From the Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce
Applications are now being accepted for the Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce’s new Cedar Creek Lake Fall Business Expo, slated for Oct. 14 from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Mabank Pavilion. Open to non-members, as well as members, the Business Expo is an exciting new event for CCLACC
This free to the public event is the perfect time for the business community to start holiday promotions.
There are 10′ x 10′ booth spaces available, as well as larger spaces outside the pavilion roof. Cost for non-members of CCLACC is $250, with the outside spaces for boats, cars and RV’s negotiated. Electricity is available (limited number of spaces) for an additional $75 for non-members. Non-members wishing to join the chamber may apply up to $185 of their vendor fee to one year membership. The fee for members is $150, plus $50 for electricity. All booth fees include a table, two chairs, small sign and professional draping, all provided by Red Hat Rentals. Vendors may hang their own banners and are responsible for their own decorations, hand-outs and door prize registrations. Vendors, including restaurants, may sell their goods at the event.
Some new things this year:
- Concession will be open and operated by BnR Pit Grill. This will ensure that we’ll have food for sale and it’ll be attractive to the public. Other restaurant vendors are welcome to sell food at their space also.
- We’re going to have some simple entertainment that won’t detract from the vendors, but will be of interest to get the public out.
- We’re going to do a direct mail piece to targeted zip codes in the area to generate interest in the event. This is in addition to print and electronic advertising already underway.
- We’re adding signage for two weeks prior to the event for public awareness. We’re considering using this company to source all our signage from as they have a wide variety of products that will hopefully be effective in getting the word out into the community.
- We’ve moved the day of the week to a Tuesday to avoid conflict with football and other school activities, plus we’ve shortened the event by one hour to make it easier on our vendors.
We’re ordering 1,000 plastic bags with our large sponsors ($500 and up) logos on them, plus we’re offering a Member Spotlight sponsorship level of only $85 that includes the business name listed on the bags and in the event program. This is a great value and we’ll only be able to offer about 12 of them due to space, so if you’re interested in one of these spots, you need to let us know quickly.
For details and an application, contact the chamber staff at 903-887-3152.
For a complete list of vendor options, please contact the Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce at 903-887-3152 or email [email protected].