Applications now available to participate In Seguin Main Street events

(Seguin) -- The Seguin Main Street Program is busy planning and preparing for its spring and summer events. In preparation for the events, several applications have been released including the Earth Day Exhibitor form, the Spring Trade Day vendor application, and the Biggest Small-Town Fourth of July Parade application.

On Saturday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Seguin Main Street will be hosting the annual Earth Day Festival where businesses, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations set up displays and interactive booths to teach the community about living a greener lifestyle. There will be plants for sale, games for kids, green product demonstrations, and lots of education.

If your organization is interested in being an Earth Day exhibitor, please complete the form on the Seguin Main Street's website under downtown events. To assist new exhibitors, there will be an Earth Day exhibitor orientation on Monday, April 10 to provide additional details and what to expect.

While the Earth Day Festival is occurring in Central Park, surrounding the park will be over 80 vendors partaking in our Spring Trade Days. Vendors will be selling clothing, jewelry, yard décor, food, and so much more. Vendor spaces start at $45.00 a space. Applications to be a vendor can be found online on the Earth Day page of Seguin Main Street's web site.

Finally, the application to be an entry in the 2023 Biggest SmallTown Fourth of July Parade has been released and is on the Main Street's web site. Nonprofits, businesses, individuals, elected officials, and clubs are all encouraged to complete an application and enter their patriotic float in the parade. With over 150 entries, the parade is one of Seguin's most popular traditions, bringing in over 8000 spectators every year. Events, pg. 3

CORRECTION:

In a story that appeared in the Tuesday, April 4 edition of the SeguinDaily News, we incorrectly stated that participants could vote “once per day” for the KWED Top Choice Awards. That information was incorrect. You can actually only vote once. Our vendor initially told us that each poll would reset each day, which would allow voting each day, through Monday, April 17. We apologize for any confusion.

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Applications for the parade need to be submitted by June 19 and confirmations will be sent out the week before the parade. There is no cost to have an entry in the parade, but all entries must be decked out in red, white and blue.

“water districts that maybe having elections that don't hold them in November. So, not everyone in the county is going to have a district to vote in but it's important because these are important decisions that are made in these elections. So, if the voters aren't sure if they are in a jurisdiction that is holding an election, they can either check our website or they can call our office. But regardless, it is essential that they are registered at the address at which they reside whether they do it now or they do it in November. It's a good idea to get their records updated," said Hayes.

Hayes says there's nothing more disappointing then having to send a voter away from the polls because they failed to change their address. Hayes say with many pressing issues on the ballot that day for various entities, it is important that folks who want to vote, get that opportunity.

"There's two different scenarios in the May election that can be a little bit confusing for the voters. There's elections that are being conducted by Guadalupe County and then there's some elections that have jurisdictions in Guadalupe County that are being conducted by other counties. For example, New Braunfels ISD, city of New Braunfels, Comal ISD, those entities come into Guadalupe County but Comal ISD is conducting those elections. But the elections that are being conducted by Guadalupe County Elections Office are Seguin ISD, Marion ISD, city of Santa Clara, San Marcos CISD, city of Cibolo special election, Lake McQueeney Water Control Improvement District and Lake Placid Water Control Improvement District," said Hayes.

For more information on all downtown Seguin events visit www.seguintexas.gov and go to Main Street's department page. You can also call the Main Street office at (830) 401-5000 or stop by the Visitor Center at 116 North Camp Street to get your applications.

Registering to voter or making those changes are apparently quite simple. Hayes says the only thing folks have to remember is to get it all done by this Thursday.

"They can go to the Secretary of State's website. The Texas Secretary of State has a website. It's votetexas.gov and they actually have a process there that will walk the voters through completing an application to register to vote and then they just print it out and mail it in. They can stop by our office and fill out the application right there. They can come in and pick one up and mail it back. The key with the April 6 deadline is that if they are mailing their application back, it has to be postmarked by April 6," said Hayes.

Among some of the featured ballots items are Seguin ISD's $7.5 million bond issue for a new baseball and softball complex at the high school campus and Marion ISD's $78.8 million bond issue. The bond referendum in Marion presents voters with various capital projects for the current and long-term development of Marion ISD schools across the district.

Sample ballots for the entities that the Guadalupe County Elections Office is conducting can be found at www.co.guadalupe.tx.us. Those wishing to learn more are also asked to call the elections office at 830-303-6363.

Early voting runs from Monday, April 24 through Tuesday, May 2.