I Had No Idea

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "No Fence Application or Permit granted":

An Academic Question: Why would a vendor pay a fee to Aurora's Chamber of Commerce for permission to sell in the Street Sale when it could set up in the Park for no fee at all?
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There is no evidence a vendor vends free in the park during the Jazz Festival, with the park fenced off for the three days of the August holiday week-end, to allow for admission to be charged, to a venue the organizers receive for free. 
The only thing I know for sure is, they are not paying a vendor's fee or any other fee to the  owners of the park. That being the Town of Aurora.
There is evidence the beer garden and food vendor may even be conveying  the proceeds of their efforts to the festival organizers.
The Rotary Club and Optimist Club passed up the opportunity when the demand was made to hand over the money.
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 I learned something new at Tuesday's Council meeting. The Town applies and receives  $25,000. grant from the federal government 
to help finance the July 1st Celebration. We have been receiving the grant for years apparently.
That means when we budgeted $14,000, in 2010 for the parade alone, including $2,000 for the St Kitts woman  to hire her own personal assistant, to help her organize the parade.total spending for July 1st, plus  staff time. was  in excess of $40,000.
I did not know that.
I just remembered something else I heard. I don't know if it's true. Farmers Market vendors, who do pay vendors fees to the town, were offered a lesser rate from the organizers of the Jazz Festival.
Isn't that a hoot?