From 4:00- 9:00 pm, last Sunday, August 27th, a food truck festival was held in downtown Greensboro. Approximately fifty food trucks lined Greene and Market Streets. There were arts and crafts vendors and plenty of activities for children. The balloon sculptures were a big hit. The timing was perfect because on Sundays, most of the brick and mortar establishments are closed, so the food trucks do not detract from established businesses. The food truck events, like concerts in the park,  attract people to downtown who might not normally come downtown. The trucks also give people a chance to sample new types of food, especially ethnic food, that they haven’t had a chance to sample. The owners of the truck are often entrepreneurs who have businesses less financial investment than brick and mortar. As you can see in the above photo, even one of Greensboro’s new Lime Bikes visited the Italian Ice truck. 

If you like downtown festivals, we hope you have your calendar marked for the National Folk Festival, to be held next weekend (September 8-10). This is Year 3 for Greensboro, the last year before it moves on. The hope is, of course, that Greensboro will be able to sustain some type of folk music festival. In addition to music concerts, there will be plenty of arts and crafts booths and the food trucks will return to keep our bellies happy.