How does it work? How do I add my garage sale to the list?

• The Garage sale weekend will be May 16, 17 & 18, 2008 (Fri.-Sun.)

• Each participating resident will conduct their own garage sale as they would any other time of year. The difference will be that hundreds of other homes will also be conducting their garage sales the same weekend. The benefit is that garage sale shoppers are eager and more likely to make a trip to a large group garage sale, than an individual sale, thus improving your chances of selling more merchandise.

• Picket Fence Realty will provide a large Daily Herald ad for the sale that will run from Thursday through Sunday (actual sale dates are Friday, Saturday & Sunday only).

• MountProspectGarageSale.com - Garage Sale participants will be able to not only sign up on-line, but you will also be able to place your own FREE website ad for the upcoming garage sale. If you choose, you will also be able to select from a list, those items that you will be selling. These items will be searchable by prospective visitors to the site.

• Picket Fence Realty will also provide the "neon green Garage Sale" signs for your parkway, as well as for the corner of your block.

• Picket Fence Realty will also provide you with the required village permit. The signs and permit are available for pickup after April 1, at Picket Fence Realty in downtown Mount Prospect see locator map.

• Last year, 638 homes participated in the "Mount Prospect Garage Sale Weekend".

• WGN - Channel 9 News called Mount Prospect's Garage Sale Weekend "Illinois' Largest Group Garage Sale.".

•If you haven't joined the Mount Prospect Garage Sale Weekend in the past... now is your chance to join. Ask your neighbors if they will join too.

• Best of all, it's FREE, so sign up now!

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