Making Local

🐾 Last Call for Paw-some Vendors! 🐾

Mountlake Terrace is unleashing its 1st Annual Wag Fest, a fur-tastic, family- and pet-friendly festival that’s going to be the ulti-mutt day out! We’ll have a FitRun, tail-wagging contests, paws-on demonstrations, handmade goodies, food trucks, live music, and so much more. With an estimated 5,000+ two- and four-legged friends expected, it’s the purr-fect chance to put your business in the spotlight.

📅 Date: Saturday, September 6, 2025
⏰ Time: 11 AM - 5 PM (FitRun trots off at 10 AM)
📍 Location: The Track at Evergreen Playfield
💲 Booth Fees: $200 Non-Members | $150 Members | $75 Community Orgs

⛔ No longer accepting food vendors, unless it's pet food, or a puppuccino stand! 😉

Don’t paws, space is limited!

👉 Fetch your booth today: https://www.exploremlt.org/vendor-application-form

So super excited!!

❔Did you know we like sauce? Well now there will be a sauce festival in Mountlake Terrace this year! It will be next door to us, on the empty lot next to the Espresso Break coffee stand. Come taste some hot sauces, meet local sauce makers, and add some spice to your mouth!🔥

‼️Local vendors- if you want to be a part of this, contact Sarah on the website below!‼️
https://www.makinglocal.com/get-sauced

Making Local Mountlake Terrace Community City of Mountlake Terrace Explore MLT

If you’re a market vendor, I know you know the struggle of the tent, weights, tables, plus all your display stuff…

- double booked?
- tent broken?
- new to markets and not ready to invest?
- first outdoor event?

👆that’s why I’m offering market equipment rentals! Follow the link in bio to learn more and to reserve what you need for a successful event.

[Also… what do you call this stuff… Equipment? Supplies? Market s**t? 😂]

✨ TONIGHT ✨
Join us MLT for the Mountlake Terrace Chamber Holiday Party from 6-8pm!
You don’t have to be a chamber member to attend!

There will be raffles, lots of networking and mingling with other area business owners, and a little look at what’s in the works for 2025 at the MLT Chamber!

RSVP here: https://www.mltchamber.org/event-details/mlt-chamber-holiday-party

Would love to see you there!

“Sales have been weird this year” - I’ve been hearing this at markets from all different types of vendors.

“I don’t like talking about how awesome my product is because it feels icky and sleasy” - I hear this from vendors all the time and I’ve said it myself in the past, too!

“I need to make sales but they just aren’t happening!” - the real frustration of vending in person and not hitting goals or feeling like you are making enough money.

What if I told you there’s proven techniques and strategies to implement that would increase your in person (and online!) sales?

I have over a decade of retail sales experience, management, and training in addition to vending at markets as a maker myself, and now working with businesses like yours at events.

In this webinar:
- you’ll be given practical, implementable strategies to engage with in person customers
- we’ll talk about booth display and merchandising and how those can affect sales
- and of course, we’ll talk about the selling mindset and how to get there, as well as some body language tips
- a Q&A session
- BONUS: you’ll get a handout / workbook that includes scripts to practice with and customize to your business and products

Ready to level up your sales this holiday?
Sign up at the link in bio or at www.makinglocal.com/workshops to save your seat!

Three different time options to choose from for this 90-minute webinar:
1) Friday, October 25th at 2:00pm (PST)
2) Sunday, November 3rd at 11:00am (PST)
3) Thursday, November 7th at 6:00pm (PST)

Tickets are $50 and if you can’t join live, that’s ok! Register to receive the replay!

Can’t wait to see you there! Know a small biz who would be interested in the webinar? Tag them below 👇