The route for the annual Kiwanis Christmas Parade is set for tonight?s festive event in Lake Wales.
But it could change again next year as a result of a discussion during Tuesday night?s Lake Wales City Commission meeting.
The parade, whose theme is ?It?s Christmas Time in the City and Country,? will begin about 6 p.m. The route will take the parade from Lakeshore, up Central to Martin Luther King Boulevard. It will end there.
Several of the merchants along Stuart and Park avenues were disappointed about the change. The parade has gone through downtown for years and included Stuart and Park.
As a result of the city?s downtown landscaping project there was concern about the plants being trampled and the irrigation system being damaged.
Dr. TJ McKeon, the event coordinator, said earlier it wasn?t the Kiwanis Club of Lake Wales? decision regarding the route. McKeon said the city didn?t want the parade on Stuart and Park.
McKeon believes the ?straight shot? route is the safest and cheapest. He noted the staging area for the parade at Lake Wales Park is larger and more secure.
At the commission meeting Mayor Mike Carter brought up the issue of the route.
McKeon said the club is open to change and will do what is best for the city.
Kevin Respress of Main Street said his organization loves the old route.
?We will support Kiwanis and the parade,? Respress said. ?We will work together.?
The parade will pass through downtown on Central.
?We?ve moved it one block,? McKeon said.
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