Main Street: Greeneville recently held their Thirteen Annual Scarecrows of Main decorating contest. This year’s contest was sponsored by Broyles General Store located at 730 West Main St. The contest was open to all ages, individuals, families, groups, clubs and organizations. There were four different categories: residential, group/organization, business or youth. The entries are displayed in the historic Main Street District and on Main Street from the 11E By-pass to Crescent School.
The public voted over the last couple weeks for their favorites in multiple categories. 2022 saw a total of 7928 votes cast throughout all categories.
Peoples’ Choice Winners and display locations are as follows:
Business – Any Other – Southbound Real Estate – 218 N Main St
Business – Traditional – Ace Hardware – Crescent School, W Main St
Group/Organization – Traditional – Greeneville Woman’s Club – 206 N Main St
Group/Organization – Any Other – WSCC Niswonger Campus Service Learners – N Main St
Residential – Any Other – Darlene Clark – 301 N Main
Residential – Traditional – Rich Boyd – 305 N Main St
Youth – Any Other – The Wilhoit Family – 701 N Main St
The winners were presented a certificate and a Broyles gift certificate along with display signage honoring their time and talent.
Honorable Mention:
Business – Traditional – 310 S Main St
Business – Traditional – Amedisys Home Health – 310 S Main St
Business – Traditional – Andrew Johnson National Historic Site – AJ Homestead S Main St
Business – Traditional – Caris Healthcare – 310 S Main St
Business – Traditional – Billy Endean Edward Jones Investments – 125 W Summer St
Business – Traditional – Community Insurance – 310 S Main St
Business – Traditional – The Hive AirBnB – Crescent School, W Main St
Business – Traditional – Veritas Family Healthcare – 310 S Main St
Business – Any Other – A Ghoul’s Liar – 310 S Main St
Business – Any Other – C.L.A.S.S. – 310 S Main St
Business – Any Other – Capitol Theatre of Greeneville – 104 S Main St
Business – Any Other – Duckworth Animal Hospital – 701 N Main St
Group/Organization – Any Other – First Presbyterian Church – 110 N Main St
Group/Organization – Any Other – Isaiah 17 House – 409 W Main St
Group/Organization – Traditional – Asbury United Methodist Church – 201 S Main St
Group/Organization – Traditional – GCSchool Education Foundation – 310 S Main St
Residential – Traditional – Angie Maupin– 510 W Main St
Residential – Traditional – Andy Daniels – 214 N Main St
Judged Best Overall – for 2022
New to the contest in 2018 was the Best Overall entry. As in the past years, all entries were viewed and judged by independent judges from out of the area with no regard to category or votes received. They were judged on creativity, theme and overall display presentation. All entries were eligible.
The entry judged Best Overall for 2022 is from Darlene Clark, located at 301 N Main St. for her “Jolene” entry. It is back-to-back wins for her in this category. She received a Broyles General Store gift card, certificate and Best Overall signage.
The addition of the Best Overall award allows all entries to be judged equally and to be determined regardless of category or votes received. The popular vote is a way for the public to continue to be involved in this wonderful community activity. Jann Mirkov, executive director of Main Street: Greeneville said “Congratulations to this year’s winners. The entries were true works of art. The number of total votes cast was by far the largest number in the contest history. We hope the community continues to enjoy them over the next few days. Thank you to this year’s participants and all who cast a vote.” Main Street: Greeneville would like to encourage everyone to begin thinking about next year’s submission. It’s the hard work; ingenuity and creativity that made 2022 Scarecrows of
Main such a success and will no doubt carryover to the 2023 contest.
Scarecrows will remain on display until November 6th.
