“Back in the summer, it was like, maybe we can make this happen. And we had over 100 vendors apply,” he said.Community support for the event made it a success with hundreds of shoppers coming through the doors and supporting the Salvation Army.
“We wanted to bring a new holiday market to not only the city but also connected to a charity that’s doing good things for the city as well and the less fortunate in the community,” Streilein said. “We lucked out in partnering with the Salvation Army. And that way we can get the vendors here. We can have people come out and take care of their gift shopping.”