The Hwy. 15 yard sale is now back to its normal weekend.
The semiannual event will be June 2-5 from Newton to Maben.
Larry Blackburn, one of the local organizers of the event, said the event usually brings an increase in traffic.
“This event will have approximately 150 vendors,” Blackburn said. “Its Facebook page, Hwy 15 Yard Sale, will have a map of vendor locations. The page has increased from 8,000 members to over 10,000 this year. You’re going find a great variety of items from antiques to vintage to new items.”
Blackburn said this will be the ninth semiannual yard sale. Timothy Bozeman, one of the event’s founders, said previously that they always enjoyed the regional U.S. Hwy. 11 Yard Sale, that goes from Meridian to Bristol, Va.
So a group of people got together to plan a yard sale from Newton to Louisville that could attract shoppers from surrounding areas. Five years later, they are seeing the fruits of their labor, as it heavy traffic during the twice annual sale.
Blackburn said there will be hubs of vendors around the Hwy. 15 Flea Market, the American Legion Hut in Decatur, downtown Decatur and other places along the route. But he said anyone who wants to have a yard sale that weekend can do it.
“All you have to do is just put up a sign and have your own yard sale,” Blackburn said. “However, if you want to get your yard sale on the map, you will need to contact the administrators of the Facebook group.”
In conjunction with the annual yard sale is the annual townwide Decatur Yard Sale.
“The Greater Decatur Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the Decatur Wide Yard Sale in conjunction with the Hwy 15 Yard Sale,” said chamber president Mark Buntyn. “The Chamber encourages all residents that wish to have a garage sale have it on Saturday, June 4th. Promotion for this event is provided by the Chamber at no cost. Take advantage of this opportunity.
Blacburn said that everyone on the yard sale route has different reasons for having a sale.
“Probably about 40 percent of the people do it as their livelihood, while the rest of us do it as a combination of doing it for fun, making a little profit and just visiting with people,” Blackburn said. “I do it so I can talk with people. If I make a little bit of money, then that’s great, but I really do it for fun
For more information on the sale, log on to the Hwy. 15 Yard Sale Facebook Page.
