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NOTICE OF DATE CHANGE TO JUNE 13th!!
Clovis MainStreet presents the Eastern New Mexico Children's Business Fair
Friday, June 13, 2025
5:00PM - 9:00PM
Currently accepting applications 🏁
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About the fair
NOTICE OF DATE CHANGE!!!
Join us as we give our local and regional youth the opportunity to launch their very own startup business!
Join us as we give our local and regional youth the opportunity to launch their very own startup business!
This exciting one day shopping event allows for kids to develop a brand, create a product or service, build a marketing strategy, and then open for customers for a day at our downtown marketplace.
Clovis MainStreet, along with our amazing sponsors, will be hosting our sixth Eastern New Mexico Children's Entrepreneur Fair on Friday, June 13, 2025 from 5pm to 9pm. The event will be located outdoors on Main Street in downtown Clovis, NM. There is no entrance fee to visit and shop at these local young entrepreneurs booths so come shop and join in on the excitement!
This event is sponsored by Acton Academy, the Acton School of Business, Clovis MainStreet, and the generous support of our donors and volunteers. We all believe that principled entrepreneurs are heroes and role models for the next generation.
Whether an entrepreneur is famous like Elon Musk or Oprah Winfrey or they are one of the thousands of unsung business owners across this country, these are the people who make sacrifices to innovate, create jobs and serve their communities.
Ways you can get involved!
Sponsor the event so we can continue to grow this exciting opportunity for our local youth and future community entrepreneurs!! Multiple sponsorship levels are available.
Be a voice as a local established entrepreneur and share your story with our local entrepreneurs club KAECLO!
Attend the event!! Mark your calendars now and click "going" on our Facebook event page!! (Event page not active yet)Clovis MainStreet Children's Entrepreneur Fair! Link Coming soon!
We can't wait to see you there!!
Thank you for your support!!
Ways you can get involved!
Sponsor the event so we can continue to grow this exciting opportunity for our local youth and future community entrepreneurs!! Multiple sponsorship levels are available.
Be a voice as a local established entrepreneur and share your story with our local entrepreneurs club KAECLO!
Attend the event!! Mark your calendars now and click "going" on our Facebook event page!! (Event page not active yet)Clovis MainStreet Children's Entrepreneur Fair! Link Coming soon!
We can't wait to see you there!!
Thank you for your support!!
Hosted by
Lisa Pellegrino-Spear
🗓️ Started hosting in 2021
✅ Identity verified
🚀 Has hosted 5 fairs
Clovis MainStreet is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to the revitalization of the historic downtown Clovis! We believe in supporting our local small business economy and saving the buildings that tell the story of our community's past! Together our board is a team of passionate entrepreneurs, building owners and investors, local business partners, compassionate community members, mentors, and parents, who want to celebrate our future by building on the success of our past and encourage our local youth to see the value in building and shaping our community for tomorrow! We hope you to share the love we have for making our community a better place and teaching our youth to learn about entrepreneurship and the success they can have and bring to Clovis in a practical and fun way.
9 booths participating
Mug Mania
Can I Have a Snack!
And 7 others.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Acton Children’s Business Fair?
The Acton Children’s Business Fair inspires children to discover their inner entrepreneur. The largest entrepreneurship event for kids in North America, this one-day market gives children the opportunity to showcase their very own businesses. Kids from age 6-17 are welcome to join in on the fun!! Younger kids should be accompanied by another child partner of the recommended age range.
How many businesses will you accept?
We will accept up to 50 businesses.
Where should I begin?
Looking for inspiration? Start with our resources page. Read inspiring stories about other young entrepreneurs and play games to hone your business skills.
Looking for inspiration? Start with our resources page. Read inspiring stories about other young entrepreneurs and play games to hone your business skills.
How do I apply? Can I apply as part of a group?
Application must be submitted online. Please submit one application for each business. Children working as a group should submit one application that includes each child’s information. No more than 3 participants per business please.
What is on the application?
The application asks kids to think through some simple, but important elements of their business:
- What product or service do you plan to sell?
- What price will you charge for each product/service? How much will each product/service cost you?
- How will you pay for your startup costs? If someone is helping you with your startup costs, how will you pay that person back?
- How will you advertise/market your business before the fair?
- At the end of the fair, how will you determine if your business was a success?
What if someone else has the same business idea?
Two cupcake businesses? Not a problem. In general, we will let market forces play out, though we will let later entries know if another applicant has a similar idea so the later entrant can decide what to do.
How will the fair be set up?
The fair will be an outdoor event at the 8th and Main Street CourtYard parking lot. Because it is an outdoor event we have chosen to do an early day event to hopefully have nice weather. Each business will be given a space about the size of 10x10space. Businesses will need to plan to bring all of their own set up for the event as we will not have tables available for this or shade canopies. You are welcome to bring any setup you need for your booth but it will need to fit it into their space which will be approximately 10X10 on the grass or if we have a large turn out we will set booths up in the parking spaces and will be one space per booth. If you have a larger shade structure than our booth spaces please feel free to bring and set up and welcome another booth to share with you. Additionally shade will not be provided and participants are welcome and encouraged to bring their own. We are not able to accommodate all businesses requiring electricity but do have a limited amount of locations with power and will be available on a first come first registered basis. Remember to have sunscreen!
Will electricity be available?
We are not able to accommodate all businesses requiring electricity but do have a limited amount of locations with power and will be available on a first come first registered basis.
We are not able to accommodate all businesses requiring electricity but do have a limited amount of locations with power and will be available on a first come first registered basis.
What are the rules?
This event is designed to give children the experience of selling a product or service. If a parent has made or is found selling or promoting a child’s product or service, their child’s business will be disqualified from the competition. Parents are allowed to utilize their social media and word of mouth to help promote their kids booths and we encourage you to do so!
Parents of younger children may sit in the booth and provide assistance, but the children should be responsible for as much set up and customer interaction as possible, and responsible for their sales.
Parents may help their child fill out the application, but we expect the children to do as much as possible by themselves. Please ask them the questions.
How did the Acton Children’s Business Fair get started?
Jeff and Laura Sandefer and a few other families wanted to spark a sense of wonder and entrepreneurship in their children so they created the first Acton Children’s Business Fair in Austin, Texas, in 2007. That year, there were seven entrepreneurs and around 25 attendees. Now, there are over 115 entrepreneurs and 1,500 attendees at the Acton Children's Business Fair in Austin.
Jeff and Laura Sandefer and a few other families wanted to spark a sense of wonder and entrepreneurship in their children so they created the first Acton Children’s Business Fair in Austin, Texas, in 2007. That year, there were seven entrepreneurs and around 25 attendees. Now, there are over 115 entrepreneurs and 1,500 attendees at the Acton Children's Business Fair in Austin.
