Ending the Season with Celebration

This Saturday closes the season for the Downtown Greenville Farmers’ Market. The market, located at 4^th and Broadway, has been open every Saturday from 9:00 am-1:00 pm since June. On October 29, the market will conclude with a special celebration for long time vendor and market staple, Francis Byers, who turns 90 years old this December.

Mr. Byers has been vending at the downtown market since it opened in 1998 at O’Brien’s Mill. He has stayed with the market through several location changes to its current site at the Courthouse. Before coming to downtown, Francis began his market career of selling his 1^st place produce at the Richmond, IN market. A long time affair with the soil, Francis has been gardening since he was 18 years old. Making a career out of his passion, he has competed at the state and county fair with grain, fruit and vegetables. In fact, this year marked 72 consecutive years at the Darke County Fair!

Today, Francis tends to two acres of garden, 120 apple trees, and numerous cherry and peach trees.

The Downtown Greenville Farmers’ Market family invites friends, family and market goers to join them in celebrating Francis’s milestone at 12:00 pm on Saturday, October 29 at the Courthouse. The market family is planning cake, card signing and well wishes for Francis.

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DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES COLLABORATE FOR CHOCOLATE WALK

Several of the businesses participating in the Chocolate display the tote bag ticket holders receive on the walk. Shown are Kirsten Berghoff, Readmore’s Hallmark; Bob Bitner, Countryside Bike Shop; Susan & Don Smearsoll, Bread of Life; Lelah Shoop, Youniques; Dalene Thomas, AAA; Antonia Baker, Second National Bank; Joan Brandt, Commercial Printing; and Rob Garrett, The Coffee Pot.

Readmore’s Hallmark along with Downtown Greenville merchants invite you to the “Downtown Greenville Chocolate Walk” in Greenville’s historic downtown district on Friday evening, November 18 from 6:00-9:00 pm. Twenty-five downtown businesses will provide chocolate treats on the Chocolate Walk route creating a great sense of place.

Tickets, $5, are available now at Readmore’s Hallmark, 524 S. Broadway. Only 150 tickets will be sold for this sweet event coinciding with downtown’s Holiday Open House. The self-guided Chocolate Walk will start at Readmore’s Hallmark where ticket holders will get the list of participating businesses and event tote bag for their goodies. Some treats you’ll enjoy on the spot, others you’ll be able to take home to savor later.

During the evening, free Horse Drawn Wagon Rides will be offered courtesy of Second National Bank from 6:00-9:00 pm to ring in the holiday season in Greenville.

Readmore’s Hallmark is the proud sponsor of the first “Downtown Greenville Chocolate Walk.” Proceeds from the Chocolate Walk will benefit Main Street Greenville to assist in keeping great events happening in the downtown business district.

For more information on this event or how you can contribute to Main Street Greenville’s downtownmatters! initiative, visit www.DowntownGreenville.org. Our Place, Our Stories, Our Future.

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