Monday, July 29, 2013

Creating the Taste






"Taste of" to feature Rogers Park's Best



The Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce have an idea to create tradition, promote local businesses and host a fun event. Working with World Business Chicago and SEED Chicago, the City of Chicago's curated Kickstarter page, the chamber has launched a crowd-sourced fundraiser to begin the Taste of Rogers Park series of events.

Starting smaller with only forty vendors, the first Taste of Rogers Park will host only twenty restaurants or food vendors, ten for-profit non-food vendors and ten not-for-profit organizations. The reasoning was explained as "showcasing only the best of Rogers Park."



"Being a 1.85 sq mi neighborhood with well over 400 local businesses, the population density and cultural diversity makes this a worthwhile project. It has the right chemistry to succeed. The timing couldn't be better" said Chamber President Bill Morton.



The Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce plans to host the first Taste of Rogers Park at the Artists of the Wall area of Loyola Park with it's Southern boundary being the Windform art sculpture, located North of W. Pratt Boulevard and East of N. Sheridan Road. To include the entire neighborhood, future locations of the event will shift to other parks throughout Rogers Park, including Touhy Park, Willye B. White Park and Pottawatomie Park.

Rogers Park businesses have been calling for the Taste of Rogers Park. One business owner explained his frustration with other festivals in town as not featuring Rogers Park businesses. The Taste of Rogers Park will fulfill this need by accepting only Rogers Park food vendors. Additionally, everything from the promotions company, to printing of signage, banners, tickets, t-shirts, and posters to insuring the event will be by Rogers Park businesses whenever possible.

Sponsorship is three-tiered, Silver ($250), Gold ($500) and Platinum ($1000). Rewards include mentions in all press releases and logos on all flyers. Gold also includes banners and Platinum includes an introduction to all attendee's on the stage during the event. Sponsors and Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce members get $100 off table pricing. Additionally, there are Top Ten packages (for the first ten to pledge) and The One and Only package, which allows a vendor to be the only one of it's kind at the event ($3,000).

In addition, if the Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce successfully completes their goal of $10,000 by August 22nd, 2013, sponsor MillerCoors will donate an additional $5,000.

The Taste of Rogers Park will be a one day family event in August of 2014 which will begin at 8 am and end at 10 pm.

"Come on, everyone! Let's back a Taste of Rogers Park, where the community comes together"! - Chamber Secretary Autumn Davids



Links:




Official Taste of Rogers Park website:





Official Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce website:






For additional information contact:

Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce

(773) 850-0049


Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Taste of Rogers Park








In the words of the Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce:


"The Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce is very happy to announce that today we have launched a thirty day Kickstarter campaign for the first ever Taste of Rogers Park through World Business Chicago's program, SEED Chicago.


The Taste of Rogers Park will be hosted at Artists of the Wall area of Loyola Park with it's Southern boundary being the Windform art sculpture. The Taste will continue to occur every other year and shift to other parks throughout Rogers Park, including Touhy Park, Willye B. White Park and Pottawatomie Park.


Our first Taste of Rogers Park will host twenty restaurants, ten for profits, and ten not for profits, as well as local musicians.


The Taste of Rogers Park will be a one day event in August of 2014 which will begin at 8 am and end at 10 pm.


Children seven and under will enter for free, seniors can attend for ten dollars, and all ages in-between get in for fifteen dollars.


Please check out our Kickstarter and help make the first Taste of Rogers Park happen!


You can fund the event for rewards of tickets, t-shirts, or even sponsorship! Please help us bring this family event to Rogers Park"!



Links:




Official Taste of Rogers Park website:





Official Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce website:





For additional information contact:



Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce