Narberth work session backs Parks & Rec plan to launch food-truck festival; vendor rules to be finalized June 26

Narberth Borough Council on Thursday, June 5 reviewed a Parks and Recreation Board plan for a “Food Truck Festival” intended to activate Saint Martin Park and other borough green spaces and directed borough staff to finalize a vendor registration form and an updated fee schedule for presentation at the June 26 business meeting.

The Parks and Recreation Board pitched the festival as the third of three park-activation events this year — following a movie night in Norbrook Park and planned educational programming in Elm Grove — and said the September event will be “budget neutral,” with vendors covering porta-potties and some trash removal. Parks and Rec told council that roughly half the food‑truck vendors are verbally committed and that the borough needs council approval to begin formal advertising and collect vendor payments.

Why it matters: Councilmembers pressed the board on public‑safety and staffing logistics and on the event’s timing, noting the borough’s busy fall event calendar and the…