Eleventh ANNUAL "GREAT U.S. 50 YARD SALE"
"THE NATION'S YARD SALE"
MAY 21-23, 2010
GENERAL INFORMATION
The eleventh annual Great U.S. 50 Yard Sale will be held Friday-Sunday, May
21-23, 2010. The yard sale started in 2000, stretching across most of
Indiana. The goal is for it to grow into a Coast-to-Coast event held each
year on the weekend before the Memorial Day weekend. The Great U.S. 50 Yard
Sale also serves to promote tourism along U.S. 50, to unite the many diverse
communities, to provide opportunities for fund raising by civic organizations,
to aid the environment through recycling, and to serve as an opportunity
for individuals to enjoy a great weekend of sales.
While promoted as a yard sale, the actual sales are limited only by the
imagination and law. Individual communities and businesses along U.S. 50
are encouraged to have special promotions during this weekend. Vendors,
especially antique and craft dealers, from all over the U.S. are welcome to join
us.
This is a non-sponsored event, meaning that it is not promoted by any
particular organization, but represents the efforts of volunteers and those who
wish to promote their communities. As such, the nature of the sale will
vary along the route. U.S. 50 is Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC.
It is Wyatt Earp Blvd in Dodge City, Kansas. It crosses mountains
and deserts, as well as farm land. In some communities U.S. 50 is now a
super highway and the sale route might follow Old 50. With such
diversity, many decisions will have to be made at the local level. The best
source for specific and up-to-date information is to follow the Connect-to-County
links.
The official yard sale is over three days. There are no set hours. (If
you have ever had a yard sale, you know that advertising set hours never works).
Also, given the nature of yard sales (and the history of last year), it is
probable that many individual households will not decide to participate until
just a day or two before the sale dates. The best option for buyers is to
locate a participating county and then just head down the road.
IMPORTANT: Please note that all sales are subject to local laws. Also,
no one is to set-up, sell, nor park on the state right-of-way at any time.
U.S. 50 is both the Loneliest Road in America and an extremely busy
highway. Safety is a primary concern. All sellers should allow for
parking and everyone should avoid being on the state right-of-way.
SPREAD THE WORD
The National Coordinator for the U.S. 50 Yard Sale is Tom Taylor of North
Vernon, Indiana. totaylor@seidata.com
While the sale is still in
its infancy, last yearıs experience showed if you build it, they will come.
A key to making this sale a success is to let people know it exists.
Please forward the www.route50.com
site to friends.
Media outlets are encouraged the include information about the yard sale in
their broadcasts/publications. Merchants along U.S. 50 are encouraged to
post signs advertising the event. Especially desired would be volunteers
willing to receive some flyers via e-mail and then to print and distribute them,
either by posting them in a community or having them available as handouts in a
shop. Contact totaylor@seidata.com
if you want some flyers. You
do not need permission to spread the word, as all publicity is welcome as a
key to the event's success.
COORDINATE A COUNTY
The nature of such a large event requires the need for coordination on a local
level. The word coordination is perhaps too large as the person is
more of an information source than a coordinator. Businesses,
organizations, and individuals set up their own sales and the coordinator really
has no responsibility in those areas.
The primary responsibilities of a
County Coordinator are:
1. Help advertise and promote the sale within the county
2. If there are needed decisions relative to local needs, make those
decisions. (Examples:
U.S. 50 is now a bypass, so a decision is made to follow Old 50. or a small community wishes to have a community-wide
yard sale, as opposed to limiting
it just to U.S. 50.)
3. Serve as a contact for two groups of people - Those from out of town
looking for selling space and
locals with space to rent along U.S. 50. (The easiest thing is just to keep a list of those
with space to rent, either on a web page or where it can be quickly e-mailed back.
The coordinator is not involved in setting prices nor any other aspect of deal
making other than just providing information about who is willing to rent space.)
4. Answer e-mailed questions from those seeking information.
5. Contact local law enforcement a week before the sale and ask that they
help patrol the route during the sale, particularly factors related to
safety.
It is essential that a local coordinator be on e-mail. It would be ideal
if the coordinator could have a web page where information could be listed as to
known sales sites, contact information for those offering space for rent,
hotel/motel information, and restaurant information. This, however, is
ideal - not required.
