Board to Discuss Future of Wentzville's Wabash Days, Holiday Night Lights
City staff asked that the board consider not just the profit and loss numbers, but the economic impact to the city and what these events provide to residents.
At Wednesday night's work session, the Wentzville Board of Aldermen will discuss the future of the city's special events, including Wabash Days, Holiday Night Lights and the 4th of July celebration. When Wabash Days was first established, the intent was to turn it over to a local organization. However, no organization came forward and this year's event will be the mark the tenth anniversary of Wabash Days. "By their very nature, special events hosted by a City Municipality have less ability to be profitable than other hosting entities. This is partially due to the cost in staffing an event with public/local government employees rather than utilization of organizations who volunteer hours to work the event(s)," city documents reported. …
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Jerry Scooterman
11:01 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
As an Special Event planner for over 23 years it's very clear to me that these types of events require a certain amount of infrastructure, city services and labor to stage. When you couple entertainment or holiday overtime pay, expenses add up and yet there is very little revenue stream coming in aside from booths, carnival or entry fees. Perhaps the city could look at integrating a robust … more ›