Hundreds Fill Grove Hill Square for Chamber of Commerce Spook Around the Square Halloween Event
The Grove Hill Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Halloween event Oct. 29, with businesses and groups handing out candy around the downtown square.
GROVE HILL, Ala. — Hundreds of people filled the downtown square Oct. 29 for Spook Around the Square, the Grove Hill Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Halloween event for children and families.
Trunk-or-treat style fun around the square
Local businesses and organizations decorated vehicles and tables and handed out candy to trick-or-treaters as they made their way around the square. The event gives businesses, organizations and community groups a chance to connect with families while letting children celebrate Halloween in a safe, festive setting.
Big Steppers BBQ provided free food to attendees.
Who took part
Participants this year included:
- Regional Child Advocacy Center
- Alabama Cooperative Extension Service of Clarke County
- Clarke County Museum
- CMC Gas
- Coastal Alabama Community College
- Deas Insurance
- Clarke County District Attorney’s Office
- First US Bank
- Gilmore Law Firm
- Glam Doll
- Grove Hill Cultural Arts Center
- Grove Hill Baptist Church
- Huntington Bank
- On The Hill Garden & Market
- Grove Hill Parks and Recreation Department
- Penelope House
- Physician’s Care
- The Grove Dentistry
- The Square Cup
The list mixes retailers, banks, health providers, churches, schools and public agencies, reflecting the range of groups that use the event to meet families in person.
Part of a busy fall in Grove Hill
The Halloween event followed a full autumn calendar in the Clarke County seat. Two days later, on Halloween, the Clarke County Museum hosted its 25th Pioneer Day, as South AL News reported in Grove Hill celebrates 25 years of Clarke County Pioneer Day. The town’s parks department has also been in the news, with a newly formed board studying a disc golf course at S.P. Hudson Park, covered in Grove Hill Parks and Recreation gets new board.
