Thank you

Thank you one and all to everyone who helped make the Fourth Annual Chowder Festival on September 13th an unprecedented success.
 
Thanks to the 100 volunteers. Without volunteers working all year round willing to do every kind of chore, even providing water for thirsty dogs that come to the festival with their owners, there is no Chowder Festival.
 
Thanks to the restaurants and caterers who bring their best chowders, kale soup and stuffed quahogs.  Special thanks to those who bring more than the minimum requested amounts and to those who bring chowder AND kale soup AND maybe stuffed quahogs too or clam chowder AND seafood chowder. And to those who participate in the Chowder Festival AND Taste of Southcoast.  And to those who come back year after year.
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We Heard What You Said
 
We have surveyed our Chowder Festival customers for two years now, and the results help us in planning. In the survey we ask questions about the event itself and how to make it better. We also ask questions about the city as a whole, why people come and how to encourage more people to visit more often.  It is not a scientific or perfectly constructed survey, just an informational survey. After two years we know a bit about its accuracy because some statistics were very similar from one year to the next.
 
This year the average chowder festival visitors came in a family group of four. Over 1/3 of the time the person responding to our survey is age 40-55.  Chances are great that the person responding is neither a downtown New Bedford student (only one in our survey) nor someone who works in downtown New Bedford (22). | read more