Chamber hosts first street fair
| 26 May 2015 | 02:23
Multi-instrumentalist and music teacher Chris Brune of Glenwood offered the crowd a medley of tunes.
Emma Bray, 4, of Vernon carefully watches the construction of her purple flower tattoo as it is created by Kerry Tobin of Highland Lakes, better know as Pixie Pop the Clown.
Lori Struck of Highland Flowers does a little botanical arranging with the help of her stuffed bumblebee.
Visitors look at the booths at the Vernon Chamber of Commerce Merchant Fair.
At The Military Moms of Vernon tent is Vernon resident Janice Colvin, and Linda Smigen and Kim Ryan, both of Barry Lakes. They are preparing care packages to be shipped overseas.
With a motto of Inspire, Imagine, Create, Anabel Damstrom is an owner of the new Art Academy on Breakneck Road in Highland Lakes.
VERNON — Main Street was closed on Saturday as the Vernon Chamber of Commerce offered its first street fair.
At least two dozen area businesses, food vendors and entertainers greeted the crowds as they continued to grow as the afternoon began to warm.
Shuttle bus service was available from the parking lot at the Vernon Valley Plaza.
To learn more about the chamber, call 973-764-0764 or 862-268-5785, or via email to info@vernonchamber.com.
— Photos by Chris Wyman