Bluffton tried an experiment this summer that worked out EXCEEDINGLY well for the village, ushering in a weekend, “family-friendly” street fair atmosphere: “Everyone Welcome!”
A small group of merchants had approached Bluffton Village Council in recent years, proposing that a block of Vine Street, just west off Main St. (in the heart of downtown) be closed off each weekend for corn hole games, putt-putt golf, basketball on a kid-friendly, seven-foot-high hoop, wooden blocks, plastic hatchet throwing… And interspersed throughout,…..