Yard Sale Kick Off

Christy story at 5p

World's largest yard-sale along u-s 127 starts thursday... going from michigan, all the way to alabama.

In kentucky, most of the vendors are already set up and have been for the last few days.

Abc 36's christy bollinger visited with vendors, customers and property owners about what to expect and the challenges in this most unusual year.

That's tonight's top story at five.

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In kentucky, anderson county is the biggest stop."

Property owner"i'm gonna say i have about 250-350 vendor booths, now one vendor may have four booths."

Customers browsing wednesday, some all the way from florida... were excited to be here... and the vendors, even more thrilled.

Vendor"you better come because you won't know what you might miss."

Timmy perry was going to be upset if the coronavirus pandemic cancelled the yard sale..

He's been a vendor here going on nine years.

Vendor"i draw a check so this helps my income."

He's not the only vendor here who has been financially impacted by covid.

Property owner"a lot of these vendors they really depend on this."

Owner"they're just thrilled to try to get some money to pay their bills, their mortgage, their rent, put food on the table."

Property owner jenna sims says her family debated long and hard about whether to host the sale... but when the local health director gave them the okay with added safety measures... they couldn't deny folks the opportunity to make some needed money.

Owner"if you're shopping inside with us masks are required at all times, our vendors are to have hand sanitizer available to the public, we also have our restrooms being sanitized much more frequently."

Masks are encouraged outside..

And vendors are more spaced out.

But as expected, the virus has kept some away.

Customer"it's not as busy as we thought it would be but it's not slow either.

And there's a lot of good stuff."

Owner"some older vendor that come year after year and set up inside said they were kinda nervous this year and said they would sit this year out but be back next year."

But the yard sale goes until sunday..

Keeping safety in mind she hopes more people turn out.

Christy bollinger, abc 36 news.

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