EPIC Earth Day Experience Historic Downtown Grapevine 4.5.14 FREE Admission 8 AM – 7 PM Rain Date April 6 WHY GRAPEVINE? WHY EXHIBIT? Location Known for its reputation for large turnouts, the event is centrally located at the Main Street gazebo, the heart of Historic Downtown Grapevine. Festival Traffic Additional foot traffic from Grapevine’s famous Chocolate Festival & Thomas the Train event on the same day Engage our community to reduce usage Preserve and reclaim natural space Influence purchasing choices based on environmental impact Cultivate a sustainable earth and air quality Tourists Grapevine hotel buses stop directly in front of the event, providing great visibility to all those visiting our city. Eco-Friendly An award-winning city with a proven track record in implementing green and sustainable living for home and business. Statewide PR Event occurs on the same day as the Don't Mess with Texas Trash-Off*, Texas’ signature event for the Great American clean-up, the nation’s largest community improvement program. Expertise The event is underwritten by exceptional “green” leaders, innovators, and achievers. Event Hosted by Keep Grapevine Beautiful To Become a Vendor or Sponsor: 817-410-3490 kgvb.org 2013 Sponsor Testimonial: “Congratulations again on such a wonderful event yesterday! It was an amazing experience. You really hit it out of the park!” ~ Amy Ridener (Verizon)
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EPIC Earth Day Experience Historic Downtown Grapevine
4.5.14
FREE Admission 8 AM – 7 PM Rain Date April 6
WHY GRAPEVINE? WHY EXHIBIT?
Location Known for its reputation for large turnouts, the event is centrally located at the Main Street gazebo, the heart of Historic Downtown Grapevine.
Festival Traffic Additional foot traffic from Grapevine’s famous Chocolate Festival & Thomas the Train event on the same day
Engage our community to reduce usage
Preserve and reclaim natural space
Influence purchasing choices based on environmental impact
Cultivate a sustainable earth and air quality
Tourists Grapevine hotel buses stop directly in front of the event, providing great visibility to all those visiting our city.
Eco-Friendly
An award-winning city with a proven track record in implementing green and sustainable living for home and business.
Statewide PR
Event occurs on the same day as the Don't Mess with Texas Trash-Off*, Texas’ signature event for the Great American clean-up, the nation’s largest community improvement program.
Expertise
The event is underwritten by exceptional “green” leaders, innovators, and achievers.
Event Hosted by Keep Grapevine Beautiful
To Become a Vendor or Sponsor:
817-410-3490
kgvb.org
2013 Sponsor Testimonial: “Congratulations again on such a wonderful event
yesterday! It was an amazing experience. You really hit it
out of the park!” ~ Amy Ridener (Verizon)
t s r C y s u 8:00 AM Don’t Mess With Texas Trash- Off Launch
9:00 AM Vendor / Food Trucks Set-Up
10:00 AM Don’t Mess With Trash Off Concludes
10:00 AM Doors Open For Chad
10:30 AM Chad Speaks
11:15 AM Book Signing
11:30 AM Vendors Ready
12:00 PM EPIC Officially Opens
1:00 PM EPIC Eco House Presentation
2:30 PM EPIC Eco House Presentation
4:00 PM EPIC Eco House Presentation
4:30 PM Band Sets Up
4:30 PM Doors Open For Chad
5:00 PM Chad Speaks
5:30 PM Band Starts
5:45 PM Book Signing
6:45 PM Chad Officially Closes EPIC with band
7:00 PM Closed
7:00 PM Vendor Tear Down Begins
CNN Hero of the Year Keynote Speaker
Chad Pregracke is the President and Founder of Living Lands & Water (LL&W), the world’s only “industrial strength” not-for-profit river cleanup organization. Chad formed LL&W at the youthful age of 23, after spending his life growing up and working on the
Mississippi River. Early on, he became appalled by the amount of garbage in the river and decided that if no one else was going to do something about it, he would.
