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Hello, BUILD businesses, volunteers and supporters.  I am thrilled to remind you all that BUILD's Celebrate Your Independents festival is less than two months away!  This year's festival will be held at the Schlafly Tap Room on Saturday, July 1, from 3:00 pm until 9:00 pm.

Celebrate Your Independents is an outdoor festival that BUILD hosts in order to draw public attention to the myriad of strong, successful local businesses that St. Louis has to offer.  By concentrating 50 of the region's homegrown entrepreneurs under one tent, BUILD is able to show how powerful independent businesses are in St. Louis and introduce residents to buisnesses they may not be familar with.  The festival is also a great place to spend the afternoon.  This year there will be live music, a youth art contest, a planned bike ride beginning and ending at the festival, and more!  Also, this year's festival will start and end later in the day to beat some of the hot July temperatures and allow people to go directly from the Celebrate Your Independents festival to the Fair St. Louis fireworks.

At this point, you must be wondering how you can be a part of the excitement and publicity surrounding the Celebrate Your Independents festival.  There are several ways.

If you are a business member:
1) Register now for your booth!  If you scroll down, you will see that this e-mail includes all the necessary forms and information. 
2) Donate a product or service for our raffle.  Raffle tickets will be sold before and during the festival for $2 each to help defray festival costs.  Donating a prize will allow you to get even more publicity.

If you are a community member:
1) Spread the word!  Everyone you know should be at the Celebrate Your Independents festival on July 1.  No excuses.
2) Volunteer.  We need people to help both before and during the festival.  Simply let me know at eleanor.tutt@gmail.com if you would like to get involved.

Please contact me with any questions at all!
Eleanor Tutt
314-852-3582
eleanor.tutt@gmail.com
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE AND VENDOR INFORMATION

Celebrate Your Independents Festival
Saturday, July 1, 2006
3:00 – 9:00 (set-up at 1:30)
Schlafly Tap Room
2100 Locust St. (Downtown)

1:30 : Vendor set-up begins. Please check in with a BUILD St. Louis volunteer when you arrive, and please allow adequate time to set up your booth before the festival begins at 3:00. BUILD St. Louis will supply each vendor with two 8’x2’ tables, tablecloths, two chairs, and a small identifying sign. You must bring anything else you need for your booth. BUILD St. Louis suggests that you bring your own sign or banner for your table to promote your business or organization. Also, if you will be displaying fliers or papers, bring something heavy to weigh them down with.

3:00 : Celebrate Your Independents 2006 begins! The most important element of the Celebrate Your Independents festival is YOU—one of the many homegrown entrepreneurs that make St. Louis great! BUILD St. Louis’s goal is to celebrate your valuable contributions to the St. Louis region and to increase awareness of your business or organization. To attract residents to the celebration, this year’s festival will include live music, documentary screenings, and a youth art contest. BUILD St. Louis is also working with the St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation to plan a bike ride ending at the festival site. As festival activities are confirmed, they will be posted on the BUILD St. Louis website – www.buildstlouis.org. Please check the site for updated information.

9:00 : Festival ends. Vendor break-down. BUILD St. Louis requests that ALL vendors stay for the full length of the festival, and that vendors check out with a BUILD St. Louis volunteer when they leave. Any exceptions MUST be approved BEFORE the day of the festival. If you are having difficulty staffing your booth, BUILD St. Louis can provide volunteer workers for an additional hourly charge. Please see the vendor application form for details.


VENDOR APPLICATION FORM

Celebrate Your Independents 2006
Vendor Application Form

BOOTH PRICING:

Independent businesses not affiliated with BUILD St. Louis: $175
Current BUILD St. Louis members: $125
Not-for-profit organizations: $75

Please provide the following information to reserve your booth.
Mail the completed form, along with your booth rental fee, to:
BUILD St. Louis -- PO Box 11325 -- St. Louis, MO 63105

Contact BUILD St. Louis at 314-808-8032 or info@buildstlouis.org with any questions.

