Save the Fireworks!
Is it worth $40,000 to have 4th of July fireworks at McIntire Park?
Well that is the cost and according to our local paper, The Daily Progress:
Organizers decided to drop the festival after seeing the recession’s toll on the area, saying they did want to compete for funds with nonprofit groups that provide “basic human services.”
Well the “Charlottesville’s Save the Fireworks Committee
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a band of local businesses that has for seven years planned and funded the city’s annual Independence Day celebration, is dropping the festival after this year, committee members announced Wednesday.
Most of our local leaders in Charlottesville agree that the fireworks should continue but there is no consensus on how it would be funded…
stay tuned!
Original post by Charlottesville Real Estate – Your Trusted Broker Charles McDonald (RE/MAX Assured Properties – No one sells more Real Estate) and software by Elliott Back
