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Commercial vendors sought for Cheese Days
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MONROE - Green County Cheese Days will again be offering commercial vendor booth spaces during the festival on Sept. 16 to 18.

Booths adjacent to the festival grounds (Monroe Library parking lot) can be reserved for $175 per space. The booth size is approximately 12 feet wide (frontage) by 10 feet deep. All booths are on asphalt. There is no electricity available. Booths will be available Friday evening after 6 p.m. through Sunday at 5 p.m. There are two time options for set-up: after 6 p.m. on Friday night or anytime Saturday morning prior to 9 a.m. No vendor vehicles will be allowed on the lot after 9 a.m. on Saturday. All materials must be removed by 6 p.m. on Sunday.

The hours of operation are Saturday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Vendors are responsible for their own tables, chairs, canopies/tents and weights, and there is no drilling allowed.

Examples of the types of businesses and vendors that will be accepted include independent distributors (Avon, Tupperware, etc.); flea market/resale; jewelry; candles; cell phone accessories; antique dealers; household or automotive cleaning products; service companies; and any business or organization wishing to promote their products, services or events.

The following items are not allowed: apparel or accessories promoting the festival; hand-crafted items; arts and crafts; farmer's market items; and garden produce, as Cheese Days already sells these items or offers other spaces for those categories. Contact Main Street Monroe for information on the farmer's market, or the Cheese Days office for information on the arts and crafts show.

Food and beverage stands are not allowed in the commercial vendor lot. Exceptions include recipe ingredients or pre-packaged items designed for consumption at a later time. Examples of food items that are allowed include dip mixes, dried fruits in packages to go, cheese spreads and blocks of cheese, snack meats shrink-wrapped in packs, sticks of sausage, jam or jelly and roasted nuts in packages to go.

Applications are available on the vendors' page of the Cheese Days website, cheesedays.com, or at the Cheese Days office. Applications are subject to final approval by Cheese Days. Booth rental fee is required at the time of application. Booth assignments will be processed in the order that they are received and a vendor locator map with booth assignments will be provided approximately two weeks prior to the show.

Individuals with questions about the category of merchandise they wish to sell can contact the Cheese Days office at 608-325-7771 or email cheesedays@tds.net.