New England Grows

There are two ways in which your exhibit materials may arrive at New England Grows!

Once you have decided how you will ship your exhibit materials, please be sure to read the material handling information in great detail.

PLEASE NOTE:
ANY EXHIBIT OR DISPLAY ARRIVING IN A TRUCK OVER 24’ IN LENGTH WILL BECOME THE JURISDICTION OF LOCAL 82, AND MUST BE UNLOADED BY MEMBERS OF THAT UNION. PLEASE SEE “LABOR JURISDICTIONS” UNDER EXHIBITOR SERVICES VIA WWW.NEGROWS.ORG.

While these work rules may allow some industrious individuals to take on their own material handling, please carefully consider all the work involved. After unloading your material at the dock, you must immediately move your vehicle to the parking lot to free dock space for other exhibitors who will be waiting in line. Once you have set up your booth and unpacked your materials, fire regulations are strictly enforced and will not permit the storage of your packing materials and cartons in your booth. Therefore, you may have to retrieve your vehicle to take your packing materials back out of the building. Arrangements can be made to store your packing materials with Freeman, for a fee. Please review the rates on Freeman’s Forklift Assistance order form.

At the conclusion of the show, this whole process must be reversed if you choose to do your own material handling. In choosing to perform your own drayage services, you will assume all liability for work-related injuries resulting from your work on the loading dock, which has dangerous equipment operating in close quarters.

If, however, you choose to use Freeman, its drayage charge covers the unloading of your vehicle; delivery of your materials to your booth; removal of empties from the floor; return of empties at the conclusion of the show; pickup of repacked materials at your booth and reloading your vehicle.

Label All Freight
Make sure all freight is clearly marked with your company name, name of the show (New England Grows), and your booth number.

Advance Warehouse Shipments
You may ship your materials to the Freeman warehouse up to 30 days prior to the move-in of the show. Freeman will accept, store and transfer your freight to your booth location on-site so all your materials are at your booth when you arrive for the first day of move-in. Advance shipments will be accepted in the warehouse from January 5 - 26, 2009. Shipments that arrive before or after these dates may incur additional charges.

If you would like to ship your freight to the Freeman Warehouse, please label your freight as follows:

From: Name & address of exhibiting company

To:      New England Grows!
            (Name of exhibiting company)
            (Booth number of exhibiting company)
            c/o Freeman
            1515 Washington Street
            Braintree, MA 02184

NOTE: The warehouse will be closed Monday, January 19, 2009, in observance of Martin Luther King Day. No shipments will be accepted on this date.

Direct Shipments
Freight will be received at show site beginning on Monday, February 2, 2009 at 7:00 AM. Shipments that arrive prior to this date will be refused by the facility. Please make your arrangements accordingly and label your freight as follows:

From: Name & address of exhibiting company

To:      New England Grows!
            (Name of exhibiting company)
            (Booth number of exhibiting company)
            c/o Freeman Decorating Co
            Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
            415 Summer Street
            Boston, MA 02210