1. ALL PROCEEDS from vendor sales will belong to the vendor. No commissions will be assessed. Vendors are responsible for collecting and paying Georgia sales tax and for reporting earnings to the IRS.2. STORAGE OF MATERIALS during the Georgia Peach Festival must be confined within the area assigned to you. Plan for storage within your area when designing the configuration of your booth area. Booth space will be limited to 11 feet by 11 feet.3. VENDORS ARE EXPECTED to provide their own tables and display boards. Do not tape, tack, or otherwise affix any materials or signs to walls, trees, lamp posts or other surfaces on public or private property. Canopies may be anchored by cinderblocks or sandbags only. No ground stakes are permitted.4. VENDORS ARE RESPONSIBLE for transporting and placing their own booths. Labor to erect booths will not be provided.5. NO VENDORS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES shall conduct themselves in a manner offensive to general standards of decency or good taste. The Board of Directors reserves the right to screen all booths and exclude inappropriate items. In the event of inappropriate behavior, the booth will be forced to close and all fees will be forfeited.6. WHEN VACATED, booth space must be left clear of paper, packing materials and other refuse. Do not discard cartons or packing materials anywhere downtown or in the festival area. These items must be stored in your vehicle and taken with you upon depar- ture.7. VENDOR SET-UP may begin in Byron North Peach Park between the hours of 9am-11am. All booths must be fully set up and operational by 12pm and remain open until 10pm. No vendors will be admitted after 12pm Saturday.8. VENDOR SET-UP may begin in downtown Fort Valley at 1pm-4pm on Friday or between the hours of 6am-8am on Saturday. All booths must be fully set up and operational by 5pm on Friday & 9am Saturday remain open until 10pm. No vendors willbe admitted after 4pm Friday & 8am Saturday.9. POWER is available at an additional $50 per duplex outlet. Each outlet is 110 volts, 20 amps. 220 power is not available. Port- able, quiet generators are permitted. Power is not available for campers/RVs.10. INSURANCE -- Vendors are expected to carry their own insurance coverage to protect their merchandise from damage, loss, or theft incurred while participating in the Georgia Peach Festival. No insurance or guard services will be supplied by the Georgia Peach Festival. Participation in the Georgia Peach Festival is at the vendor’s own risk. The GPF is a rain or shine non-refundable event & there will be NO REFUNDS in the event of bad weather.11. THE NAMES “Georgia Peach Festival” and “Peaches on A Branch” are trademarks and MAY NOT BE USED to personalize any items sold at the Georgia Peach Festival unless the Festival Committee has negotiated, approved and issued an exclusive Special Activities Contract with you, and arrangements have been made for the Festival to receive full commissions or royalties on the sale of that merchandise. DO NOT ATTEMPT to use the name or any variation thereof on shirts, other articles of clothing or merchandise of any kind. It is permissible to personalize with “Peach County, Georgia: or the date. The Georgia Peach Festival will prosecute violators to the fullest extent of the law. This application is not a “Special Activities Contract.”12. ALL MERCHANDISE made available for sale will be limited to handcrafted items that have been sculpted, painted, photo- graphed, designed, constructed or otherwise fashioned by the artist or artisan. Selected commercially produced or manufactured goods may be allowed. The Board of Directors of the Georgia Peach Festival, Inc., will determine what manufactured items will be allowed.13. SUBMIT A DETAILED LIST of proposed arts and crafts items with photographs of each item. To preserve the integrity of each vendor’s market, this list will be screened and final approval returned with your confirmation. Only items marked as approved on the list will be allowed for sale at the Georgia Peach Festival.
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