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City staff preview Barbers Park event, Farmers Market promotions, pool closing and backpack giveaways
Summary
Department heads and staff announced a string of community events including a Barbers Park event with tractor pull and inflatables, Farmers Market promotions, a movie night at Little Creek Pool before its scheduled closure, and weekend backpack giveaways by local groups.
City department heads and staff used the council meeting to announce several upcoming community events and volunteer-driven programs.
Department head Jake told the council about the Barbers Park event this weekend, which will include a tractor pull, inflatables for children and a Farm-to-Table cookout. Staff member Sean was credited for market outreach; a caller praised a recorded interview with Marilyn McAuliffe that promoted the Farmers Market during National Farmers Market Week.
Council members announced a movie night at Little Creek Pool; the transcript indicates the pool will close on the 17th (month not specified) so the movie night is among the final summer events there. A backpack giveaway at Oaks was scheduled for Saturday and was said to start at 1:00; a separate group described as a foundation run by former West Virginia University athletes (including a person identified in the transcript as Gable Savoy) is also running a backpack giveaway this weekend.
Additionally, the Buccaneer Soapbox event will run Saturday into Sunday. Staff described the athlete-led foundation as a charitable organization that assists kids and conducts backpack giveaways; the council encouraged attendance at Summerfest next Wednesday.
These announcements were delivered as informational updates; no council actions or budget approvals associated with the events were recorded in the meeting transcript.
