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Main Street board approves amendments to July 4 vendor form after business owners object to outside food trucks
Summary
After a public comment from a downtown vendor who said outside food trucks drew customers away from brick‑and‑mortars, the Main Street Advisory Board approved amendments to the July 4 vendor application process intended to give downtown businesses priority access and clarify booth assignment rules.
A Main Street business owner told the Main Street Advisory Board she lost sales at the July 4 event after outside food trucks set up in park locations she said drew customers away from downtown brick‑and‑mortars. Derek Roberts of 325 West Main Street said his business lost “30% of my sales” at a past July 4 event and urged the board to prioritize downtown vendors on future vendor maps.
Roberts described the layout and receipts he said show Main Street businesses ended up behind or away from the high‑traffic vendor locations and asked the board to take accountability. “If we wanna say Main Street first, put Main…
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