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Winterglow committee schedules June town hall as volunteers and neighbors push to save the holiday event
Summary
Organizers reported strong online interest and invited the public to a June town hall to decide Winterglow's future; committee members said volunteers and new ideas will be needed if the event continues and the current board is stepping down.
The Winterglow subcommittee and city staff announced a public town hall on June 2 to gather community input and determine whether and how Liberty Lake's Winterglow event will continue after the current organizing board said it will stop running the festival.
"The existing board as we know it today? Nope. They're done," a Winterglow subcommittee member said, describing the current volunteer group's decision and the committee's plan to seek public direction at the June meeting.
Committee members reported high online engagement around Winterglow: a city Facebook post had about 36,000 views and attracted comments from residents who said they want to keep the event. Organizers plan A-frame signs, social media reposts, and a card-sized graphic for distribution at the farmers market to promote the June 2 town hall.
The committee intends to use an online live-polling feature during the two-hour town hall so remote participants can respond to a small set of questions in real time, the organizer said. The goal is to capture community preference, identify volunteers and consider handoff options or revised formats.
Organizers also described volunteer outreach plans: building a recruitable email list, offering bite-sized volunteer tasks and continuing promotion at the farmers market and Barefoot in the Park if the council or volunteers move the event forward. Several commissioners encouraged recruiting at June 2 and said the town hall will be advertised as a public meeting of all commissions.
No formal city action was taken at the commission meeting; the Winterglow subcommittee is holding the town hall to gather public input and to report back to city council, which may act on the event's future at subsequent meetings.
