(July 13, 2017) Sidewalk vendors will invade Snow Hill this Saturday for the first ever Crafts & Treasures event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Snow Hill Economic Development Consultant Michael Day said vendors would be provided space along Washington Avenue for free.
“This came out of the merchants’ meeting a couple of weeks ago,” he said. “They just decided they wanted to do something else besides First Friday.”
Toy Town owner Richard Seaton is a driving force behind the new venture. Since relocating his antique and vintage store from Berlin to Snow Hill in April, he has seen positive signs of life from his perch on the corner of Market and Washington streets.
“I’ve been having people walk uptown that didn’t walk uptown in the last forever,” he said. “We’re starting to have people walk uptown and want to do things.”
The endgame for Seaton is attracting more bodies to the streets and shops of Snow Hill.
“This is the first one, so we really don’t know what the turnout’s going to be, but we want to fill up the street,” he said. “Hopefully, we can attract some people.”
Shooting for 20 vendors at the initial event, Seaton hopes to grow that number in the future.
“I don’t care what people bring as long as they don’t junk it up,” he said. “I’m hoping it’s a lot of different things to open it up to a lot of different people.”
From his perspective, Day said the more the merrier.
“If we get more vendors we’ll start putting them down Green Street as well,” he said.
Contemplating the direction for the new event, Seaton said he hopes to incorporate flea market elements with a dash of farmer’s market flavor.
“I think there’s going to be some antique vendors,” he said. “I invited a woman selling vegetables [and] I’ve got a toy vendor coming.”
Even locals with random items to sell are welcome, Seaton said.
“I want to open it up to the town, so anybody can bring their stuff, set up for free and try to sell something,” he said.
Although the event could expand in the future, for now Crafts and Treasures will be held every third Friday, Day said.
“They thought about doing it every week, but everybody seemed to think it [would] be better to do it once a month,” he said. “We’re starting out once a month on Washington Street for the visibility, because the streets got a lot of traffic on it.”
While Snow Hill is working to advertise Crafts &Treasures, Day said given time the event could take on a life of its own.
“I think it will grow by word of mouth,” he said. “[Seaton] really wants it to grow in the fall, into every Friday night and Saturday.”
Seaton said in addition his own clientele, the ever-growing merchant base in Snow Hill is having an obvious impact on business.
“Every day since I’ve been open I’ve had multiple people from other states,” he said. “I can see it – there’s a lot more people coming in town.”
Anyone interested in registering for Crafts & Treasures can call 443-735-0957 or email day@snowhillmd.com.
Snow Hill Economic Development Consultant Michael Day said vendors would be provided space along Washington Avenue for free.
“This came out of the merchants’ meeting a couple of weeks ago,” he said. “They just decided they wanted to do something else besides First Friday.”
Toy Town owner Richard Seaton is a driving force behind the new venture. Since relocating his antique and vintage store from Berlin to Snow Hill in April, he has seen positive signs of life from his perch on the corner of Market and Washington streets.
“I’ve been having people walk uptown that didn’t walk uptown in the last forever,” he said. “We’re starting to have people walk uptown and want to do things.”
The endgame for Seaton is attracting more bodies to the streets and shops of Snow Hill.
“This is the first one, so we really don’t know what the turnout’s going to be, but we want to fill up the street,” he said. “Hopefully, we can attract some people.”
Shooting for 20 vendors at the initial event, Seaton hopes to grow that number in the future.
“I don’t care what people bring as long as they don’t junk it up,” he said. “I’m hoping it’s a lot of different things to open it up to a lot of different people.”
From his perspective, Day said the more the merrier.
“If we get more vendors we’ll start putting them down Green Street as well,” he said.
Contemplating the direction for the new event, Seaton said he hopes to incorporate flea market elements with a dash of farmer’s market flavor.
“I think there’s going to be some antique vendors,” he said. “I invited a woman selling vegetables [and] I’ve got a toy vendor coming.”
Even locals with random items to sell are welcome, Seaton said.
“I want to open it up to the town, so anybody can bring their stuff, set up for free and try to sell something,” he said.
Although the event could expand in the future, for now Crafts and Treasures will be held every third Friday, Day said.
“They thought about doing it every week, but everybody seemed to think it [would] be better to do it once a month,” he said. “We’re starting out once a month on Washington Street for the visibility, because the streets got a lot of traffic on it.”
While Snow Hill is working to advertise Crafts &Treasures, Day said given time the event could take on a life of its own.
“I think it will grow by word of mouth,” he said. “[Seaton] really wants it to grow in the fall, into every Friday night and Saturday.”
Seaton said in addition his own clientele, the ever-growing merchant base in Snow Hill is having an obvious impact on business.
“Every day since I’ve been open I’ve had multiple people from other states,” he said. “I can see it – there’s a lot more people coming in town.”
Anyone interested in registering for Crafts & Treasures can call 443-735-0957 or email day@snowhillmd.com.