11/28/2011

Hey, Silly People! I’m sure you have heard, but in case you haven’t, the Silly Holiday Bazaar -  How bizarre? is coming your way! December 3^rd and 4^th, Park Silly Sunday Market is hosting its first ever winter event! All the silliness you love in the summer will persist in to our Bazaar!

Along with preparing for a new event comes a lot of hard work, but we will always keep it silly…listen to KPCW for our fun and funky PSA’s for all the details!

I’m sure you will need some unique gifts for the holiday season, so why not come to the Park City High School to support local businesses and the Park City High School Students?!

In case you miss the PSA’s on KPCW, we have them here for you to listen to and share with your family and friends. See you all there!

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Already missing Sunday’s on Main Street? Here is a fun little clip to get you all excited for next summer! And in case you can’t wait until the summer, the Park Silly Sunday Market is having its first even Silly Holiday Bazaar! December 3^rd and 4^th, come to the Park City High School and see many of your favorite Park Silly vendors and get silly with us, holiday style.

The Silly Holiday Bazaar will have 100+ vendors, many of the same vendors you see and love on Sunday’s on Main Street. Why not come in and get some great and unique holiday gifts, while also keeping it local!

Of course, we want to keep this event silly, so feel free to dress up and come see us! And if dressing up isn’t your thing, just come and see our crazy costumes!

Enjoy the video, and keep it silly! Hope to see you all at the bazaar, and of course, we want you to join us for the 2012 Park Silly Season!

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Park Silly Sunday Farmers Market Offers Easy Access to Healthy Food and a Bolstered Local Economy

July 22, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Park City, UT—Park Silly Sunday Market offers something more than just an eco-friendly street festival and a silly good time. Although, it definitely does offer all of that, it also offers a diverse mixture of local farmers, bakers and food creatives with its Farmer’s Market.

Most all of the vendors at the Silly Farmers Market are local. And according to a recent New York Times article, buying local not only means friendly on the environment, but it also means healthier food and a bolstered local economy.

Park Silly’s Farmers Market has plenty of local Utah and Park City flavor and spirit to go around, ranging from Jensen Farms, who offer 100 different varieties of peaches, and The Sweet Brigadier, who can tell you 10 reasons why chocolate can save your life, to Red Bicycle Breadworks, an artisanal bread maker claiming to be “keeping PC crusty.”

“Park Silly’s Farmers Market is a great way to support the local economy while stocking your supply of healthy produce and gourmet baked goods,” says Alexandra Bassett, Park Silly’s Vendor Fairy.

Large food companies do not typically produce local Utah foods. Large food companies tend to use a variety of chemicals to help mass produce their produce, and add refined sugars, carbohydrates and preservatives to processed foods. By buying local consumers can avoid unhealthy foods and enjoy fresher foods that do not have to be transported great distances, according to a New York Times article.

And according to farmersmarketcoaliton.org, local farmers markets stimulate local economies and strengthen communities “Approximately 25% of vendors at farmers markets derive their sole source of income from farmers market sales, and 80% of vendors at farmers markets said that farmers markets provide them a greater source of business development than any other possible marketing outlet,” according to the coalition.   

“We are hoping to grow the Farmer’s Market soon. We’re getting several requests by local farmers and consumers alike. And because the Park Silly Sunday Market is a community market, we are looking at the possibility of offering food stamps at the Market as well,” said Kimberly Kuehn, Co-founder of the Park Silly Sunday Market.

The Farmers Market portion of the Park Silly Sunday Market is located on 5th Street, next to the post office, on Park City’s Historic Main Street up from the main portion of the Park Silly Sunday Market. Happening every Sunday (except August 7th) through September 25th.

For more information about the Park Silly Farmers Market, please contact Alexandra Bassett at (435) 655-0994 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .       

More on Park Silly Sunday Market:

Park Silly Sunday Market is an eco-friendly, open-air market and street festival and community forum where neighbors and friends come together to celebrate the local flavor of fun and funky Park Sillians.

Our vision and mission are to grow and expand the experience of the inclusive quality of community while creating worldwide recognition of Park City, Utah as the place where local, national and international causes are brought to light and addressed in the spirit of celebration and connectedness.

June 15, 2011

Vendors

Dear Vendors,

     What a great opening day for Park Silly Sunday Market! An estimated 9,000 visitors made their way to Main Street on Sunday - the largest attendance yet - and a lot of vendors completely sold out. Woo-hoo! With a kick-off like this, we’re only expecting the silly season to get better and better.

As with all events, we do have a few important points to go over with you as follows:

Parking – Please follow our guidelines or you run the risk of getting a ticket

-          There is plenty of designated vendor parking that is free all day on the top of China Bridge and on either side of City Hall.

-          There is also free parking on the east side of Park Ave. below the 950 block and in the lower parking lot of Park City Mountain Resort.

-          Parking anywhere else is off-limits to vendors. If you park in a spot with a time limit, you will get a ticket. We’ve reminded all of you not to park in Swede Alley or in any other timed parking areas, but yet we’ve still received complaints about tickets being served. Please follow our parking guidelines, and you won’t get a ticket. It’s really that simple!

-          Please also be courteous of Park City residents and don’t park in residential areas. Imagine how you would feel if your regular residential parking spots were taken over by a Sunday invasion of cars not from the neighborhood – you’d be upset! Please keep our community in mind and think twice before doing something like this.

Trash – We are a Zero-Waste market

-          As a vendor at PSSM, you are responsible for your own trash. That means that you will have to bring your own trash bags, do your own recycling and take everything with you when you leave.

-          Our Zero-Waste Bins are for market visitors only. Vendors are not allowed to use the Zero-Waste Bins for any reason. If we see that you are using the Zero-Waste Bins, you will receive a warning only once. The second time it happens, we will have to ask you not to return to the market.

-          Please pick up after yourselves before leaving the premises. Your booth space should be left the way you found it with NO LITTER in it. If this becomes an ongoing problem, we reserve the right to charge you for clean up costs, and it may also result in your not being invited back to the market.

Load Out – Vehicles are allowed back into the venue starting at 5:30pm

-          Vendors are expected to stop selling and start breaking down their booths at 5pm.

-          You must break everything down and put it on the sidewalk behind your booth before leaving the venue to get your vehicle.

-          When you return to your booth location, please pull over to the side of the street so that other vehicles can pass. IF YOU BLOCK THE ROAD, YOU RUN THE RISK OF POLICE INVOLVEMENT AND GETTING TOWED, plus you are holding everyone else up. Please don’t put yourself and the rest of us through this. Thank you!

Onsite Food Vendors – New load out directions & NO STYROFOAM

-          Load in and load out directions are opposite morning and evening:

1. Load in: enter Dear Valley Dr. and exit 9^th St.
2. Load out: enter 9^th St. and exit Dear Valley Dr.

-          NO STYROFOAM and NO TIN FOIL. These materials are NOT allowed at the market. If we see that you are using these products, we reserve the right to ask you to leave, and you will not be invited back to the market.

If you have any questions about the above, please let me know.

 We look forward to seeing you next Sunday!

 Sincerely silly,

Alexandra Bassett

Vendor Fairy

435-655-0994