Vendor Survey Results
Thanks to all the vendors (crafts, art, and food), non-profit organizations, musicians, and the crowds who came together on a beautiful day to make the latest all-juried show a huge success! The following survey results are from vendors who participated in the 2009 festival:
Did sales meet expectations?
Will you return next year?
Quotable Quotes
Here are some of the nice things vendors wrote on our survey and told our staff:
2009
"Thanks for the coffee and easy way of setting up."
"We'll come back, because this is the best run and most pleasant outdoor show that we have ever done."
"Nice time, nice people, great experience overall"
"Beautiful location, good attendance and helpful personnel"
"Very nice fair - wonderful weather"
"Fantastic"
"Good turnout this year - keep up the good work."
"Another enjoyable event - thank you."
"Very well organized"
"It's very well put together and attended ... It's a nice community. Will be back next year."
"Yes will come back next year, great flow through the park. Good flow at setup."
"Nice community participation."
"Having a rain date is very important to us."
"Very well run. Great, great traffic."
"Great job of advertising. There's nothing like foot traffic."
"Great crowd"
"The atmosphere is so beautiful and friendly."
"Fun and good turnout."
"I had a great day! Enjoyed the whole experience! Great job!"
"Super friendly staff will keep me coming back."
"Love the musicians all day. Great sound."
"Thanks, you do a great job."
"It was great. Well organized; well run. Fabulous! "
"Great crowd – marketing paid off. Great kids programs! Love your show. Lot of thought went it – well organized."
"Keep up the good work."
"Thanks for a great day."
2008
"I've done this show forever. It's the only show I do in this area."
"It's a beautiful show. Classy, nice music. Good foot traffic. Top notch."
"We love being here ... it is great to have it all day long. The people are kind and really seem to appreciate our work."
"I've never been to a fair so well organized. I'm a control freak and this works for me."
"This is my first craft show and it's been an incredible experience. I'll definitely be back next year."
"It's just plain fun to be here."
"I wait for this show every year. Its fabulously well run and it reminds me of an old fashioned fair from the 1920s. Great food. Wonderful people."
"Look forward to this every year."
"This is the most fabulous show I've ever done and I've been doing shows for ten years. The people that run this show are the nicest people."
"You guys are so organized. I'll base my other shows around you guys."
"We're doing really great."
"This is wonderful. I looked around and all the work is high quality. I've done a lot of shows where the was stuff from China and everything here is beautiful."
"Simply smashing!"
"The food is really good. An awful lot of people walk and that's a nice thing to see."
"I love the fair. It's my favorite one. [You] really run a top notch show. We'll be with you next year. You can count on it."
"This is the most organized show we go to."
"Great day, fabulous music. It's a pleasant day for everyone to enjoy."
"Really didn't know what to expect but my sales were great!"
"Thank you for the great show!"
"Great day! Super organized. Really nice people."
"You all do a very nice job."
"Everything is run very smoothly and professionally; a great festival!"
"Great location, well-planned."
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