The announcement means that the Berlin Jazz and Blues, Wine and Brews Festival, the Spring Cruisers Classic Car Show and the Berlin Bathtub Races will not take place as scheduled. Steve Frene, president of the chamber, stressed that the bathtub races and possibly the car show could be rescheduled.
“Obviously this was an extremely hard decision,” Frene said. “We had lengthy discussions.”
Frene said the chamber worked closely with the Town of Berlin in making the decision to cancel events. Berlin Mayor Gee Williams said in a statement Monday that all public events in town set for April, May and June have been canceled.
While Frene believes the current health situation could improve by May, he said chamber officials didn’t want to take a chance on having an event too soon. He added that most events involved a fair amount of planning, preparation and even ticket sales.
“We didn’t feel it would be enough time,” he said.
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Giant mistake. These decisions could cause irreparable damage to businesses in Berlin.
ReplyDeleteDamage is already done - this is being proactive rather than reactive like we have always been.
ReplyDeleteEventually the smoke will clear. Let it clear first - regroup since it will take time to get all supply lines and employment back in line, then proactively plan for the future.
Not knee jerking like we all have been programmed to do.
OC needs to be more proactive too - not "wish" things will go away so they can touch the almighty dollar.
The issue is the liability. Stop any lawsuit regarding covid and I bet you will see things change.
ReplyDeleteHey if it lets them think they are doing good, let them run Berlin in the ground. And if the condoning citizens want to go down also, so be it.
ReplyDeleteIt just will not be able to continue to claim the title of being the “Smallest Cool Town in America.