June Mayors Message
6/2/2025
MAYOR’S MESSAGE
Independence Day Celebration
A few years ago, our celebration changed significantly, as many residents felt the event had gotten too big and was a great burden on our residents. Among other popular events, the breakfast, which required 80-100 volunteers, was discontinued. With Covid, our Celebration was scaled back even more. Post Covid, the Celebration has been evolving, and a few more events have been added. Last year, we began coordinating with local event planner, Lindsey Ketcham, to oversee our celebration, with the goal of minimizing the need for volunteers, while raising enough money to fund the day’s events. This year we will piggyback off last year’s success. The breakfast is back and is once again being put on by an independent caterer. We also plan to have several inflatable toys for the kids (and those who still think they are kids).
New this year, we will have a special, two-day Patriotic Program. Huntsville native, Chandlyr Shupe, has a great event planned for the evening of July 3rd, which will be dedicated to our residents, and will include food trucks and games, followed by the Patriotic Program that was written and produced by Chandlyr. It promises to be a great night as we kick off our Independence Day Celebration.
We still have a few areas that could use some volunteers:
- Fireworks set up the night before and tear down the day after.
- Town Concession Booth volunteers. Please contact LuAnn Carver @ 801-624-0744 to volunteer to work a 1–2-hour shift in the Ice Shack.
- Park Cleanup at 8 am July 5th - the more who help, the faster it goes.
More details will be sent to our email list and posted on our Facebook page, so please make sure you are receiving our emails and seeing our social media posts.
That’s all for now. Thanks for being great neighbors and have a great July 4th.
Richard Sorensen
Mayor