Since March 2018, the Inman Streetscape project has been underway. This is a project to better the roads of downtown Inman, South Carolina. Sources state that this $1.1 million revitalization project was supposed to begin spring of 2018, however, did not begin until late summer of 2018. This put a major strain on the construction timeline with Harvest Day, a town tradition, right around the corner. The question is, will this construction postpone Harvest Day, causing chaos around the city?

Harvest Day is a tradition that has been going on in the town of Inman, weather permitting, for the last 37 years on the last Saturday of September. Dr. Alex Hollis of Chapman High School stated, “I would say in the 20 years that I’ve been living in Inman I have been at least a dozen times.”
It is a tradition that brings thousands of tourists and community members together to have a good time. Harvest Day is a way to bring profit into the city without having to overcharge for the experience.
Construction is destined to continue past the last Saturday in September, which leads to the question will the Harvest Day tradition be canceled? This $1.1 million project is for the good of the city, but how will the community view the cancellations of the festival? If the town sticks to tradition and cancels the festival, it will not be rescheduled, meaning there would not be another Harvest Day festival until September of 2019. If the town was to postpone, they would have to wait until the construction was completely finished. As of September, there is no exact deadline of when the construction is to be finished, meaning that the better choice is to just cancel the festival and wait until September of 2019, to carry on the tradition. The festival has been canceled before due to weather conditions, however, it was never rescheduled, thus proving that due to the Streetscape project, Inman Harvest Day Festival 2018 should be canceled for the benefit of the city.