Market Rules

  1. Market hours are from 9 am to 12:30 pm.
  2. No sales before our 9:00 opening.
  3. All vendors are to be set up and ready for the 9:00 opening.
  4. Payments for Market expenses (town license, domain name plus any unanticipated
  5. costs) are due the first Saturday of the season.
  6. Individual vendors are responsible for keeping their spaces swept clean of debris.
  7. All vendors must carryout recyclable cardboard and not leave it in the trash cans.
  8. There is a dumpster at the end of the building by the road reserved for cardboard.
  9. Vendors are to notify the Market Manager of any absences, giving as much advance
  10. notice as possible. If an absent vendor’s booth is occupied by a visiting vendor, the
  11. booth owner will be compensated by the visiting vendor.
  12. No open flames or cooking of food permitted per management.
  13. At the end of the Market day have your product ready to load on the loading dock prior
  14. to bringing up your vehicle. Do not position your vehicle and then bring your product to
  15. loading dock.
  16. t is required vendors remain at the Market as long as they have product to sell. Those
  17. vendors selling out before the end of Market may carry out but may not use the
  18. provided carts before the 12:30 closing time.

Building management:
  1. Rental payments are due opening day with the option to make two payments (one due the first Saturday, the second halfway through the season) or one payment for the whole amount.
  2. Standard booth size is 11'x7'. Vendors are not to encroach beyond their designated space.
  3. Any vendor using electricity will be charged $1 per week, which will be added
  4. onto their monthly booth fee. This does not include charging phones/tablets.
  5. All state-required paperwork and proof of insurance (proof of insurance sent
  6. directly from insurance company) must be submitted to Waterfront Maine prior to
  7. the start of the Market season.
  8. Entry doors must not be propped open when entering or exiting the building.
  9. All vendors and employees must park at the back of the building on the river side where all spaces are available to us.
  10. Usage of carts:
  • No carts are to be in the aisles after 9 or before 12:30
  • Carts must be returned to the designated area after use

Created:04/19/2018
Updated: 10/18/2021



COVID Protocols 

  1. Until otherwise notified, all vendors and visitors must be masked when in the market space. 
  2. ​Sampling of vendor's products will be allowed following the State of Maine's safety requirements. Vendors must keep the samples under cover and pass the sample directly to the customer with no customer self-help. The customer must consume the sample in front of the vendor and replace their mask before leaving the booth. ​