30 Ideas in 30 Days
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| The boxes of Les Bouquinistes. Credit: Acscosta via Wikipedia. |
Mobile vendors help to offer needed commercial services, activate public spaces, and help citizens earn an income. They may sell a variety of goods besides food, including art, photographs, clothing, and various other merchandise. Oftentimes vending is a second source of income for many households.
With all the attention paid to economic development and job creation, there are few better or lower cost ways to inspire enterpreneurship than mobile vendors. By filling small commercial voids, they respond to consumer demand and bring life to public spaces. Vendors can operate from cars and trucks, though bicycles are becoming a more common vending platform for books, ice cream, and water.
The Center for Urban Pedagogy’s Vending Power! A Guide to Vending in New York City does a fantastic job explaining the city’s confusing mobile vending regulations to a wide audience of current and future vendor. It is in the interest of cities everywhere to make the rules surrounding vendors easy to understand in multiple languages.
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| The Four Types of Vendors. Credit: Candy Chang/Center for Urban Pedagogy. |
Better Block Middlesborough was held from October 25-27, 2013, in Middlesborough, Kentucky. To help with planning for future events like this, please consider making a donation today!
Managing the Event
- #1: Think Incrementally
- #2: Build a Better Block
- #3: Encourage Public Participation
- #4: Temporary to Permanent
- #5: Pre-Vitalization
- #6: Leverage the Power of the Crowd
- #7: Raise the Funds You'll Need
- #8: The Strength of Main Street
- #9: Sidewalk Stencils and Signs
- #10: Blackmail Yourself
Welcoming People
- #11 The Power of 10
- #12 Walk [Your City]
- #13 Mobile Vendors
- #14 Food Trucks and Carts
- #15 Plant Trees
- #16 Cover Up Blank Walls
- #17 Free Library
- #18 Pop-up Parks
- #19 Pop-Up Shops
- #20 Temporary Improvements Encourage Historic Preservation Planning
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