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Wildwood Events Commission approves $95,000 budget, hears parade safety concerns
Summary
At its Oct. 1 meeting the Wildwood Events Commission approved a $95,000 budget proposal for Celebrate Wildwood 2026, reviewed vendor survey results and discussed safety and access problems during this year’s parade that county police say need solutions before next year.
The Wildwood Events Commission on Wednesday, Oct. 1, approved a $95,000 budget recommendation for the Celebrate Wildwood event in fiscal 2026 and reviewed vendor feedback from the 2025 event while flagging safety concerns about this year’s parade route.
The decision matters because the commission is planning the event’s move to a new venue next year and because police and residents raised emergency-access and child-safety concerns that commissioners said should be resolved before the next parade.
Commission members received a vendor survey summary and verbal reports from staff, who said 55 vendors responded and that the majority reported positive experiences despite patchy rain during the 2025 event. "Generally very favorable," a staff member told the commission when summarizing vendor responses.
Staff presented the preliminary 2025 financial summary and said event costs ran higher than the $95,000 starting budget. "We spent,…
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