Street Vendors

All sorts of Worcesterites are coming together to support Worcester's street vendors, for all sorts of reasons. Some see vendors as a good part of urban life. Others think the City Council should stop hurting small businesses. Others see an attack on street vendors as hurting the poor.

The City Council has voted (by the slimmest of margins) to approve new regulations that would put many vendors out of business. You can read them here. We are still working to convince the Council to adopt newer, more reasonable measures.

One vendor requested a petition to the Worcester City Council that his customers can sign. If you'd like to add your name to this petition, please e-mail realsolutionsworcester@yahoo.com.

We recognize that Worcester's vendors are an important part of small business and community life in our city. We oppose any measure by our City Council that would restrict the ability of vendors to do business, especially: 1) contraints on times that vendors may operate, 2) laws against vendors operating on Main St., and 3) laws that require vendors to move every 5 minutes.

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