It was an amazing summer day. Temperatures were as high as 31C, with bright sun all day.
Only a few incidents of note.
James Oickle - a known trouble-maker in the neighbourhood decided to camp out in front of the Van Horne building around the corner from the market. We tried to get him to move, and the police came an tried to help as well. It was decided jointly that he was just trying to provoke a confrontation, and that if we left him alone, and made sure no one joined him, that this was the most prudent course of action.
In the heat of the day, we sold a large amount of pop, freezies and popsicles, making this an all time record for Street Market revenue!!!
The Greenway Mural project progressed a little bit with the addition of a few more tarps. We now have 5 tarps hanging along the edge of Carrall St. in order to keep the shoppers inside the market and make for a clearer greenway.
We signed up another 30 vendors throughout the day. We now have over 80 vendor tags created and about half that many have been distributed to the vendors. They wear them proudly. We hope that this will enable us to keep track of who is not a resident of the DTES, and who should not be selling at our market.
We wanted to have a test run of independent security, but the guy that we hired for the day was stuck in Mission with a broken down car.
We found a local person, Ken, who has a BST certification that needs to be renewed. We used this as an opportunity to test out how a security guard would work and how they would interact with the RPICs.
Freezer cart was a great hit. This contributed to a record day in pop/popsicle sales.
This was a purpose built cart using our Great Beginnings money. Thank you, City of Vancouver!
Only a few incidents of note.
James Oickle - a known trouble-maker in the neighbourhood decided to camp out in front of the Van Horne building around the corner from the market. We tried to get him to move, and the police came an tried to help as well. It was decided jointly that he was just trying to provoke a confrontation, and that if we left him alone, and made sure no one joined him, that this was the most prudent course of action.
In the heat of the day, we sold a large amount of pop, freezies and popsicles, making this an all time record for Street Market revenue!!!
Operations Upgrade Report
The Greenway Mural project progressed a little bit with the addition of a few more tarps. We now have 5 tarps hanging along the edge of Carrall St. in order to keep the shoppers inside the market and make for a clearer greenway.
We signed up another 30 vendors throughout the day. We now have over 80 vendor tags created and about half that many have been distributed to the vendors. They wear them proudly. We hope that this will enable us to keep track of who is not a resident of the DTES, and who should not be selling at our market.
We wanted to have a test run of independent security, but the guy that we hired for the day was stuck in Mission with a broken down car.
We found a local person, Ken, who has a BST certification that needs to be renewed. We used this as an opportunity to test out how a security guard would work and how they would interact with the RPICs.
Freezer cart was a great hit. This contributed to a record day in pop/popsicle sales.
This was a purpose built cart using our Great Beginnings money. Thank you, City of Vancouver!
Financial Report
1) 50/50 Raffle: $52.50
2) Tents/Tables: $113.75
3) Coffee/Pop Sales: $209.42 (We had our freezer plugged in for the first time, with freezies, and popsicles!!)
Total Revenue for the day: $375.67 (This was an all time record)
Total spending for the week: $331.40
Petty Cash now = $340.85
Vendor/Market Summary
We counted 190 Vendors at noon. This was close to record numbers. Many probably left early due to the heat.
Number of tents deployed = 24
Number of tables deployed = 13 x 5 foot tables, 12 x 10 foot tables, 42 x 4 foot tables
67 total tables deployed during our event.
Bathroom Summary
112 individuals used our portable bathrooms during the hours of 10am to 1pm
110 individuals used them during the hours of 1pm to 4pm
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