City Seeks Input on Street Vending

The City of Madison is hosting a community meeting and online survey to gather ideas and input to improve the City’s Street Vending Program. Madison’s nationally recognized street vending scene includes unique food carts, talented artists and craftspeople, outdoor merchant vending and vibrant sidewalk cafes. These activities are overseen by the City’s Vending Oversight Committee and managed by the Street Vending Coordinator, based within the City’s Office of Business Resources.

The City is looking for input to make street vending in Madison even better. The first way to provide input is to complete a brief online survey by following this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y5YHC32.

The next way to give input is to attend a community meeting that will take place on Thursday, February 23 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Central Library, 201 West Mifflin Street, in Room 301. This will be an engaging and interactive discussion covering a variety of topics including:

• Art & craft vending
• The review process to assign sites for food carts
• Opportunities for sidewalk cafes and outdoor retail vending
• Future ideas to improve street vending in Madison

The input you provide through the survey and at the community meeting will help guide changes to the City’s policies and processes that support and regulate street vending in Madison.