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Colfax July 3 celebration announced: 60 vendors, contests and fireworks; organizers say fundraising goal met
Summary
City and nonprofit organizers told the council they have 60 vendors signed for the July 3 celebration, detailed events and contests for the day, and reported fundraising and corporate donations that together met the event’s budget goal.
Organizers of Colfax’s July 3 celebration told the City Council on June 20 that the event is set with 60 vendors, including food and treat vendors, multiple contests and a fireworks show. Organizers said they met their fundraising goal through a combination of grassroots events and corporate donations and that they are finalizing road closures and logistics.
An event organizer reported 60 vendors signed up for July 3, including nine food trucks and nine treat vendors. She told the council vendors will begin arriving at 10 a.m., roads are planned to close at 9 a.m., and the main event is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. The schedule includes a beer garden, a "little patriots" parade at 6 p.m., a Lions Club parade around 7 p.m., and fireworks around 9:15 p.m.
Organizers said daytime activities will include a kids zone with timed contests: a hot-dog eating contest in three age groups starting at about 4 p.m., a pie-eating contest at 5 p.m., and a seed-spitting contest around 8 p.m. The organizer said they are also finalizing vendor logistics and thanked local businesses and fundraisers for donations.
Fundraising and donations cited by the organizer included roughly $6,000 raised through about 15 grassroots fundraisers, about $7,300 in corporate donations and $6,800 from the city. The organizer listed individual corporate and business donors that contributed sums toward the event, saying the group had reached its fundraising target.
"We met our goal for our fundraising," the organizer told the council.
Council members and community volunteers were thanked repeatedly during public comment for logistical support and for work on downtown preparations. City staff and volunteers reported finishing downtown cleanup and repairs ahead of the event.
Organizers said they will finalize the last logistics in the days prior to July 3, and that they welcome volunteers and public attendance. The council did not take formal action on the event during the meeting; staff said final permits, road-closure approvals and vendor logistics remain the city manager’s operational responsibilities.
Clarifying details provided by the organizer included specific donations from local businesses — for example, Frontier and Meadow Vista Veterinary Clinic each donated $1,500; Simpson & Simpson donated $1,500; Frontier gave $1,500 and other local businesses made smaller contributions — and that some smaller fundraisers (car washes, Zumba classes, restaurant fundraisers) produced several hundred dollars each. Organizers asked the community to patronize vendors on July 3 to support future events.
