This is the 12th year of  Morro Bay BEAUTIFUL’S Annual CityWide Yard Sale.  Some interesting things this year are that we have picked up more businesses.  I think they saw the benefit of an overall CityWide “Sale” during this weekend and it is great advertising for them.   Since we are already advertising on 5 radio stations (97.3 “The Rock” being our constant advertiser), TBID is doing social media for us, Brenda Sue’s Consignment, who has been our headquarters for years, is doing her own advertising and even the Chamber sometimes mentions our event.  We have done several interviews which has afforded us the opportunity of mentioning some of the participating businesses and items that the sellers have listed for sale.  The exposure we provide to businesses and our citizens is HUGE.

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We are trying out having a “Preview Sale” on Friday.  So far the response has been great.
We also want to say a word for our Police Dept and Post office.  Our Police are very tourist friendly.  They don’t like to give out parking tickets and they don’t look for problems.  However if someone calls because a car is blocking their driveway or whatever, they will respond. The 3 parking problems we have are #1 blocking fire hydrants.  This is a major violation and can’t be tolerated.  The second is blocking driveways and the third is blocking mailboxes.  Please be especially aware not to block mailboxes on Sat. so that the “mail can go thru”. The post office also never complains but we know our sale impacts their job and makes it a longer day for them.
Mark your calendars to be in Morro Bay every first weekend of April unless Easter falls on that weekend.
Price ??  We encourage you to pay full price to Charities.  They usually need the money more than you do.  Sunday is the free for all day tho, so we just want our stuff gone and in your garage.
Along with the addition of more businesses we have more handmade items: bird houses and knitted stuff.  I’m not sure how the pricing will be but our sellers will learn what people are willing to pay.
Rules for signage – no signage should be on public property:  polls etc. And sellers please take down all signs at the end of your sale.  Let’s put the city back to how we found it.
Morro Bay BEAUTIFUL’S goals for this event, because they have to fit in with our Mission statement, are to encourage recycling (they now call it repurposing) and reduce landfill………..however “fun” is a key element. ENJOY