Trustees Learn of Second Street Fair Plans
Event organizer Darryl Walker says costs remain a concern.
Feedback from the first street fair in South Orange was so positive last fall, organizers have announced plans for a second fair in 2013, officials said Monday. Fair organizer Darrel Walker told the South Orange Board of Trustees Sept. 29, 2013 has been scheduled for next year’s event after 7,000 people attended the first fair on Sept. 30, 2012. Walker described the fair as "free advertising" and a "free family fun day" for the community. He said he surveyed five local merchants seeking feedback. When South Orange Village Trustee Michael Goldberg asked why Walker chose only five, Walker asked a business owner in the audience for reaction to the fair. Walker said he could "guarantee 99-percent" positive feedback to the fair. Goldberg …
Daria Knarvik
9:06 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
If we waive the fees for village expenses for this vendor don't we set a precedent? Frankly these are the cost of doing business. If the fair organizer can't cover them then he shouldn't run the event. I don't want my taxes to pay for his profit. more ›