<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">Good afternoon planners, </span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">We here in Brockton are working toward a public event space, to remain owned by the city, but potentially operated by a third-party manager. We envision food festivals, craft fairs, movie showings, etc., but are curious how other municipalities have structured such a setup; </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><br></span></div><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">*Do your communities have a municipal staff person managing (or assisting in the management of) the space? Event promoters? Non-profit? For profits? Local cultural organizations?</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">*How do you structure pay for management of the space?</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">*Percentage of vendor sales?</span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">*Per-event agreements?</span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">*Sponsorships?</span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">*Mix of some or all above options?</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><br></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><font color="#000000" face="Antic Slab">Thank you in advance, </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#000000" face="Antic Slab"><br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">John Fay</span></b><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">(He/Him)</span><b><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> </span></b></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><font color="#0b5394">Senior Planner</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><font color="#0b5394">City of
Brockton</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><font color="#0b5394">Dept. of
Planning and Economic Development</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><font color="#0b5394">45 School
Street</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><font color="#0b5394">Brockton, MA
02301</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><font color="#073763">O: </font><font color="#0b5394">508-580-7113</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#073763"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"></span><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">C: </span><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">781-807-0665</span></font><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><font color="#0b5394"><br></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><a href="mailto:jfay@cobma.us" target="_blank">jfay@cobma.us</a></span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> </span></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:11pt;font-family:"Antic Slab""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wfeBT01rfpQ2Wq7cLzxC5_qjUNpfUlFvqxxMqBn4379j9mYpP_65jcRqVZOqfEQ7dS9pYSAms" width="200" height="67"><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><br></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div>