Bluffton's 45th annual arts and crafts festival moves into Main Street with countless craft booths, business exhibits and lots more.
Set up starts as early at 6 a.m. The show offically starts at 9 a.m. and continues to 3 p.m. Jerry Burkholder, for the 15th year, is the craft show director.
In between there's an opportunity for the entire family to have a great time in downtown Bluffton. Here's what else is on the schedule:
• Hard Rock Llama Co., will show a variety of young and adult llamas. You'll find them on Vine and Main.
A dormant Bluffton housing development gained new life this week.
Parkview Development is back. Approved by Bluffton council in 2007, it became mothballed by the Great Recession of 2008 when the housing market collapsed nationwide.
Owners Stanley and Joenita Clemens, developers of Riverbend subdivision, developed the Parkview project and own the land. It lies between Riley Creek and the rear of properties on South Main.
The Clemens announced the impending sale of the land to Three S Development Group, LLC. Those owners are Jeff, Derek and Dan Snyder.
An information meeting takes place this week on a proposed increase in Bluffton's water bill currently being acted up by the Bluffton council, according to Jerry Cupples, Bluffton resident.
The meeting is at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 11, in the Bluffton town hall.
"Bluffton Village Ordinance 2-16, when passed, will add $19 per month to every resident's water bill. Please attend an informational meeting," said Cupples.
“How to succeed in Bluffton by really trying,” is a presentation that Fred Steiner, retiring director of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, will give during the Friday, May 13, chamber breakfast.
The breakfast, open to the public, is in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall. The Dough Hook will cater the breakfast. Breakfast is served from 7 to 7:30 a.m. The program is from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.
