A handmade orange and neon yellow sign with streamers taped to the back greeted Mark Spann, 64, as his bright red tennis shoes rounded the last bend of the last
It took 2 ½ hours, but Union Parks Department employees and volunteers got a toy to every kid who wanted one at the cityâs drive-thru gift giveaway.
The giveaway was held at the end of the Union Area Chamber of Commerceâs reverse parade. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the parade was moved from downtown to the area around City Lake, near the former Clark-Vitt Elementary School.
Traffic moved slowly, particularly early on. From the gift staging area near Union Middle School, brake lights could be seen backed up across the lake on Memorial Parkway. The slow traffic moved onto Clark Avenue then to Park Drive.