Exclusive Opportunity for Our Team Members

*** Update ***  We are able to share only two different vendors per space.  No more than two vendors will be allowed to sell in one booth space.  This applies for both the 10x10 spaces and the larger spaces as well. Only two vendors per application.


Hi Team - After our Review Journal article ran, I got a call from the events coordinator with the College of Southern Nevada.  She was really excited about our group and what we're about and wants to feature us at their big October Festival.  It's a three day event on the college campus with bands, a carnival, food, etc (kind of a country fair feel).  She's hoping to do a entire section within their arts and crafts area that features our group exclusively.  There are 150 vendor stalls for arts and crafts alone at this event.  She would also like to feature our group on a PSA that will be running on Cox cable advertising the event.  Her normal rates for a 10x10 space for other vendors is $250, plus another $150 if you need a canopy provided.  However, she looked through our team member shops and noticed that a lot of us run smaller operations so she is offering us a team deal.

The event runs Friday through Sunday on Oct 29th through the 31st.  On Saturday, they'll be hosting trick or treating for kids and supplying vendors with candy to pass out to the crowds.  The hours are Friday-Sat, 10am to 10pm and Sunday, 10-4pm.  Here is the event website:  http://sites.csn.edu/foundation/fff-index.html

She is able to offer our group 10x10' spaces WITH canopies for $100 per space for the entire three days.  Also, she encourages sharing of spaces for those who dont' think they can fill an entire space or who can only do certain days and need someone to take the other one(s).  We can fit two, possibly three vendors in one space if necessary.  The additional costs for application are a $25, non refundable application fee, vendors insurance ($52.50 per booth space.  Apply here:  http://sites.csn.edu/foundation/fff-insurance.html) and a cleaning deposit of $100 that is fully refundable if you leave your space clean at the end of the event.  We only need to submit one application per 10x10 space.  So if two people are sharing a space, they only need to get one insurance quote, one cleaning deposit, and one application fee.  The total comes to about $58 a day per 10x10 space so if you are sharing, this is a fantastic deal - with two people, it's only $26 a day.

Obviously, this requires some coordination on our part to get people paired up who want to share booths.  I've put up this post on the blog for those who want to connect with other team members to coordinate sharing.  Please leave your comment there with your email address and if you want to share a booth or swap off days and others who want to share/swap days can connect with you there.  CSN does not want empty spaces so if you can only do certain days, please make sure to find another team member vendor to fill in the day(s) you cannot participate.

As far as selling food, she said that as long as there are no samples offered and all food is sold in packages, no food permit is required.  If you are a food vendor, please make sure to comply with this guideline and have all your food items in sealed packages.

Also, no vendors permit or business license is required.  I've attached a one-time sales tax form that you will submit to CSN at the end of the event declaring any sales tax you collect.

Our deadline for application is August 15th.  You should send your application to:

College of Southern Nevada Foundation

Charleston Campus

Sort Code W32E

6375 W. Charleston Blvd.

Las Vegas Nevada  891146-1146

This offer is ONLY for our team members and she will have me verify each application to make sure that only our team members are offered this deal.  

Here are links to our team member application, site map, terms and conditions, and the sales tax form. Please let me know if you have any questions. I hope to see many of you there!  

Also - don't forget about our team event tonight - a charity sewing project at the new Emergency Arts building hosted by team members Susan - details here: http://www.meetup.com/Handmade-In-Vegas