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Anniston council keeps $25 parade entry fee for most businesses after staff briefing

Anniston City Council · November 6, 2025
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After a staff briefing, council members said they would retain a $25 Christmas-parade participation fee for most businesses while maintaining automatic waivers for nonprofits, schools and downtown businesses; no formal vote was recorded in this segment.

Council members discussed whether to remove the $25 participation fee for Anniston—s Christmas parade after Parks/Events staff outlined the history and costs of running the event. Parks staff (Speaker 5) said the fee was reduced from $50 to $25 in earlier years and that certain groups—nonprofits, schools and downtown businesses—receive automatic waivers under current policy. "The fee was originally $50 ... so we…

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