| OCR Text |
Show , ,.0, ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-:-_ _ _ _ _ _ CUPPER. Friday, July 2,1993..9 Farmington street festival·celebrated ( By MARK EDDINGTON Staff Writer GOOD FOOD': What's history without food? Gregory Peiffer, ' 2, of Clearfield, didn't have to find out. Cakes and other delicacies made from pioneer recipes rounded out the festival menu. BUGGY RIDES: Horse and buggy and were a big hit -at Farmington's first That meant a good workout for the kept busy ferrying people around on covered wagon rides ever .,street festival. horses, which were historic State Street. FARMINGTON - State Street traffic yielded to history Saturday as hundreds of people celebrated Farmington's first street festival, which was organized as a fundraiser to help a neighborhood's bid for historical recognition. A two-block area of State Street between 200 and 400 West was closed to traffic from II a.m. to 7 p.m. to make way for the gala event organized by the Clark Lane Historical Preservation Association. The non-profit group is trying to get the area between 200 and 400 West designated as Farmington's first historic district. To do that, the association needed to raise $4,400 to hire a - consultant know\(!dgeable with .the complicated and laborious process of drafting and submitting the research findings in the proper form. A $1,500 state grant and donations from the Ezra Thompson Clark Association and others had helped, but the association was stilI about $1,400 short. Not anymore. Farmington's first ever street festival proved more successful than group members had hope~, attracting a steady flow of visitors and bringing $1,800 into association coffers. "We exceeded our financial goal," said association spokesperson David Barney. Cars lined State Street and filled the Farmington Junior High parking lot Saturday as people flocked to the festival. The event featured live entertainment, vendors hawking everything from cotton candy to 1shirts emblazoned with the associatIon's logo, horse and buggy rides, a silent auction and garage sale, and a bake sale featuring food made from pioneer recipes. "We had a lot of different things going on so that if one ~vent didn't bring in that much money, another would," Barney said. ''That's how we were able to meet most of all of our goals." Barney added that the festival wouldn't have beeJ;l possible without the help of Farmington residents and others, many of whom donated ' goods or volunteered their time and talents. The successfu l outcome of the fundraiser enables the association and Far-mington to proceed with hiring a consultant. The city, which is a certified historical government, is acting as an intermediary for the association because of the state grant money involved. The goal, Barney said, is to have all the paperwork and documentation submitted by the end of the year. . Group members hope that creation of a historic district will help with the preservation of the area's rich architectual heritage. INDIANA .ARBUCKLE?: A natilly dressed Mayor Robert Al'buck. ,_ ks a istorical photos with his wife,-:N'oleen, and daughte./:s, Trisha and Tiffany. Ptlotos by Mark Eddington ! TALENT AND TIME: Many perfo en donated their time and talent to provide' free e ertainment to festival guests. TRAFFIC DETOURED: Farmington State Street tra~ic yielded to history Saturday as hundreds of people flocked to the Clark Lane Historical Preservation Association Street Festival. The event was organized to raise money to have the area between 200 and 400 W. on State . declared. a -historic , district• . ~ |
