{"id":807413,"date":"2020-05-13T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383275"},"modified":"2020-05-13T18:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T00:15:00","slug":"breckenridge-plans-to-do-nothing-or-something-low-key-for-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/breckenridge-plans-to-do-nothing-or-something-low-key-for-4th-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Breckenridge plans to do nothing or something low key for 4th of July"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pictured are fireworks over Dillon Reservoir for Fourth of July in 2019. While the town of Breckenridge has not set off fireworks in recent years, it plans to do nothing or very little for the Fourth of July this year due to COVID-19 concerns.<\/strong>
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BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 At the Breckenridge Town Council meeting Tuesday, Assistant Town Manager Shannon Haynes reported that the Breckenridge Events Committee has been discussing Fourth of July activities and noted that festivities have been canceled across much of the Front Range.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt became pretty worrisome for us that if we were to have any real community event, even if it was only intended for our own folks, that we could end up driving traffic up here from the metro,\u201d Haynes said.<\/p>\n

She said the general consensus was that the town should not do anything for the Fourth of July, though she added that there was the possibility of doing something \u201ctruly local\u201d for the holiday. Council agreed; however, council member Jeffrey Bergeron asked to leave the door open for some sort of low-key event for local families, such as a chalk art event or a group hike.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am OK trimming it way back, but I would like to just be thinking about \u2026 if we could do some sort of cool event for the folks that live here,\u201d Bergeron said.<\/p>\n

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