Over the last 16 years, he, his crew, and nearly 70,000 volunteers have removed over 7 million pounds of garbage out of our nation’s rivers. He’s also broadened his mission to include a MillionTrees and an Adopt-A-River Mile Project, as well as a new floating classroom aboard a barge that he and his crew live on 7 months of the year, teaching students, educators and individual citizens about the value of our rivers and natural resources. Most recently, Chad was named the 2013 CNN Hero of the Year!
Keynote Arrangements
10:30 AM Grapevine City Hall And Council Chambers 4:30 PM Book Signing to Follow
No Admission Fee – Limited Seating
Donations Accepted and Appreciated Reserve Your Seat
EPIC Schedule
8:00 AM Don't Mess with Texas Trash Off Launch
9:00 AM Recycle Alley Opens
10:00 AM Doors Open at City Hall For Keynote Speaker 10:30 AM CNN Hero of the Year Speaks 11:15 AM Book Signing 11:30 AM Vendors Ready to Open 12:00 PM EPIC Official Opening by CNN Hero of the Year 1:00 PM Recycle Alley Closes 1:00 - 1:30 PM EPIC Eco House Presentation 2:00 - 2:30 PM EPIC Eco House Presentation 3:00 - 3:30 PM EPIC Eco House Presentation 4:00 PM Band Starts Set 1 - Spencer Elliott Band 4:00 PM Doors Open at City Hall For Keynote Speaker 4:30 PM CNN Hero of the Year Speaks 5:15 PM Book Signing 5:30 PM Band Starts Set 2 - Boogieman Band 6:45 PM EPIC Official Closing by CNN Hero of the Year 7:00 PM Closed
All EPIC sponsors will receive Free booth Logos on all promotional materials Event announcements to over 100K+ visitors Social media campaign Newsletters Website placement with live links Banners
EPIC Vendor Fair Vendor Booth choices are either $100 or $150 shaded. This participation fee should be considered a donation to Keep Grapevine Beautiful and is tax deductible.
Vendor space includes - Wi-Fi
Electricity 6 foot table with 2 chairs Ability to sell your products Connections to other eco professionals Exposure to thousands
EPIC Event Sponsorships Last year, 2,000+ people attended this exciting and educational event. This year will be bigger and better than ever as we're proud to announce our guest speaker is Chad Pregracke – the CNN Hero of the Year! Sponsors will also receive a ‘bang for their buck’ with their company name included in over 100K announcements prior to event day.
Title Sponsor $3500 Sponsor tied to all CNN Hero of the Year promotions Signage at 2 locations – EPIC Expo & City Hall Headliner placement on all promotional items Sponsor marketing materials in vendor packets Gazebo stage as booth space
Recycling Alley Sponsor – Verizon
Exposure to add-on traffic from ‘recycle only’ participants Sponsor marketing materials in vendor packets Parking lot as booth space Prominent signage
Vendor Expo Sponsor – Republic Services
Each booth labeled with sponsor name and logo Sponsor marketing materials in vendor packets Sponsor name included on all vendor thank you notes Prominent signage
Eco House Sponsor – Marshall Grain &
Factory Builder Stores Eco House walls labeled with company name and logo Eco House outfitted with company’s products Prominent signage
Kids Eco Zone Sponsor –Preservation Tree
Art project labeled with company name and logo Prominent signage
Don’t Mess With Texas Trash-Off
Customized trash grabbers Prominent signage
Hydration Station Sponsor - Greenling
Prominent signage
Hosted by Keep Grapevine Beautiful
To Become a Vendor or Sponsor:
817-410-3490
kgvb.org
2013 Vendor Testimonial: “We were very happy to be part of your event this year. I
think it went very well. We had a lot of interested
people stop by our booth. And the music was
GREAT!!!” ~ Dana Cobb (DORBA)
DMWT Trash-Off Kids Zone Recycle Rally Eco House 8 – 10 AM All Day Fun 9 AM – 1 PM 1 – 4 PM
