to stimulate the economy and create long-term benefits for the entire community... hubs of fun, food and entertainment
Why must it always be monetized? Tax payers have already paid.
The food is usually the same price as restaurants except you get to sit on a milk crate hoping your paper plate doesn't disintegrate before you are done.
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eureka - 2mon
Hmm, if the goal is to encourage people to buy from those local businesses, I wonder if a government-funded discount would be worth the cost. They could pay (pulling a random number out) 10% of food and drink in participating stores. If a thousand people are there and each buy a meal and a drink for $20-30, that's in the ballpark of $2,000-3,000 cost, and surely advertising that a whole area is giving 10% off for the day would bring more people in to the festival.
okwithmydecay in sydney
Free street festivals return to Sydney
https://news.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/free-street-festivals-return-to-sydneyto stimulate the economy and create long-term benefits for the entire community... hubs of fun, food and entertainment
Why must it always be monetized? Tax payers have already paid.
The food is usually the same price as restaurants except you get to sit on a milk crate hoping your paper plate doesn't disintegrate before you are done.
Hmm, if the goal is to encourage people to buy from those local businesses, I wonder if a government-funded discount would be worth the cost. They could pay (pulling a random number out) 10% of food and drink in participating stores. If a thousand people are there and each buy a meal and a drink for $20-30, that's in the ballpark of $2,000-3,000 cost, and surely advertising that a whole area is giving 10% off for the day would bring more people in to the festival.