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Red Lodge group outlines Sept. 10 sustainability festival with vendors, music and recycling plans
Summary
Organizers told the Red Lodge Sustainability Board they have 13 vendors signed and are planning a Sept. 10 festival (2–7 p.m.) at the Roosevelt Center featuring community tables, musicians, and a focus on reusable/compostable packaging; the board agreed to help with outreach and recycling staffing.
The Red Lodge Sustainability Board spent much of its June 15 meeting discussing plans for a sustainability festival scheduled for Sept. 10 from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Roosevelt Center. Organizers said 13 vendors had committed as of the meeting, and they are recruiting musicians for one-hour sets, seeking sponsors, and refining the event flyer and city web listing.
Board members said the festival will prioritize vendors who use compostable or reusable packaging and will offer free tables to community exhibitors who are not selling goods, while small businesses selling products will pay a vendor fee. Members discussed likely food vendors and identified local vendors who might participate, and they debated whether to restrict vendors that rely on Styrofoam or similar single-use packaging.
The board also agreed to add visible recycling and composting stations to the festival layout and to recruit volunteers to staff those bins to reduce contamination. Members noted the city could help by promoting the event on the municipal web page and via flyers posted around town; organizers said they will continue to update and circulate the flyer as sponsors and performers confirm.
Beyond the single-day event, speakers described hopes for the festival to seed ongoing community activities—tree plantings, cleanups and other projects—that would keep sustainability work active throughout the year. The board asked staff to help coordinate publicity and to revisit logistics, including a joint sustainability/parks table and Arbor Day planning, at the July meeting.
The board did not take a formal vote on the festival at the meeting; members committed to follow up on vendor lists, recycling staffing, and city publicity in the coming weeks.
