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December 02, 2006
Santa Claus Came to Town
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| Hundreds of people packed the downtown plaza
to see the tree lighting. Mayor Gruendl completed what was probably the
last of his very public duties as mayor. His speech paid homage to Mary Anne Houx
and John Nopel who both recently passed away. He also discussed how the
plaza was the beginning of revitalizing the downtown from the core outward. It'll take more than a new park and public spending to make that a reality, but the plaza is a good start. The Mayor received a number of applause lines, but the largest came when he alerted the crowd that he was almost finished speaking. That's not reflective of his speech's reception, just the fact that it was cold and people came to see some tree lights fired up. A children's choir and men's choir sang some Christmas tunes and Santa Claus arrived in a Chico fire truck. The tree lighting went off without a hitch, and the downtown plaza nicely fit the expansive crowd. A group that often gets ignored for their part in these events is the DCBA (Downtown Chico Business Association) and Katrina Davis, who help make many of the downtown events happen. |
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Posted by Lon at December 2, 2006 08:52 AM