Spooktacular

Spooktacular is a Halloween tradition in downtown Goderich. It's on Saturday this year a day before Halloween, from 3:30 - 5:00 shop owners will be offering FREE candy to the kids. I'm trying to think up a good excuse to get some candy myself, being a grown up is hard sometimes.
I am amazed at the number of times I now see the word Spooktacular used in marketing for Halloween. As far as I know, the word was the brain child of our summer student when she was conjuring up a Halloween event for the BIA a few years back.
Our downtown is a 360% full circle, although called The Square and because of the wide sidewalks and stores side by side, it's easy for the kids to go trick or treating. Store owners tell me this is a fun time for them. They can slow down and visit with friends and love seeing the children in costume.
The Municipal elections have come and gone, actually the entire month of October has come and gone. What is it about this time of year that everything seems to fly by, witches on broomsticks, fall leaves, October planning. Christmas is right around the corner, time to organize lights, parades, parties oh my. The light is changing, it seemed much darker this morning. Soon we will be turning the clocks back.

The BIA Banners we put up this year look so big bold and beautiful... boy do they stand out...Big Bold Beautiful a design company out of Whistler made them... but the high winds are playing havoc. The bracket arms that hold the banners are not doing the job. A Toronto company supplied the arms. Our Parks crew has had to install extra fasteners to hold the arms in place.

Our summer weather could not have been more perfect. We have had some rain and high winds for Fall but all in all pretty spectacular. This is such a nice time of year to come and see the Fall colours. It is still warm enough to walk along the beach boardwalk or the trails and although our stores are all gearing up for the Christmas season we are not so busy that we can't all take a moment to relax and enjoy a visit with you before the rush of the Festive season.

Fall in Goderich seems to be about colour, theatre, movies and meetings. The Film Festival just had "Get Low" playing last Thursday, our Goderich Little Theatre is running Dr. Barnardo's Children, there is a New Years Eve gala planned at The Livery, and the galleries have some really interesting art on display. Come visit sometime soon, before the snow flies.