NOTE: IN BECOMING A COORDINATOR, THE INDIVIDUAL AGREES TO HAVE THEIR
CONTACTS LISTED ON THE CONNECT-TO-COUNTY LINK ON THE
< WWW.ROUTE50.COM
> SITE.
Ideal candidates for county coordinators would be local tourism officials, local
newspapers, local radio stations, antique stores, etc. Media are welcome
to become a local sponsor and use the event for their own promotional purposes.
This stated, we also welcome individual community-spirited citizens who
just want to help.
If no coordinator is listed for your county and you want more information about
becoming the coordinator, contact < totaylor@seidata.com
>.
COMMUNITY IDEAS
The Great U.S. 50 Yard Sale is a perfect opportunity for schools, churches
and civic organizations to make money. It can also be coordinated with
other community activities into an overall theme.
1. Recycling - Many communities have spring recycling days. The
most environmentally
friendly type of recycling is for the item to be put to a new use by someone else. If your community has a
recycling day, why not schedule it the week after the sale? Rather
than taking a working stove to the landfill, try selling it first.
2. Business Promotions - U.S. 50 remains the Main Street of many
communities in America. Perhaps
the local Chamber of Commerce can encourage sidewalk sales and other promotions
during the Great U.S. 50 Yard Sale. Motels and Restaurants can also run special
promotions for the sale weekend.
3. The Yard Sale as Fund Raiser - It is likely that there will be
out-of-town sellers looking for
places to set-up. A school, church, or civic organization can locate a large parking lot or field and
set-up space for vendors. This space could be rented out for the weekend.
If you gathered enough vendors, you could also charge a small fee for parking
or for entry. (The Great U.S. 50 Yard Sale is generally free, but most
potential buyers would be willing to pay a dollar or two parking/entry fee if they knew
there were, say, 100 vendors in one spot. If the local Band Boosters can attract
100 vendors and charge them, say, $30 set-up fee for the weekend, that is
$3,000. If 2,000 people visit and pay $2 entry fee each, that is another $4,000.
The organization earns $7,000 that weekend. It is less time involvement than a
month-long candy sale and 100% of the proceeds stay with the organization.
4. Sowing Seeds - The Great U.S. 50 Yard Sale attracts visitors along
a route they might otherwise not
travel. Having once visited, it is likely that many will want to return at other times of the
year. This is a great opportunity for communities and businesses to have promotional
materials available for distribution.
INFO FOR SELLERS
The fun of The Great U.S. 50 Yard Sale is that it can include the sale of
anything legal. Each seller is in charge of his/her own sales site. In many
ways, the U.S. 50 Yard Sale could best be described as ³regular yard sales, but
everybody having them the same day. The following additional information
may be helpful-
1. Safety and the Law - All sellers must abide by local laws
regarding such sales. All sellers
should also consider safety, being particularly careful about providing off- road parking for buyers.
No one is allowed to sell, nor park on state right-of-way.
2. Individuals Living Along U.S. 50 - Persons selling in their own
yards are not required to do anything (subject to local
law) other than arrange their own sale for May 16-18, 2008. As a courtesy,
however, it would be nice to contact the County Coordinator
so that she/he has some sort of idea of where sales will be located.
3. Businesses - As with individuals, businesses do not need
permission to participate in
this event, but are encouraged to help promote the U.S. 50 Yard Sale by referring to it by name in any
related advertisements. They are also encouraged to inform the County Coordinator
of their efforts so that she/he will have that information. Local antique
shops are particularly encouraged to coordinate with one another and to help to
promote this event.
4. Sellers from Out of Town Needing Space - You are first encouraged
to check the Connect-to-County
list to find participating areas within your region. Please check this regularly as the list
will change weekly all the way up to sale week. You should then contact
the appropriate County Coordinator to ask for a list of individuals/clubs/ businesses
offering space for rent. You may then directly contact those offering space.
5. Sellers Living Near U.S. 50 - One lesson learned from last year
was that many people who lived
from a block to a couple miles off U.S. 50 wanted to participate in the sale, but did so by
erecting signs such as Yard Sale, Three Blocks South.
