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Board approves noise variance for Festival of Women; organizers say 800 attended last year, off‑duty officers will staff traffic
Summary
Greenwood's board approved a noise-variance request for a private-property Festival of Women event (noon–5 p.m.), with organizers estimating about 800 attendees and agreeing to use off-duty police for traffic control.
The Greenwood Board of Public Safety approved a noise-variance request on June 16 for the Festival of Women, a traditional Punjabi celebration of womanhood to be held on private property from noon to 5 p.m., the applicant said.
The event representative (identified in the record as Miss Singh) told the board the festival has run at the same private location for the past two years without incident and that about 800 people attended last year. Board members said off‑duty police officers will be required to manage traffic for an event of that size; the applicant agreed.
A board member moved to approve the variance, another seconded, and the board adopted the motion by voice vote.
Why it matters: The event draws a large crowd and will require traffic management and a noise variance because it is on private property. Organizers said they will secure off‑duty officers as requested by the board.
The board did not set a specific date in the public record during this agenda item; organizers described the timing as noon to 5 p.m. and said they expected similar attendance to last year.
