{"id":1319405,"date":"2020-04-12T15:40:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T21:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=995606"},"modified":"2020-04-12T15:40:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T21:40:17","slug":"decision-to-cancel-glenwoods-strawberry-days-as-much-about-the-now-as-the-what-ifs-come-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/decision-to-cancel-glenwoods-strawberry-days-as-much-about-the-now-as-the-what-ifs-come-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Decision to cancel Glenwood\u2019s Strawberry Days as much about the now as the what-ifs come June"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Park goers enjoy free strawberries and ice cream at the park after the 2019 Strawberry Days Parade. The 123rd annual Strawberry Days Festival was canceled for 2020.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

A decision to cancel this year\u2019s Strawberry Days, though still more than two months out, was less about what might be come mid-June and more about what normally needs to be done now to prepare, according to festival organizers.<\/p>\n

Several key decision points were looming in the next couple of weeks, sponsors needed to be secured, and event promotion typically begins by early May, said Angie Anderson, president and CEO for the Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also have a number of contractors we work with for things like portable toilets, fencing, the stage \u2026 all of that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Given the uncertainty around the extent of public health restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic come June 18-21, when the annual Glenwood Springs festival was slated, it was the consensus of the chamber board and other stakeholders involved in the discussions to go ahead and cancel, she said.<\/p>\n

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