While persons are welcome to do this, experience
shows that many buyers, particularly
out-of-town buyers, focus on making a ³straight run² on U.S. 50 and do not go to these side sales.
We welcome all sellers - the more sellers to more buyers who will come. This
stated, we also believe most sellers will benefit by finding space on U.S. 50.
INFO FOR BUYERS
The nature of this event is such that it is impossible to provide anyone with a
list of sales prior to the sale dates. Many sales
will be held by individual families in their own yards and they do not need
permission of the organizers to participate. The best advice for buyers is to go to
the Connect-to-County page. Locate a county that has a coordinator and click the
link to that person to ask for information about that countyıs participation.
It was this writerıs experience last year (the second year of the sale) to travel a
twenty-five mile section of U.S. 50, not knowing what to expect. What was found was
75+ sales, including several sites with multiple vendors. (There was
another stretch of about fifteen miles where I found no sales.)
While the sale route will generally follow U.S. 50, it may detour in specific
communities to follow the Old
Route or for other routes. Where communities make such changes, it is anticipated they
will post signs.
Please remember to park safely and never park on state right-of-way.
CONNECT-TO-COUNTY
This list will be updated weekly. For information about becoming a County
Coordinator, contact Tom Taylor < totaylor@seidata.com
>. Join the
fun, volunteer, and have your community included.
To get more information about The Great U.S. 50 Yard Sale for specific
locations,
please click the appropriate link:
For additional exposure, list
your garage sale for free at 
CALIFORNIA
Sacramento County
El Dorado County
Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority
PO Box 5878, Stateline, NV 89449
Phone (775) 588-5900
NEVADA
Douglas County
Carson City
Lyon County
Bread of Life Christian Fellowship
Contact
Becky Melendez
10042 Hwy 50 East
Moundhouse, NV 89706
We are having a Yard Sale, Carnival and a Health and
Safety Fair.
We will be having a Bounce House for the children,
Food, Games and a Fun time.
Email: Hwy50YS@sbcglobal.net or call
(775)-220-9696
For yard sale booth: Call (775) 246-9997
For Health and Safety Fair: email: HealthFairContacts@clearwire.net
Mandy Piper
Silver Springs Area Chamber of Commerce
775-577-4336
fax: 775-577-4399
sschamber@silverspringsnevada.com
Stagecoach
Community Yard Sale
May 22nd 8AM-3PM
Stagecoach Community Center
Hwy 50 East & Cheyenne Trail
Free Spaces
For information or to reserve a free space
Contact: Claudia Conlon
(775) 629-9496 or lyoncountydems@gmail.com
Dayton
Free Community Yard Sale, May 22
Contact: Ashley Clements
Terribles Casino
Dayton
775 Highway 50 East
Dayton, NV 89403
Tel:
775-246-9696 Ext 107
Fax: 775-246-7558
Email:
aclements@terriblescasinos.com
Churchill County
Lander County
Eureka County
Trish Reynolds
Eureka County Economic Development Program
P.O. Box 753, Eureka, NV 89316
Tel: (775)237-5484, Fax (775) 237-5175
Email econdev@eurekanv.org
Please note the sale will be
May 16, 8:00-3:00 at the Fairgrounds
Contact Maribeth Robinson, 775-237-5663 or maribeth.robinson@gmail.com
On the same day we'll also be hosting the
2nd Annual Show What Ya Brung Car Show
www.eurekacarshow.info for more information.
White Pine County
Evie Pinneo
Chief Executive Officer
White Pine Chamber of Commerce
636 Aultman Street
Ely, NV 89301
775-289-8877
www.whitepinechamber.com
www.elynevada.net
elycc@whitepinechamber.com
UTAH
Millard County
Sevier County
Emery County
Grand County
COLORADO
Mesa County
Delta County
Montrose County
Gunnison County
Chaffee County
Salida Business Alliance is having a garage sale at
Collegiate Peaks Bank
Contact: Vickie Sue Vigil at the Mountain
Mail, 539-660
Donated items can be dropped off at Collegiate Peaks Bank
on Friday, May 16th from 5 to 7 pm, or Saturday, May 17 at 7am
Town of Poncha Springs
Diana Heeney
Clerk/Treasurer
E-mail clerk@ponchaspringscolorado.us
The Town of Poncha Springs will be participating..
