Baldwin City has spent the last week putting on its festival face.
Crews have been placing orange “no parking” placards along downtown streets, as well as portable toilets and ready-to-assemble barricades at key intersections. They’ve marked off the sites for the hundreds of vendors whose wares will be for sale to the more than 30,000 expected visitors Saturday and Sunday to the annual Maple Leaf Festival.
Founded in 1958, Maple Leaf has grown to be one of the largest fall festivals in the state.
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