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Knoxville RAGBRAI® Town Hall Meeting May 1 st, 2013 The Village Theatre
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RAGBRAI® Route Announcement Party Saturday, January 26 th, 2013 Iowa Events Center
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Campgrounds Marion County Park Practice fields at KHS, KMS, West, Rec. Center Auld and Young’s Park (Charter Groups) School groups selling showers at KHS and KMS Showers available at Rec. Center and M.C. Park
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Downtown Area Vendors, entertainment, beverage garden Downtown core closed to non-essential traffic Vendors must have all applicable permits, licenses, inspection certificates, and insurance Commercial vendor: $650 Non-profit vendor: $350 Mobile vendor: $200
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Vendor Information “No entity shall provide or sell food* or goods to the public in Knoxville on July 24, 2013 or July 25, 2013 at a location other than their regularly established place of business without obtaining a permit.” Cleanup Deposit: $100 (fully refundable) Electrical Service Request: $30 Advertise: $200 – For those who don’t need a permit, but would like to be listed on maps, signs, etc.) *Except for water provided without cost to the consumer
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Feeding the Masses! 25-30,000 hungry participants in Knoxville! 100% eat dinner and 20% eat breakfast! – Over 50% choose to eat AT local churches with the rest split between local restaurants and official vendors. – Riders typically don’t eat dinner at schools or campgrounds. The State of Iowa will not allow local vs. non-local vendor fees. Believe us…we tried.. – Knoxville vendors will get preference in vending location.
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Beverage Garden Staging setup on the SW corner of the Square Beverage Garden stretching north of the stage along Second Street through Main. – Capacity: ~7,000 people – Domestics (Bud/Light, Busch/Light, Michelob) – Craft (Peace Tree, Millstream, Sam Adams, etc) Tickets, wristbands, snow fencing
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Knoxville RAGBRAI® Grants What to do with surplus revenues?... Did you help with RAGBRAI®? What will your group do with the money to make Knoxville a better place?
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Volunteers, Volunteers, Volunteers Every committee will need help along the way and the day of the event – see the committee chairs to sign up! This is another great opportunity to show off our community..make it GREAT! It can’t be done without your help!
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Dylan Morse Dmorse@McKayINSagency.com Web & Social Media Electrical Beverage Garden Entertainment & Special Events
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Larissa Van Donselaar Director@WinWithKnoxville.com Housing Volunteers Publicity Transportation
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Dylan Feik dfeik@knoxvilleia.gov Public Safety Law Enforcement Medical Communications Food & Vendor Campgrounds
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April Verwers VerwersCityCouncil@gmail.com Showers, Sanitation & Recycling Hospitality Information Center RIDE RIGHT
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www.KnoxvilleRAGBRAI.com Remember: this is someone’s vacation – make it memorable! Show your PRIDE! – Wear a Knoxville RAGBRAI T-shirt! – Get Involved! This is going to be a BLAST! – Enjoy our guests and activities while they’re here and let’s have some fun!
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A Special Thanks to… Marion County Government Knoxville Public Schools Knoxville Raceway McKay Insurance Sprint Car H.o.F. & Museum Knoxville Water Works Chamber of Commerce Brown’s Sanitation City of Knoxville Knoxville Hospitals & Clinics MidAmerican Energy Knoxville RAGBRAI® Advisory Committee And especially to the unnamed volunteers who have dedicated hundreds of hours of service to plan this event with many more hours to come….
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