The sale will be held Saturday, May 22, at Chipeta Park.
It is a community wide sale and is advertised as such.
Our Highway 50 yard sale is held in conjunction with the Towns annual clean-up
day.
We also hold our Arbor Day tree planting on this day.
Fremont County
Town of Cotopaxi
Catherine L. Bland
Colorado Mountains.org
Phone:719-942-3221
Fax: 719-942-3072
e-mail: info@ColoradoMountains.org
www.coloradomountains.org
Pueblo County
Otero County
Ron Davis
Director, La Junta Economic Development
La Junta, CO
office 719-384-6965
email ron.davis@ojc.edu
Bent County
Prowers County
KANSAS
Hamilton County
Kearny County
Finney County
Gray County
Norma Immroth
County Coordinator
Cimarron, KS
Telephone: 620-855-2382
Email: speedtype@yahoo.com
Ford County
Edwards County
Stafford County
Reno County
Harvey County
Dan & Amanda Bader
24 Sequoyia Park City, Ks.. 67219
(316)-201-6951
Email;
dbader@cox.net
meadowlarktrader1@cox.net
Marion County
Dan & Amanda Bader
24 Sequoyia Park City, Ks.. 67219
(316)-201-6951
http://yardsalesonline.info
Email;
dbader@cox.net
ksus50sale@cox.net
Chase County
Lyon County
Coffey County
Osage County
Franklin County
Miami County
Johnson County
MISSOURI
Jackson County
Johnson County
Pettis County
Morgan County
Moniteau County
Cole County
Osage County
Gasconade County
Franklin County
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St. Louis County
ILLINOIS
St. Clair County
Joe Zimmerlee
City of Lebanon Chamber of Commerce
10th Year Anniversary to a Citywide Spring Yard Sale
221 W. St. Louis St.
Lebanon, IL 62254
Tel: 618-537-8420
Email: zim2006@sbcglobal.net
Clinton County
Marion County
Iuka, Salem, Odin, Sandoval
Brenda Wilson, Administrative Assistant
Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce
615 West Main Street
Salem, Illinois 62881
(618) 548-3010
e-mail visitus@salemilchamber.com
The Village of Odin will hold their
community-wide yard sale on May 16
in conjunction with the Route 50 Coast to Coast Yard Sale.
In conjunction with it, there will be a fundraiser for our
upcoming Sesquicentennial in May 2010.
We will having an old-fashioned home made ice cream social
along Route 50 at the west edge of Odin.
The ice cream social will be in the afternoon probably 1-5:00 p.m. or
thereabouts.
There will be cake, pies and beverages as well. Come
out and join us!
Contact: Ruth Uhls ruth1340@fairpoint.net
Clay County
Richland County
Rene Bennett
US 50 yard sale county coordinator
Email us50richland@yahoo.com
ATTENTION RICHLAND COUNTY!
Time is running out but we can still put together some sales along US 50 or Old
Route 50.
If you have a yard, parking lot, building, or an unused field, you can rent out
a booth space.
if
you have 1 or 100's of spaces available please contact me.
You are in
control of the terms of usage of your land.
If you have items to sell, or a business or organization to promote and
would like to find space to fit your needs,
Please email me and I will get back to you within 24 hours.
Please put "US 50 Yard Sale" in the subject.
