[OMS_MANAGERS] trick or treat main street

[Gregg Jacot]

Sherwood is very similar to Sandy. We allow for 6-8 vendors set up 
pop-ups (3-4 in our park, 3 near our promenade/library and one by our 
Center for the Arts), we don't charge the vendors nor do we let them 
sell anything (it would change our permit).  We ask businesses who are 
new to Sherwood if they want to participate to get their name out there. 
We have vendors who want to return each year. They can advertise and 
hand out info but they have to dress up in costume and either provide 
candy or a game. We have one religious organization that is sponsored by 
their community outreach program. The local businesses that participate 
hand out candy and do whatever they want and we help supplement their 
candy supply in case they run out. We hold a pet costume contest and 
have photo spots with hay bales and backdrops for a family picture. We 
counted 2000 people at our event in 3 hours. Gregg Jacot - 
Sherwood....Text me if you have more questions. 503 502-6419

On 9/17/2018 5:35 PM, David Snider wrote:
> Hi Steve --
>
> Sandy has been doing the Trick or Treat Trail for many years now.  It 
> is run by our Chamber of Commerce now rather than Sandy Main Street 
> (which sadly is no more), but participation is huge.  More than half 
> of all businesses in downtown Sandy participate now -- even some of 
> those that are normally closed on a Saturday have been opening up for 
> the event.  It's a great way to promote local business.  Last year we 
> counted something like 1,600 kids participating -- this doesn't count 
> parents or guardians....just kids in costume. We have a population of 
> just over 11,000.
>
> We view our event as primarily for local businesses -- we do have a 
> few businesses that have outside vendors that come and "help" them 
> hand out candy and promotional stuff -- but it's only a handful, and 
> we don't really allow businesses from outside Sandy to come in and set 
> up shop for this event.  The reason is that this event is primarily a 
> */retail/service business awareness event/*, in that we are trying to 
> show locals what stores we have downtown so they don't feel like they 
> have to drive to Gresham or Portland (nothing against those two 
> cities, of course!) to do their shopping when we have stores downtown 
> that they might not know about.  You might think that the locals 
> already know what is in their downtown, but we are constantly 
> surprised by how many do not know.  For instance, we have a "new" meat 
> market downtown that has been in business for more than a year (opened 
> August 2017), and they still get multiple customers *_every day_* that 
> say "I had no idea you were here!", even though they literally drive 
> by the store every day on their way to work.  Dolly's Pet Shop moved 
> from one downtown location to another one literally two blocks away on 
> the same street, and she still gets one or two a month that say "I 
> thought you went out of business years ago!" or "When did you decide 
> to open up shop again!"  She moved over 4 years ago. :)
>
> As to religious or political organizations....any business or org 
> downtown is welcome to participate.  Some of our churches and most of 
> our non-profits do.  One of our biggest and most flamboyant 
> participants is the local gun retailer.  We've never had any problems 
> with proselytizing or other inappropriate behavior that I know of. And 
> it keep growing every year.
>
> Hope that helps!  Good luck!
>
> /* -- David C. Snider*/
> /Economic Development Manager/
> /City of Sandy/
> /39250 Pioneer Boulevard/
> /Sandy, OR  97055/
> /(503) 489-2159/
> /dsnider at ci.sandy.or.us <mailto:dsnider at ci.sandy.or.us>/
> //
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 4:50 PM <steve at cateringbydeangelos.com 
> <mailto:steve at cateringbydeangelos.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     Each year on Halloween, our organization promotes though the
>     schools Trick or Treat Main Street. We capture about 2000 children
>     with parents.
>
>     Most Main Street Vendors participate by giving out snacks or
>     candy. Some may do some low level marketing as well
>
>     Each year we are approached by outside organizations wanting to
>     hand out candy and or information.
>
>     If you do this type of event- do you have any policies on such
>     outside vendors??
>
>     Religious OK? (church youth groups)
>
>     Political (School district Bond levy)?
>
>     Must be child centric?
>
>     One concept we have kicked around is to create “sponsors” and
>     include space for a 10x10 tent- That being said, what’s 2 hours of
>     exposure worth…
>
>     Any & all information is useful!
>
>     TIA-Steve
>
>     Best,
>
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>
>     Steve DeAngelo
>
>     Tigard Downtown Alliance President
>
>     DeAngelo’s Catering & Events
>
>     9037 SW Burnham Street
>
>     Tigard, Or 97223
>
>     503-620-9020
>
>     http://exploredowntowntigard.com/
>
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