An issue of potentially not waiving the open container law in the village of Fredonia for a September weekend is posing a threat to a highly attended festival a
The Fredonia Farm Festival has announced Standfast Farms will be the grand marshal for the 55th annual event. Tim and Rachel Grant, married for 16 years, are
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Mayor Doug Essek has proposed lifting the $500 food truck fee for the Fredonia festivals for this year. In light of lost revenues by those vendors as well as the establishments in the village due to COVID-19 the Board of Trustees agreed it would be a fitting thing to do.
The discussion began at the Board of Trustees meeting where Trustee James Lynden cited the OBSERVER article about a few of the festivals possibly moving to the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds due to the food truck law.
“If that’s their intention to move so it’s no longer part of Fredonia I would suggest that we don’t hold these dates,” Lynden stated in regard to a resolution blocking festival dates in the village. “Maybe someone wants to start a new festival. if they’re making suggestions that they’re going to take it out of the village I can’t see that we hold the date. Do we hold these dates?”
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The Fredonia Farm Festival is considering relocated to Dunkirk due to food truck fees.
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Talks of the Fredonia Farm Festival possibly moving to the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds this year came up briefly at the Board of Trustees meeting last month.
“The board (FestivalsFredonia) was in discussion and it looks like they’re going to be moving this year’s Farm Festival to the fairgrounds,” Trustee Roger Britz stated. “One of the reasons they discussed is our food truck law. It seems to be putting a big hamper on getting food vendors in our village to participate in our festivals. I’d like to discuss this in more detail with the board and possibly working out some sort of fee structure so that we could accommodate the Farm Festival and have our festival kept in our village.”