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Gadsden mayor says nearly 30,000 attended Fourth of July events; city planning larger celebration next year
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Mayor Craig Ford said Gadsden drew about 30,000 people to its Fourth of July activities, credited staff and partners for the show, and said city leaders plan a larger, free concert to follow next year’s fireworks.
Mayor Craig Ford said Wednesday that nearly 30,000 people attended Gadsden’s Fourth of July events and that city leaders are planning a larger celebration next year. Ford delivered the update in a recorded Mayor’s Minute.
Ford said the city used a private service that can estimate crowd size from geofenced data and that the results showed “almost 30,000 people” across Riverside Park, Broad Street, Highway…
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