A new initiative to Summerland’s downtown for the fall season has been well received by Summerland businesses.
Maryan Dennison, one of the organizers of Rotary Harvest Days, said the concept has been welcomed as she and organizer Linda Beaven have presented it to downtown business owners.
“There’s been a great response to it,” Dennison said.
In mid-September, Summerland businesses will display harvest-related displays for the fall.
The initiative is sponsored by the Summerland Rotary Club.
The concept is based on a similar beautification initiative which has been used in Colfax, Wash. That fall decoration them has been in place for the past 14 years.
Displays will feature bales, pumpkins and gourds, old wooden apple boxes and picket fences to create various harvest-related displays.
Dennison and Beaven have already arranged for donations of many of the materials and supplies for the displays.
For this year, the displays will be on Main Street and Victoria Road North, but organizers would like to see displays outside the downtown area in the future.
In addition, youths at the Summerland Asset Development Initiative will make displays for the two main entrance roads to Summerland, along Rosedale Avenue and a portion of Prairie Valley Road.
Business owners who wish to participate are asked to call Dennison at 250-494-9734 or Beaven at 250-494-1248.