City garage sale set this Saturday

There are only a few hours left to register a sale location in the 25th Annual Community Wide Garage Sale scheduled for this Saturday in Albany.

“Come in and get signed up to participate,” said Chamber manager Mary Beth Jones on Tuesday morning. “We’ve already had a few come in, and I’m expecting it to get even busier as it gets closer to the deadline on Thursday.”

To register, participants should go by the Albany Visitors Center before 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, to fill out a form and pay the fees, as well as pick up a yard sign. 

Registration fees are $25, but $10 of the fee will be refunded upon request when the yard sign is returned to the Depot on Tuesday, Sept. 18 or Wednesday, Sept. 19 during the regular office hours of 10:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. 

The Chamber office is closed on Mondays and also over the lunch hour.

Sale Info

Maps showing locations of the registered garage sales are free and will be available at the Depot from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, starting at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15, and will also be posted online at facebook.com/albanytx/. 

Participants place the Chamber-owned and numbered signs in their yards, to help shoppers locate the sales.

The sales open at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday morning.

“Sellers have asked me to remind everyone that they will not be ready before then,” said Jones. “Please remember there is not any ‘early bird’ shopping.”

Typically the sale draws from 20 to 30 individual sales in addition to local merchants’ bargain racks. 

The Chamber has already had some items donated to their garage sale in the Depot, including picture frames, a bicycle and helmet, and various household items.

The sales typically wind down by lunch time, and the Chamber will close for the day at 2:00 p.m.

“Gather up your loose change and save yourself some money by finding bargains at the garage sales around town this Saturday morning,” said Jones.