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Fairhope Arts & Crafts Foundation asks city to eliminate $20,000 street fee, seeks longer MOA term
Summary
The Fairhope Arts & Crafts Foundation asked the City of Fairhope to replace its expiring five‑year memorandum of agreement with a longer or perpetual MOA and asked the council to waive the $20,000 annual street‑use payment so festival proceeds can fund scholarships and community projects. Council members requested economic impact data and proposed alternatives to a perpetual term.
The Fairhope Arts & Crafts Foundation asked the City of Fairhope on Monday to change the memorandum of agreement that governs use of downtown streets for the annual festival, proposing either a perpetual or substantially longer term and asking the council to remove the current $20,000 annual payment the foundation makes to the city.
Laura English, a foundation board member, told the council the volunteer‑run festival attracted roughly 174–177 committed artists in the most recent cycle, drew artists from more than two dozen states and two from Canada, and relies on more than 150 volunteers and 18 subcommittees. The…
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