{"id":303845,"date":"2014-06-11T14:59:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T19:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=303845"},"modified":"2014-06-12T15:11:49","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T20:11:49","slug":"private-donations-save-tyler-fireworks-show-christmas-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=303845","title":{"rendered":"Private Donations Save Tyler Fireworks Show, Christmas Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fireworksmgn2222\"<\/a>TYLER \u2014 Tyler City Manager Mark McDaniel announced during Wednesday\u2019s City Council meeting that thanks to generous private funding, the City of Tyler will coordinate the 2014 annual fireworks show at Lindsey Park. This comes after an announcement earlier in the month that the Jaycees would no longer be hosting the event. \u201cThe City had not budgeted for a fireworks show and the same pyro-technics company was not available to do the event on the Fourth of July, so it looked like the Lindsey Park fireworks show wasn\u2019t going to be possible this year,\u201d said McDaniel. \u201cHowever, several community-minded individuals and companies stepped in to provide the private funding necessary to make this Independence Day Celebration a reality.\u201d <\/p>\n

The primary sponsor of the event will be Texas Senator Kevin Eltife. Other sponsors include Tyler Mayor Martin Heines, Greenberg Smoked Turkey, Inc., the Tyler Morning Telegraph, and other anonymous donors. The celebration has been moved to Saturday, July 5; however, both the fireworks display and parking will be free this year. There will be much the same setup as previous years, with Pyro Shows handling the fireworks exhibit, which will begin at dark. \u201cWe have to have the Fourth of July celebration in Tyler because it means so much to the community,\u201d said Senator Eltife. \u201cWe want to make sure that all families in our community have an opportunity to take part in the celebration and enjoy the fireworks display.\u201d<\/p>\n

A city news release says Police Chief Gary Swindle, Fire Chief Tim Johnson, and Parks Director Stephanie Rollings played an important role in investigating the feasibility of the city taking on this event. \u201cThis is a perfect example of the community coming together for the benefit of all,\u201d said McDaniel. \u201cThanks to the sponsors, we are anticipating even more people attending this year since both the event and parking will be free.\u201d As on any other day, the park officially opens at 6 a.m. However, it is anticipated that concessions will be available beginning at around 2 p.m. The fireworks show will begin at dark. <\/p>\n

KETK reports that Tyler’s annual Christmas parade will be held this year as well, also thanks to private donations. Further details on plans for that event weren’t immediately available. The Jaycees, who also organized the parade, announced this month that they would be disbanding due to a lack of funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER \u2014 Tyler City Manager Mark McDaniel announced during Wednesday\u2019s City Council meeting that thanks to generous private funding, the City of Tyler will coordinate the 2014 annual fireworks show at Lindsey Park. This comes after an announcement earlier in the month that the Jaycees would no longer be hosting the event. \u201cThe City had … Continue reading Private Donations Save Tyler Fireworks Show, Christmas Parade<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 07:40:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=303845"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303866,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303845\/revisions\/303866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=303845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=303845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=303845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}