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AmeriCade organizer asks Joint Parks O&M Committee to reactivate festival electrical panel; committee says it cannot act today

3507435 · May 22, 2025
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Ken Mark, an organizer for AmeriCade, asked the Joint Parks O&M Committee on May 22 to have National Grid reactivate a 480-volt electrical panel at the northwest corner of Festival Commons and along Beach Road so he could connect a step-down transformer to supply food vendors.

Ken Mark, an organizer for AmeriCade, asked the Joint Parks O&M Committee on May 22 to have National Grid reactivate a 480-volt electrical panel at the northwest corner of Festival Commons and along Beach Road so he could connect a step-down transformer to supply food vendors.

The request, made during the committee's public comment period, centered on reducing the number of diesel generators AmeriCade has needed to power vendors. Mark said the event used three generators last year and was down to one this year; his goal is to have no generators next year so diesel would not run close to the lake for multiple days. He…

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