About Searcy's Downtown Searcy Ar

Get Down....Downtown Searcy Arkansas had something for everyone on the weekend of Sept 25 and 26, 2009. There were displays of antique vehicles. The festival was the second in what we hope to have become an annual event.

This antique vehicle caught my eye. The sign on it says it is a 1924 Model TT (1Ton) Panel. Perhaps the attraction was partly because it sat there unrestored, rust and all, bside the shining restored vehicles.

Wonder if this is what the famous Sammy Davis Jr. was talking about when he sang the song, "Candy Man." The candyman, according to the song, made the world feel good. Did this truck travel through the neighborhoods sorta like the ice cream man does today?

Perhaps it was just part of a fleet of trucks owned by the company named Candies? I like the Candy Man idea better.

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Drifting to Get Down....Downtown Searcy yesterday was a pleasure.

The streets of downtown were roped off and vendors of all kinds lined the streets, especially food vendors. I almost bought ribs three times to take home and eat later. Smells were fabulous.

Music was on each end of the street with a variety of entertainment. I snapped a few pictures.

I loved this one with the big dog and tiny dog. The couple graciously let me snap their picture.

Another favorite was this climbing mountain.

Someone had set it up and the kids loved it. There was a line to try their climbing skills.

Another new addition was a fish display brought in by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

This is the second year that Searcy has had this festival. The objective is to get people to come and visit our very active downtown, to have fun and to "Get Down....Downtown" with all your friends from all of White County Arkansas. I felt that this one was bigger and better than the first one! Congratulations to the "Get Down" team!

I wrote a blog a few weeks ago about the reconstruction going on at our downtown Stott's Drug Store. Stott's is on the Court House Square in Searcy Arkansas.

I showed photos of the changes going on in the front.

Today I took photographs of the finished work. Main Street Searcy is active in our downtown area trying to make the downtown remain lovely and vital. They're doing a good job.

Notice the gold columns! Notice the bench in front for resting and also notice the lovely flower pots on the sidewalk. This beautiful new look reminds me of some kind of expensive boutique in a tourist city.

Stott's! Good job!

Driving along minding my own business!

OOOOPS!!! What happened here??

The Person Furniture building is gone!!

Wiped out! The place where 90% of the furniture in my house was bought has been wiped out by someone.

The block has been swept clean while I wasn't looking!

The whole block is visible. It's easy to see this old Sears Roebuck house that is now used for kids to come and socialize.

This building was at the corner of N. Gum and Market Streets. The property was sold to a church and will now have a church building and a parking lot.

And you can see all the way across the block to the big English Tudor that is obviously getting a new roof.

When another building bites the dust it makes us appreciate the progress of our town but it also makes us long for the history of the old buildings and wish more of them could be saved.

Right in the midst of downtown Searcy we have this little park that has been decorated. It is between two buildings in what was a little parking area. The city has come in and painted murals on the back wall. I have always loved murals. It fascinates me that they can be so accurate from a distance and then you walk up to them they're made up of broad strokes that are not so accurate at all.

How much the park is used may be questionable because right now the temperature would be too hot and in the winter it might be too cold and it is not right beside a restaurant so you could sit and have lunch outside. But nevertheless it has a charming mural that make me stare at it each time I drive by.