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Council approves 8‑week downtown pop‑up food‑truck festival at Hemet Theatre site
Summary
The council approved a temporary use permit for a proposed weekly Saturday evening food‑truck festival near the Hemet Theatre, including a waiver of fees. Organizers plan rotating vendors, entertainment and coordinated use of theater restrooms; downtown businesses were urged to stay open to capture spillover visitors.
The Hemet City Council unanimously approved a temporary use permit for a downtown pop‑up food‑truck festival to run up to eight Saturday evenings at a city‑owned lot adjacent to the Hemet Theatre.
City staff described the proposal as an economic and place‑making pilot that aims to draw additional visitors to downtown Hemet and encourage private investment. The permit covers rotating food trucks (the applicant proposed roughly 15 vendors per event), entertainment and temporary seating in the lot immediately north of the theater; the Hemet Theatre agreed to make…
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