well; the timing of the Festival will showcase the beautiful fall colors of the trail at that time of year.
Shuttle service - hay wagons pulled along by tractors - will take campers to the BoneYard, a local Halloween attraction. The Genealogical Society is involved as well; cemetery tours will be available Sunday evening at twilight.
Residents of the Village will be asked to participate in the festivities by decorating their homes in fall and Halloween themes and competing for prizes. The charm of the Victorian homes in the Village will be a draw in itself. The Village is a beautiful and charming place.
Local Farmers are asked to bring their fall produce to the Festival. Vendor space on the Township Square is free to residents of Stockbridge, Unadilla and Waterloo Townships. Since this is a Harvest Festival, we would like to showcase the local agricultural community.
This is a community event. We encourage residents and businesses alike to volunteer their time and talent.
The DDA is committed to promoting the Village as a great place to live, work, and do business.
We are hoping to accomplish that with the first annual Harvest Festival.
A complete itinerary of events will be available soon.
Thank You.
Sincerely,
Annabell Howard
SDDA Chair
This sounds so exciting! Where will the camping be? This could be a HUGE boost for the business district. We really need something like this. Great idea and good job DDA!
ReplyDeleteNice to see the Sun Times covering this. Oh WAIT!! They didn't! Not a word even though they were represented by Ms Kay at the meeting when this was presented. So, again, unless its bad news that can be twisted into worse news we aren't going to be reading about it in the local paper. Now if this was being held in Chelsea or Dexter...
ReplyDeleteThank you sun times for covering the farm market, perhaps that's becuase Ms. Wood has a stake in that. That just goes to show you how self serving our paper is. Maybe they would be better off moving to Chelsea or Dexter. When the Chelsea standard was in Chelsea years ago, they helped build Chelsea to what it is today. I say we can all send a message to the times by sending their paper back to them with a note." We don't need you".
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