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MEMORANDUM
CITYOF
TO:
Jerry Ruegemer, Recreation Superintendant
CIMA MSFN
FROM:
Mitch Johnson, Recreation Supervisor
7700 Market Boulevard
DATE:
June 24, 2014
PO Box 147
Recreation Center
Chanhassen, MN 55317
SUBJ:
2014 4th of July Celebration
Administration
Phone: 952.227.1100 The 31St annual 4th of July Celebration will be held on Wednesday, July 2 through
Fax: 952.227.1110 Friday, July 4. All activities on July 2nd and Yd will take place at City Center Park, with
July 4th activities taking place at City Center Park and Lake Ann Park.
Building Inspections
Phone: 952.227.1180 Currently, eight food and beverage vendors are registered for this year's Taste of
Fax: 952.227.1190 Chanhassen sponsored by the Chanhassen Rotary Club. Several games and activities
Engineering will be available for all ages on July 3rd, including pony and camel rides, carnival rides
Phone: 952.227.1160 and games, the SouthWest Metro Chamber of Commerce Business Expo, and live music
Fax: 952.227.1170 featuring Ragtown and Casa Blanca Orchestra!
Finance
This year's community parade, sponsored by the Chanhassen Rotary Club, will be held
Phone: 952.227.1140
on Friday, July 4th at 2:30 p.m. The parade route is identical to previous years,
Fax: 952.227.1110
beginning at Chapel Hill Academy and running through downtown Chanhassen.
Park & Recreation
Once again the city has partnered with several organizations (Chanhassen Rotary Club,
Phone: 952.227.1120
SouthWest Metro Chamber of Commerce, Minnesota Twins, the Chanhassen Senior
Fax: 952.227.1110
Commission, Baha'I Faith) to offer activities during the celebration.
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard
Additionally, the city partnered again this year with Southwest Newspapers to create a
Phone: 952.227.1400
16 -page promotional brochure for the event. This brochure features a schedule of
Fax: 952.227.1404
events, messages from title sponsors, maps, and articles featuring specific aspects of the
celebration.
Planning &
Natural Resources
Phone: l Resource
Other promotional materials include: Schedule of Events inserted in the Chanhassen
Fax: 952.227.1110
Villager, ads in the Chanhassen Villager, and 4th of July signs placed throughout the
city. The event will also be advertised electronically on the city's website, our
Public Works
electronic message center, and Facebook.
7901 Park Place
Phone: 952.227.1300
Fourth of July t -shirts are on sale at City Hall and the Chanhassen Recreation Center,
Fax: 952.227.1310
and will be available at the event. Shirts cost $8 - $10 each and are available in youth
sizes M -L and adult sizes S -XXL. Sizes are available in blue, pink, charcoal grey, and
Senior Center
heather grey.
Phone: 952.227.1125
Fax: 952.227.1110
The 4' of July Celebration is the most anticipated community event of the year,
presented by the City of Chanhassen and sponsored by the 2014 Community Event
Web Site
Sponsors.
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
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