Lawrence County
Paula L. McKim
Administrative Assistant
Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce
619 12th St
Lawrenceville, IL 62439
Phone- 618-943-3516
Fax 618-943-4748
www.lawrencecountyillinois.com
e-mail: lccc2@verizon.net
INDIANA
Knox County
Shyla Beam - Executive Director
Vincennes/Knox County Convention and Visitors Bureau
779 South 6th Street
Road
Vincennes, IN 47591
Phone: 812-886-0400
Phone: 800-886-6443
http://www.vincennescvb.org
Email info@vincennescvb.org
Daviess County
Martin County
Lawrence County
David L. Branneman
Executive Director
Lawrence County Tourism Commission
533 W. Main St.
Mitchell, IN 47446
Phone: 812-849-1090 Cell: 812-583-1081
800-798-0769 Fax: 812-849-0168
www.limestonecountry.com
Jackson County
Jane Hays
Jackson County Visitor Center
100 N. Broadway Street
Seymour, IN 47274
Phone 1-812-524-1914
Toll free 1-888-524-1914
Fax 1-812-524-1915
E-mail: jane@jacksoncountyin.com
Brownstown
Lions Club, Brownstown, IN
has has FISH FRY in conjunction with the
US 50 yard sale
We are at the Jackson County Court House Square,
at approx. 92.7 mile marker
Contact: John
Wm. Spurgeon, Sec.
Email: john@jcia40.net
Jennings County
Susan Walters
Jennings County Visitors Denter
375 N Hwy 3&7
North Vernon, IN 47265
Tel: 1-812-346-4865
Tel: 1-800-928-3667
e-mail <visit@Jenningsco.org>
Rockey Top Truck
Stop -
100 Space available
six miles west of North Vernon
Tel: 1-812-346-9909
Re-Use-It Recycling Center - Space
Available
U.S. 50 E
North Vernon, IN 47265
1-812-352-0505 (ask for Libby)
Humane Society of Jennings County -
Space
Available for Rent:
8375 Highway 50
Nebraska, IN
Phone: 812-458-6888
Website: www.Jenningscountyhumane.com
Email: Humanejc@gmail.com
North Vernon Senior Center
We will be renting space for highway 50 yard sale for
$10.00.
Wilma J. Hudson
Director Senior Center
(812)346-1234 or (812)614-5168
Email: seniorcenter@seidata.com
Ripley County
Katherine Taul (Exec. Dir)
Ripley County Tourist Bureau
102 N. Main Street, P.O. Box 21
Versailles, IN 47042
Tel: 1-812-689-7431
Toll Free: 1-888-747-5394
FAX: 1-812-689-3934
e-mail <rctb@ripleycountytourism.com
www.ripleycountytourism.com
Old Holton School Parking Lot - Space Available
Wilbur Myers
Holton, IN 47023
1-812-689-6844
Dearborn County
OHIO
Hamilton County
Terry Simpson
Mayor, Village of North Bend, Ohio
Email: tsimpson.northbend@fuse.net
There will be community yard sales on Saturday and Sunday. FREE space for sellers will be available at the basketball court on the Village Green, corner of Symmes and Taylor Ave., about 2 blocks off US 50.
On Saturday the North Bend United Methodist Church will hold a silent auction and live auction and will serve lunch. The church is across the street from the Village Green.
Anyone with questions or
interested in a sellers space can contact me at for a flyer.
Mayor Terry Simpson
Pamela Zelman
Riverside (Cincinnati)
will participate at Gilday
Riverside Recreational Complex
Space is available: (513) 471-4646.
Clermont County
City of Milford - City-Wide
Yard Sales
Susan Ellerhorst, Assistant to City Manager
745 Center Street, Suite 200
Milford, OH 45150
Phone: 1-513-831-4192
Fax: 1-513-248-5096
e-mail: sellerhorst@milfordohio.org
Brown County
Highland County
Highland County Convention Visitors Bureau
website: www.highlandcounty.com
Contact: Sara Lukens
P. O. Box 638
1575 N. High St.
Hillsboro, Ohio 45133
email: highland.county@dragonbbs.com
Ross County
Vinton County
Sojourners
is a nonprofit youth development organization.
We will hold a yard sale on Friday, 15 and Saturday , 16 May
on our campus at 605 West Main Street in McArthur, OH on US Route 50.
We will sell lots of collectibles, dolls, comic books,
wrestling cards,
candles and candle holders, party supplies, and wrapping paper.
