By Stacia Kalinoski

JUNCTION CITY, Ore. -- Hot or cold, Scandy Fest is Junction City's bread and butter for local tourism dollars -- especially since the economic downturn destroyed the local motor coach industry.

Julie Greenwald is one business owner who made bedding and pillows for motor coaches.

The economy severly cut sales, so she and her husband opened up a store downtown with fabrics, trims, and collectibles.
She says Scandi Fest brings in more than 1,000 people, many who come back later in the year to buy fabric.

We can't quantify what the festival brings to us, because it's really the exposure," explains Greenwald, owner of Remains of the Day. "It's really who comes back later and says, 'you know, I was in your store and saw this fabulous fabric that I would like on my sofa,' and they'll come back and have us do a sofa."

The Junction City Chamber of Commerce says they don't track Scandi Fest's economic impact on local businesses, but say it's something they hope to start doing in the near future.