Owen Sound’s River District came alive over the weekend with the annual Hottest Street Sale event.
River District Community Services Department Coordinator Viveca Gravel says she saw people start to gather when the event opened at 8 a.m. on Saturday ready to shop.
“We have the most vendors ever, the streets are filled with people,” says Gravel. “There is just so many great vendors here and so much skill in this area, so many beautiful artisans and we love that we can just bring it right into the middle of the heart of the city and have people enjoy it for an entire day.”
In addition the about 180 local businesses showing off their products, a number of local musicians took to the Summerfolk stage set up at the intersection of 2nd Ave East and 9th Street East.
Gravel adds the new attraction Touch a Truck was also a hit.
“We have a little mini snow play that runs on the sidewalks, which is so cool,” says Gravel. “And then we have got a huge tractor, the fire is over there, all that kind of stuff so you can just go in and experience just how big these things are.”
She says the vendors were very happy with the event, including Scenic City Game Emporium Co-Owner Jenn Barclay.
“It is legitimately my favourite day of the year, I look forward to the Hottest Street Sale every single year because everybody is just super happy,” says Barclay.