Marietta Main Street organizes cleanup after city flooding
Logan Majors clears debris near a tree across from the Marietta Armory during the annual Marietta Main Street spring cleanup Saturday morning. (Photo By Michelle Dillon)
From left, Dana Hermann and Kirstin Red, members of Marietta Main Street’s Design Committee, clean landscaping across the street from the Marietta Armory as part of Marietta Main Street’s annual spring cleanup Saturday morning. (Photo by Michelle Dillon)
Logan Majors clears debris near a tree across from the Marietta Armory during the annual Marietta Main Street spring cleanup Saturday morning. (Photo By Michelle Dillon)
From left, Dana Hermann and Kirstin Red, members of Marietta Main Street’s Design Committee, clean landscaping across the street from the Marietta Armory as part of Marietta Main Street’s annual spring cleanup Saturday morning. (Photo by Michelle Dillon)
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MARIETTA -- The Marietta community has suffered due to the flooding that occurred the week of April 2 and on Saturday residents had a chance to help Marietta businesses and the community itself.
Marietta Main Street hosted Second Saturday to celebrate the community's comeback from the flooding. Second Saturday replaced Marietta Main Street's First Friday on April 5 that was canceled because of flooding.
Jess Hendershot, manager of McKenna's Market on Front Street, said the flood waters just missed the store's basement. The business was closed, like a lot of other businesses, because of the flood and Hendershot said is thankful for Second Saturday.
"I appreciate the fact that Marietta Main Street cares enough to keep things going...even when there's something like a flood," she said. "It's important for businesses to have that boost in sales."
Hendershot said that boost in sales is especially important when businesses are closed for a week without a choice.
She said she wasn't worried about flooding on Sunday because the water is supposed to be lower than the week before.
Darla Bonnette, the owner of Threadz Boutique, also is thankful for the boost in business brought by Second Saturday.
Water did not get in her store, but it was about 10 inches away, she said.
"From the moment I opened up this morning we've been really busy," Bonnette said. "Marietta's just good."
She said while the amount that she will get from Second Saturday is not going to be as much as she would make in a week, "it's going to be helpful."
Threadz Boutique was closed until Thursday. She did things she needed to do around the shop before she reopened after the flooding, including painting and cleaning, she said.
Bonnette posted on social media about letting customers know she couldn't stay closed another day and be able to make rent and pay her workers.
"My customers came as they faithfully do," Bonnette said.
Bonnette also wasn't worried about water on Sunday because it was not supposed to be as high.
"I feel confident about 38 (feet)," she said.
Marietta Main Street also held its annual spring cleanup on Saturday when volunteers cleaned parts of downtown.
Logan Majors volunteered and worked with two members of Marietta Main Street and another volunteer. At 10:30 a.m., the group cleaned landscaping across from the Marietta Armory.
Majors said he helped because family is the most important thing and this country needs to leave its children a better future.
"We only get about 26,000 days on this earth and if I can give a few to help the community then that's what I'll do," Majors said.
Dana Hermann was among the Marietta Main Street members that was working with Majors on Saturday.
She said the cleanup was open to anyone who wanted to volunteer.
"I think it's important to help build and to give back to the city that you live in," Hermann said.
Michelle Dillon can be reached at mdillon@newsandsentinel.com