Greenville wasn’t supposed to have its Saturday Market on Oct. 12.
There weren’t supposed to be people milling around and checking on the produce and other goods from local farmers and vendors. Instead, the Main Street stretch was slated to be overtaken by over 60 restaurants, 50 beer taps and wine vendors and seven sound stages for the annual Fall for Greenville Festival.
But, when it was clear that the festival couldn’t happen — many restaurants, vendors and even necessary equipment were impacted by the storm — city worker Roxy Hatchette said it became a question of how to give back to a community that had been through so much.
“We pulled this together,” Hatchette said, standing by the market’s branded tent as hundreds of shoppers strolled by in the Saturday morning sunlight.
Technically, the city’s senior graphic design and marketing coordinator, Hatchette and others stepped out of their typical roles in the aftermath of Helene, going on trash runs to clear roads and scouting out damage in Greenville.