11am: Community Tables and Music
1pm: Parade Starts (lineup for Parade People is at 12pm on Wolcott Avenue)
2pm: Parade Ends (estimation) and Music starts again
4pm: Day ends. Hope you had fun! Stay for more food, boutique shopping and art galleries on Beacon’s mile long Main Street. Find all in A Little Beacon Blog’s Restaurant Guide, Shopping Guide, and Art Gallery Guide.
A few highlight notes for Table Vendors:
Tables: Bring your own table, tent and chairs.
Helpers: We will have some Spirit Volunteers to help you set up your tent if you need it.
Power: We are working on getting a few extension cords for you for emergency charging.
Table Location + Police: Chief Frost has asked us to tell you that should you need the help of Police on the day, to please tell them what business you are in front of. Use the address of the business and/or the business name. Don't use your table number, because the Police won't know it.
Spirit Table: The Spirit of Beacon table is next to the Main Music Stage (Veterans Place) should you need to give us anything or need to find a representative right away. Volunteers Carman Johnson and Jeana Pearl Fletcher will be at that table.
Rain: Rain or Shine
SETUP TIME:
10am: Setup. That is when the Beacon Police are closing the side streets and our part of Main Street, from Brett Street (Amacord) to Teller Avenue (Yankee Clipper Diner).
4pm: Breakdown. If you need to go early, that is quite alright. All of us will break down at 4pm, and the Beacon Highway Department will help get rid of the trash. Please do you part and pick up any trash you see, even if it isn't yours.
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1pm Heads Up: At 1pm, the parade starts. Your table will be on the sidewalk, so the parade will pass right by you.
Bring water. You'll get thirsty.
BATHROOMS
There will be a porta-potty for you in both of the far corners of the Rite Aid parking lot, and across from St. Rocco’s.
So, North and South Chestnut Street, and Eliza Street/Church Street.
PARKING
Both free public parking lots on Henry Street are available for you to park in. These are the lots behind the Towne Crier and Yankee Clipper, as well as the lot behind the Post Office and Mobil Gas Station. Both the Beacon Flea and the Beacon Farmers Market have graciously taken the hit for you by closing on this day. Thank you Markets! Everyone please buy from them next weekend.
CONTACT PERSON
Your point person of contact is Katie Hellmuth. She is the Spirit of Beacon Chair.
BRING YOUR OWN TABLE
Bring your own table, tent and chairs.
TABLE ETIQUETTE
Your table will be in front of a business, but not blocking the business front door. We need to make the businesses as accessible as possible. Beacon businesses will be open on this day. Encourage your visitors to browse the business behind you.
DON'T BLOCK A BUSINESS' DOOR
Set up to the right or left of the business you are in front of. Leave a clear path to their door so that the public can get in. Please do not pile up your stuff in front of their storefront. The public still needs to walk behind you on the sidewalk to get to stores. Use the space under your table for that. Thank you!
FOOD + PERMITS
Thanks to you, the Spirit of Beacon Day has gotten so big, that Dutchess County wants to know about your food, to make sure it's safe. You might need a temporary food permit, but might not. If you are selling or giving away any food of any kind, you'll want to run it by the Inspector Shannon Fatum. Call Shannon at 845-838-4801 and leave her a message, or email her at sfatum@dutchessny.gov. She is waiting to hear from you, and knows about the Spirit of Beacon Day. If you need a temporary permit, which is $40, she will email you the application.
Don't be afraid. Call her. She wants to make it work for you. She has talked to several of you already!
TABLE LIST
1 Beacon Chamber of Commerce
2 Beacon Boi
3 Beacon City Council
4 River Pool at Beacon
5 Friends of Howland Public Library- Beacon Reads
6 Howland Public Library
7 BonfireWORKS Foundation
8 Keyfood Kettle Corn
9 Keyfood
10 I Am Beacon, Inc
11 I Am Beacon, Inc
12 I Am Beacon, Inc
13 Beacon Prison Rides
14 Hudson Valley Food Hall
15 Hudson Valley Food Hall
16 Fidelis Care
17 Beacon's St. Patrick's Day Parade Of Green
18 Sânt Hair Collective
19 BeaconArts
20 Midnight Ferry
21 Wee Play Comments Project
22 Salem Tabernacle
23 Beacon Performing Arts
24 Dia:Beacon
25 Single and Hungry Club w/ Hidden Rose
26 Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Jail Division
27 RAPP- Release Aging People from Prison
28 St Rocco Society
29 Beacon Light Tabernacle
30 Fishkill Rotary Club
31 Berkshire Farm Center Services
32 Friends of Fishkill Supply Depot
33 Beacon Chess Club
34 Patriot Swim Team and M2O Swim Team
35 Growing and Empowering Myself and My Sisters Inc.
36 Pat's Yard Vibes
37 Yanarella school of dance
38 Highlands Current
39 Beacon Sons and Daughters of Italy, St. Francis of Assisi Lodge #2629
40 Dutchess Community College
41 BHS Senior Class
42 St Joachim-St John Women’s Parish Club
43 Sun River Health
44 Sun River Health
45 St. James AME Zion Church
46 Twins Babarshop
47 ARF
48 Tioronda Garden Club
49 Christ Church United Methodist
50 Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corps
51 A Little Beacon Blog
52 Beacon Climate Action Now
53 Spirit of Beacon
54 BHS Clubs x Pulsera Project
55 BHS Student for Gender Equality
56 HV Credit Union
57 BHS Beacon Players
58 BHS Lady Bulldog
59 NYS United Teachers/Beacon Teachers Association
60 Beacon Dem Committee
61 Beacon Elk's Lodge #1493
62 Beacon PBA
63 City of Beacon Fire Department
64 Conservation Advisory Committee
65 Beacon Historical Society
66 Taconic Healthcare
67 Beacon Tree Advisory Committee
68 St Andrew and St. Luke Episcopal Church
69 Hudson Valley's Best
70 Mid-Hudson Maker Hub
71 Stony Kill Foundation
72 The ARC Community League New York
73 Mama La's Food For The Soul
74 FT Beacon
75 Beacon Christmas Tree Lighting Committee
76 Masijid Ar-Rashid
77 Coast 2 Coast
78 Southern Dutchess Coalition
79 New Covenant Learning Center
80 Astor Head Start
81 Little Water Preparatory Charter School
82 Kumon
83 CompassArts