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Walkersville panel approves food-vendor operations, stresses coordination with GBA
Summary
The board approved standard permission for food vendors to operate in Walkersville parks and parking lots during community and youth events, emphasizing coordination with GBA to avoid multiple trucks and noting a past safety incident on Glade Road.
The board approved a standard permit allowing food vendors to operate in Walkersville parks and town parking lots during community and youth events, provided vendors coordinate with the GBA to avoid conflicts. Chair (S1) read the request and the board moved and seconded approval without objection.
A town staff member raised a safety concern tied to a prior event on Glade Road, saying traffic tightened and children ran between cars after a food truck parked near the library. The staff member urged that trucks obtain approval before operating on town streets and coordinate with the GBA so multiple vendors do not crowd an event. "Traffic got tight. Kids ran out from between cars," the staff member said. The board agreed that coordination and clear operating zones (parks and parking lots only; no street vending at Trout Park) should be conditions of approval and asked organizers to follow existing permit procedures.
