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Winnsboro Main Street weighs new downtown flags, pumpkin distribution and volunteer flag program
Summary
The Main Street advisory board reviewed proposals to replace downtown street flags with new, branded banners (quoted cost about $4,000), plan a 4,000‑pound pumpkin distribution before Cowboy Weekend and continue a volunteer-run flags program that places flags for holidays for approximately $30 a year per hole.
Winnsboro Main Street discussed replacing multiple rotating decorative banners downtown with a set of branded flags aimed at simplifying maintenance and improving tourism branding, and it finalized plans to distribute about 4,000 pounds of pumpkins to merchants before Cowboy Weekend.
The director said the proposed new banners would cover the historic downtown and cultural-district areas and include “welcome to Winnsboro” versions. She provided the board a vendor quote of about $4,000 for the total set and said the flags are treated with an anti‑fade and anti‑tear coating and carry a 5–7 year longevity guarantee.
“The reason that I moved toward these was the multiple times a year that we’re having to change the ones downtown,” the director said, arguing the purchase could reduce repeated labor costs and safety risks for public‑works staff who change banners on busy streets.
Board members discussed branding choices, font consistency and where each design would be placed; the director said she can request revised mockups and pricing from the vendor and circulate them for merchant and board review. The board tabled a final vote until the next meeting after agreeing to adjust fonts and confirm locations.
On fall decorations, the director said the program will order pumpkins for merchants and partner with Busy Bee Academy on distribution. She said the town will ask local FFA and 4‑H students to collect pumpkins as feed once the fruit softens and that remaining pumpkins may be available to community members.
Separately, the director explained a volunteer-run flag program coordinated by local churches that places flags at downtown flag holes six times a year for a fee the director said is $30 per year for one hole; businesses with multiple flag holes would pay proportionally (three holes, $90). The director said organizers will drill flag-holders or provide holders if businesses lack holes, subject to the city clearing sidewalks for underground infrastructure.
Merchants and board members expressed support for consistent branding and asked the director to circulate updated designs and the vendor quote before the next meeting.