Shelly Horvath
Director of Communications
Email shellyhorvath@yahoo.com
Americorps*VISTA - ReUse Industries
Emily Camm
Volunteer Coordinator
740-698-8200 ext 15
Athens County
Athens County Convention and Visitors Bureau
667 East State Street
Athens, OH 45701
1-800-878-9767
Phone: 1-740-592-1819
Fax: 1-740-593-7365
e-mail: info@athensohio.com
Mike
Kubisek
2731 Lottridge Road
Phone:740 236 4758
Washington County
Marietta/Washington County CVB
121 Putnam Stree, Suite 110
Marietta, OH 45750
1-800-288-2577
e-mail: info@mariettaohio.org
WEST VIRGINIA
Wood County
Robyn Forse
Pleasant Valley Trading Co, Antique and Craft Mall
Rt 50 and Progress Ridge Rd exit, 8 miles east of Parkersburg
May 16-18, 10AM-6PM, setup at 8AM
Space available - $5 per day, bring your own tables
Tel: 1-800-935-MALL or 1-304-679-3919
E-Mail pleasantvalleyantiques@yahoo.com
Ritchie County
Cathy Nulter, Secretary/Treasurer
Ritchie County Tourism and Visitors Bureau
Historic Post Office and Bank
of
Main Street
Cairo
,
304-628-3777 / 888-379-7873
e-mail: rctourism@zoominternet.net
Doddridge County
Saturday, May 22
at the Doddridge County Center for Children and
Families.
It is located on Old Route 50, approximately 1 mile on the Right from the
Smithburg Exit
Contact Melody Glasscock
e-mail: vistamelody@yahoo.com
Phone Number: (304) 873-1149 work
or (304) 904-2316 cell
We will be renting space to
vendors. If anyone is interested, the deadline to rent limited INDOOR space
is Friday, May 12, 2010. Outdoor space is also available to rent up to the
day of the event.
Vendors may set up on Friday, May 21, 2010.
Food will be sold by the Doddridge County Family Resource Network the day of the
event.
Harrison County
Taylor County
Olive Crow
Rt. 2 Box 352
Grafton, WV 26354
304-265-5549
e-mail: ajhouse26354@yahoo.com
Preston County
Carol Castle - Space Available
Rt. 1 Box 1196
Rowlesburg, WV 26425
phone 304-454-9744
email: bcastle@mail2.gcnet.net
Located on Rt. 50 about 10 miles west of Aurora and 4 miles east of
Cool Springs Park or 26 miles east of Grafton near the Cheat River Bridge.
Grant County
Mineral County
Linda & Frank Roleff
Mineral County Historical Foundation
Historic Old Stone House "Traveller's
Rest"
near Burlington, WV on Rt. 50 (large parking
lot)
phone: 304-788-5129
email: lroleff@mindspring.com
Hampshire County
Michelle Blumhagen
Hampshire County Convention & Visitors Bureau
426 E Main St, Romney WV 26757
www.cometohampshire.com
Phone: 1-304 822 7477
email hampshirevisitorsbureau@citlink.net
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VIRGINIA
Frederick County
Clarke County
Fauquier County
Loudoun County
Rosanna Funiciello
Smith
Bella Villa - Furnishings & Accessories
"Treasurers on the
Turnpike"
http://www.villageofaldie.com/bicentennial/treasures.htm
39478 John Mosby Hwy (Rt 50), Aldie, VA 20105
Telephone: (703) 327-5313
Email:
villageofaldie@yahoo.com
Fairfax County
District of Columbia
Lorrain Z. Cooper
Lzc420@aol.com
MARYLAND
Garrett County
Jonni Hunt
Garrett County Chamber of Commerce
14 Visitors Cent Drive
McHenry, MD 21541
Phone: 1-301-387-4286
e-mail: info@GarrettChamber.com
Prince Georges County
Anne Arundel County
Queen Annes County
Talbot County
Wye Mills
Chesapeake College
US 50 @ Rt. 213
Saturday only, 8:00 AM-12:00
Contact: Becky Fauver
email: rfauver@chesapeake.edu
Dorchester County
Wicomico County
Saturday
& Sunday
Weekend flea market held in a
large city parking lot at the
corner of Rt. 13 & Rt. 50 in Downtown Salisbury, Maryland.
Spaces are $10 a day, mention the Rt. 50 Yard Sale and get a space for $5
Please bring your own table.
Michael Day
Salisbury, MD
Phone 1-410-603-3930, fax:
410-543-2059
e-mail:
sburyarch@aol.com
Worcester County
This page is linked to US 50 Coast to Coast Travel Site.