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O'Fallon Chamber previews Sept. 6 Rail District Festival; CVB previously budgeted $5,000 for marketing
Summary
Rachel Page of the O'Fallon Chamber outlined the Rail District Festival scheduled for Sept. 6 in Civic Park (noon–6 p.m.), describing family programming, vendor booths ($125), train rides and sponsors; the CVB has $5,000 in the 2025 budget for festival marketing and discussed a potential repeat allocation for 2026.
Rachel Page, vice president of the O'Fallon Chamber, presented plans for the second annual Rail District Festival at the O'Fallon CVB meeting on July 23. The family‑oriented event will be Sept. 6 in Civic Park from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., and will include a kids zone, a baby crawl race, a talent show, more than 90 vendor booths, food trucks, a beer garden and train rides.
Page described logistical details for vendor selection and pricing: vendor booths cost $125 and the baby crawl is free (age range stated as six months to 12 years; entrants must not be walking). She said the Chamber printed several hundred train tickets last year and nearly exhausted them. Presenting sponsors for the 2025 festival include BJC, Scribe Distributing and Mastercard.
The O'Fallon Community Foundation will use event proceeds to fund Police Week attendance and scholarships for local residents to participate in Renaud Center programs, Page said. Board members confirmed $5,000 was allocated in the 2025 CVB budget for Rail District Festival marketing; festival organizers asked for similar marketing support in 2026 and invited CVB members to attend and promote the event.
What happens next: Event organizers will continue vendor and talent recruitment and use the existing budgeted marketing funds for 2025; any additional 2026 support will be considered during the CVB’s budget process.
