Monday, April 11, 2016

City Council Approves Street Closings for PTF Parade

Quinn Simmons, 2nd Vice Chairman of the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Committee presented a request to the City of Warren for street closings to accommodate the needs for the 2016 festival.  The City Council approved the following:

Beginning at 5:00 p.m., Thursday, June 9, 2016 until Sunday, June 12, 2016 the following streets will be closed:
   Myrtle St. from Elm to Cedar
   Cedar St. from Main to Chestnut
   East Cypress from Main to Chestnut
   Chestnut at the corner of Southwestern Bell Building to Corner of East Elm
   West Cypress from main to Howard

A request from the Committee in conjunction with Interim Police Chief Shaun Hildreth was approved to close for Thursday, June 8 through the completion of the festival:
   Cedar St. from Myrtle to Chestnut (this will be designate for pedestrian flow from the suare to the carnival.)

The council also approved the use of the Warren Cultural Center for the entire week of June 3-11, 2016.

The council asked three questions.  1) What will the route of the parade be?  2) Will horses be allowed in the parade?  3) Where will the cook-off be?

The parade will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the corner of Seminary and Pine, travel two block east on Pine then turn (right) south on Main St.  It will then travel south on Main until it reaches Cedar St. and turn right (west) on Cedar until it reaches Walnut St.  turning south at Massey's.  It will continue two blocks south on Walnut until it reaches Church St. where it will take a turn eastward.  The route will turn north on North Myrtle Street to the court square.

Horses will be allowed in the parade and will follow the same route as others in the parade.

The cook-off will be held where it was last year.

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