Company/Organization Name:                                                                      

Address:                                                                                                      

Telephone:                                                                                                              

Fax:                                                                                                             

Contact Name:                                                                                            

E-mail address:                                                                                            

Rental Use (check one):
Information:          Merchandise:          Food/Drinks:         Other:          

Please describe any electrical needs you have. A BUILD St. Louis representative will contact you promptly if your electrical needs exceed the capacity of the site.
                                                                                                                   

Would you like to staff your booth using BUILD volunteers for an extra donation to BUILD of $8 per volunteer per hour?                                                       

I, as an agent/representative of the above company/organization, understand that I must accept and agree to all terms, responsibilities, representations, and disclaimers contained in the Celebrate Your Independents Vendor Information Booklet before my booth rental is finalized. These include but are not limited to: my responsibility for all local, state, and federal taxes applicable to my activities at Celebrate Your Independents, a signed hold harmless agreement form to indemnify and hold BUILD St. Louis, its board of directors, committee, volunteers and assigns harmless for any liability incurred as a result of activities at Celebrate Your Independents, and to uphold and adhere to all local, state and federal laws while conducting activities at Celebrate Your Independents.

Printed Name/Title:                                                                                      

Signature:                                                                                                    

Date:                                                                                                           

WAIVER FORM

WAIVER OF LIABILITY AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT

1. In consideration for participating in the second annual Celebrate Your Independents Festival event held at Schlafly Tap Room in Downtown St. Louis on the date of July 1, 2006, I hereby RELEASE, WAIVE, DISCHARGE, AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE BUILD St. Louis, the Board of Directors, Schlafly Tap Room, committee members, volunteers, sponsors or agents (Hereinafter referred to as RELEASEES) from any and all liability, claims, demands, actions and causes of actions whatsoever arising out of or related to any loss, damage, or injury including death, that may be sustained by me, or to any property belonging to me, WHETHER CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEES, or otherwise, while participating in such event, or while in, on, or upon the premises where the activity is being conducted. I am fully aware of the risks and hazards connected with the event, including but not limited to the risks as noted herein, and I hereby elect to participate in said event, and to enter the above named premises and engage in such event knowing that the event may have thousands of participants. I VOLUNTARILY ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY RISKS OF LOSS, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY, INCLUDING DEATH, that may be sustained by me, or any loss of damage to property owned by me, as a result of participating in such event, WHETHER CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF RELEASEES or otherwise.

2. I further hereby AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE RELEASEES from any loss, liability, damage or costs, including court costs and attorney’s fees, that may incur due to my participation in said event, WHETHER CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE OF RELEASEES or otherwise. I understand the Releasees do not maintain any insurance policy covering any circumstance arising from my participation in this event. As such, I am aware that I should review my insurance coverage.

3. It is my express intent that this Release and Hold Harmless Agreement shall bind the members of my family. If I am alive, and my heirs, assigns and personal representatives, if I am not alive, shall be deemed as a RELEASE, WAIVER, DISCHARGE AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE the above named RELEASEES. I hereby further agree that this Waiver of Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri.

4. I UNDERSTAND THAT BUILD ST. LOUIS WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MEDICAL COSTS OR PROPERTY LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY INJURY OR LOSS I MAY SUSTAIN.

5. I further agree to become familiar with the rules and regulations of the BUILD St. Louis Celebrate Your Independents Vendor Booklet and not violate said rules of any directive or instruction made by the person or persons in charge of said event. I will assume the complete responsibility of any activity done in violation of any rule or directive or instruction.

6. I also understand that I should and am urged by BUILD St. Louis to obtain adequate insurance to cover any personal injury to myself or property loss which may be sustained during the event.

IN SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, I ACKNOWLEDGE AND REPRESENT THAT I have read the following Waiver of Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement, understand it and sign it voluntarily as my own free act and deed, and that no oral representations, statements or inducements, apart from the foregoing written agreement, have been made. I execute this document for full, adequate and complete consideration fully intending to be bound by the same.

Signature:                                                                                        

Date:                                                                                                  
                 
Business Name:                                                                              


 
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