1. Video of Michigan's Longest Garage Sale along U.S.
2. Jul 26, 2019 Here’s an announcement from an organization behind the US-12 Heritage Trail Garage Sale, also known as “Michigan’s Longest Garage Sale.” Preparations are underway for the 180-mile-long sale that begins in New Buffalo and continues east into Detroit, and includes homes, organizations and businesses along the way.
3. The US 12 Heritage Trail Garage Sale is aptly called, “Michigan’s Longest Garage Sale!” Every year individuals clean out their attics and stake out their front yards along the US-12 corridor stretching over 180 miles from New Buffalo to Detroit.
4. Use this form to tell us about your garage sale during the Michigan's Longest Garage sale event on August 13 to 15, 2020. Read more information about hosting a sale here. Please be sure to use a street address so it can be mapped. We ask for your phone and email address only in case we need to contact you about your sale.

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US-12 Garage Sale this weekend

Video of Michigan's Longest Garage Sale along U.S.

Published 9:24 pm Wednesday, August 11, 2010

By AARON MUELLER

Niles Daily Star

The old adage is “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

If that’s the case, there will be plenty of trash and treasures on display during this weekend’s US-12 Garage Sale, stretching 212 miles along the highway from Detroit to New Buffalo.

U.S. Highway 12, which is one of the nation’s oldest highways, runs on what used to be a Native American trail. And Friday through Sunday, it will host the largest garage sale in the state and one of the biggest in the country.

Lisa Croteau, director of Niles Main Street, said several downtown businesses and a few Niles residences have already picked up garage sale signs to participate in the event.

“The core concentration of businesses participating are in the 200 block downtown,” she said.

Croteau said downtown sees a significant increase in foot traffic during the garage sale, now in its seventh year.

“We see people from outside the area too,” she said. “It’s becoming a fun thing for people in the whole state to do.”

Among the participants in Niles this weekend will be a new business, Trailhead Mercantile, which will open its doors this fall at 209 East Main St.

“It’s just quirky fun,” Croteau said. “You never know what you’re going to find.”

The US-12 Garage Sale website features an interactive map to track the locations of all the registered sites. More than 100 sites have been marked on the map thus far. Dozens of businesses and residences have registered in Buchanan but just a handful in Niles.

“This used to be in the beginning of the summer, and we had more people participate then, because that’s when you’re cleaning things out,” Croteau said. “But if you have nothing to sell, go out and shop and get more stuff to recycle for next year.”

To get an official US-12 Garage Sale sign, visit the Niles DDA Main Street at 210 East Main St. To get your sale put on the interactive map, visit www.us12heritagetrail.org/garagesale.asp.

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The coronavirus has canceled a lot of summer events this year, but Michigan’s longest garage sale will still happen in 2 weeks.

We’re taking a look at the safety precautions the US 12 Heritage Trail Garage Sale will take this year.

In two weeks, the garage sale will be right here in Carver Park and in front of Three Oaks Elementary School.

This event will look a little different this year than in years past.

The US 12 Heritage Trail Garage Sale stretches from New Buffalo to Detroit along US 12.

Julie Sittig is one of the 12 vendors for this year’s sale.

“Right now our vendors aren’t as many as they’ve been in previous years, but they are steadily coming in. I think it should be a turnout,” she said.

These vendors will be following a list of new guidelines.

“We plan to have hand sanitizing stations this year and of course all of the members must wear a mask especially when they’re dealing with people that come to their booths,” said Sittig.

Customers will also have to wear masks. Gloves will be available for people to use when they touch items, and vendors will have to wear gloves as they touch money.

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Mac mojave torrent download software. “A major change this year is once you pay for your item that you purchased, you have to put your own item in the bag and the bags will be provided and that’ll prevent a lot of handling of different items that have been chosen.”

Food is also going to be sold at one central location, not by individual vendors.

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Kristopher Martin, the associate planner for the event, believes this sale will be safe for customers.

“This is primarily an outdoor event, so hopefully people are following the guidelines in place,” he said.

In the midst of coronavirus, there is something that’s not different. That’s keeping yourself safe along a busy highway

“When traveling along the route, use common sense when getting out of your car and slowing down for vehicles and be courteous and kind to others,” Martin said.

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Sittig tells us the garage sale is a fundraiser for the Region of Three Oaks Museum, and she says all of the items they do not sell go to the Volunteers of America, a non-profit that helps people all over the country.