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Event organizers tell Operations Committee new permit fees, rules would jeopardize Pacific festivals
Summary
Representatives of Pacific Partnership told the committee Dec. 12 that proposed special-event guidelines and fees would shift scarce volunteer time and local dollars to outside vendors and could force small nonprofits to stop running longstanding community events.
Val Droge, Pacific Partnership's events coordinator, urged the Operations Committee on Dec. 12 to preserve existing standards for community events rather than adopt new rules that she said would force organizers to pay for outside resources and reduce funds that otherwise support downtown businesses and tourism.
"By enacting these new guidelines, the businesses, residents, and tourists alike will definitely miss the fantastic events that have become tradition to Pacific," Droge said, adding that the…
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