HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- There will be no Community Day this year in Highland Heights, although a fireworks show is still a possibility.
Mayor Chuck Brunello, Jr. said that the Community Day Committee met Aug. 11 and decided against holding the event, which this year would have held special meaning as it would have marked the centennial of the community’s founding as a village.
Once a three-day affair, but paired to one day to cut expenses in 2010, the year the then-councilman Brunello began chairing the committee, there was discussion this year about expanding the event.
“We tossed around the idea of expanding it this year to celebrate our 100th anniversary,” Brunello said of Community Day. Community Day was originally scheduled to be held this year on July 18, with one or two more days possibly added. “I had a whole schedule of events lined up. We were going to do a family night, a community night, and a bunch of other things.”
The backup date for this year’s Community Day had been Sept. 26 at Highland Heights Community Park. Brunello said that plans call for the city to celebrate its centennial at next year’s Community Day.
In canceling Community Day due to the pandemic, Highland Heights joins Lyndhurst and Mayfield Heights, which canceled their community celebrations, and Mayfield Village, which did not hold this year its annual Independence Day celebration. Richmond Heights, it was announced Aug. 11, will not hold its annual one-day fall event held at city-owned Greenwood Farm.
Brunello said that, in canceling, he was acting in a fiscally responsible way. “We couldn’t even be sure how many people would want to come to Community Day this year, so I didn’t want to spend money on something that wouldn’t be well attended. (Canceling) was just the right thing to do.”
As for lighting up the sky, Brunello said, “Fireworks are still somewhat undecided right now.” He said that he met with staff members, who showed concern that because no other local communities held a fireworks show, a Highland Heights show might attract more viewers than is normally the case.
Meanwhile, Highland Heights hosted its second and final outdoor concert of the summer Aug. 12 at the gazebo adjacent to city hall.
“We had another great crowd for the concert,” Brunello said. “I think everybody just wants to be able to do something.” The crowd, he said, was estimated at 70-100 people.
Because of his desire to give residents things to do this summer, Brunello spoke a week ago about possibly keeping the city’s swimming pool open longer into the season, perhaps into September.
“I met with Dave (Ianiro), our recreation director, and we decided it was best to close (the pool),” he said. “So Aug. 16 was the last day.” Highland Heights joined Mayfield Heights and Mayfield Village as the only local communities to open their pools this summer.
“We had no (coronavirus) problems at the pool or with our baseball and softball programs,” he said “There were no incidents. Everything worked out well, so we decided to be happy with that and close the pool.”
Brunello said he might decide sometime next week if the fireworks show will be held.
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