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REQUEST FOR HRA ACTION <br />Date: 08-13-13 <br />Item No: 9e <br />Staff Approval: Agenda Section: <br /> Discussion <br />Item Description: Discuss Roseville Living Smarter Home and Garden Fair <br />Requested Action <br />1.0 <br />The attached documents are a compilation of the surveys completed by Living Smarter Fair <br />Attendees (during the Fair) and Exhibitors (in the week after the Fair). They are included to <br />provide context for the discussion of the Living Smarter Home and Garden Fair. <br />Background <br />2.0 <br />The RHRA, on July 16, 2013, discussed possible changes to the Living Smarter Fair Home and <br />Garden Fair, including changes to the venue for 2014 and beyond. Staff wanted to provide <br />additional information included in the surveys that the vendors complete the week following the <br />fair and that the fair attendees complete during the Fair. <br />Beginning in 1996, the City of Roseville, the Roseville Area School District 623, and the <br />Roseville Family Collaborative sponsored the Home and Garden Fair to provide a place where <br />present and future homeowners could learn about the latest housing improvements and <br />construction techniques from experts in the following areas: architecture, home remodeling, <br />landscaping, gardening, materials suppliers, financial services, and housing inspections. Since its <br />inception, the event has been held at the Fairview Community Center and is open to the public <br />free of charge. <br />The Home and Garden Fair was “rebranded” in 2009 as the Roseville “Living Smarter” Home and <br />Garden Fair and focused on 3 core areas: Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Home <br />Improvement, and Gardening for Healthy Living. The Roseville “Living Smarter” Home and <br />Garden Fair has a Fair Committee comprised of staff from the RHRA, ISD623 Community <br />Education, ISD623 Senior Center, Lillie Suburban News, and Roseville Park and Recreation. <br />Surveys of exhibitors and attendees are conducted annually. These surveys guide the Fair <br />Committee when planning future Fairs. Each year the Fair is modified to incorporate changes <br />suggested in the surveys, however, the Fair Committee also looks at majority responses when <br />leaving major details of the fair as is. Workshop attendance is also reviewed when deciding future <br />topics for presenters in the 3 core areas of the fair. <br />RHRA_ Agenda (8-13-13) - Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />