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Hainesville trustees set April–Sept. food-truck season, schedule candidates forum; new businesses announce openings
Summary
At their Jan. 28 meeting, the Village of Hainesville trustees set the 2025 food-truck season for April 17–Sept. 25, discussed trustee representation at events and public-restroom access, and heard updates about a League of Women Voters candidates forum and several incoming businesses including Wingstop and a UPS Store.
The Village of Hainesville Board of Trustees on Jan. 28 set the 2025 food-truck season to run from April 17 through Sept. 25 and discussed staffing and logistics for the weekly events, trustees and staff said.
Staff member Kristia said the village will alter hours this year, running the events from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and that five new trucks are expected to join the rotation. Kristia said dessert trucks may be reduced to a monthly appearance because vendors have been hard to recruit.
The discussion focused on operational details: the need for trustee or volunteer representation at events so office staff are not left running them, access to restrooms for vendors and patrons, early vendor scheduling, and producing a public schedule with basic menu information. Kristia said the League of Women Voters will run a candidates forum in March; the exact date was not specified.
Trustees and staff emphasized the need to finalize vendor commitments soon. One trustee said budget money is available for the events and urged organizers to make decisions now so that planning and vendor contracts can proceed ahead of the spring season.
Trustees also received brief business updates: the owner of Wingstop is planning to open in the Starbucks plaza with construction expected to begin soon and a hoped-for March opening (specific date not specified), and a UPS Store is expected to open in the same strip mall with a target of July (date not specified). Officials also said there is interest in a banquet/event space and a fireplace and chimney repair business for other nearby properties; those prospects were described as preliminary.
The board instructed staff to assemble a volunteer/rotation calendar for trustee presence at food-truck nights and to post a vendor schedule and basic vendor information on the village website or social media once finalized.
The trustees’ discussion took place during the reports and discussion portion of the meeting and did not include any formal votes or ordinance actions related to the events.
