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Wasilla reports strong turnout at rescheduled fireworks show; staff outline safety upgrades and plan recognition for maintenance crew
Summary
Recreation director Scott Bell said a rescheduled New Year's fireworks event drew an estimated 700—800 people, credited contractors and donors including Gorilla Fireworks for a large in-kind donation, and proposed recognition for maintenance workers who repaired tree-lighting damage.
Wasilla's recreation staff told the commission that the city's rescheduled New Year's fireworks show drew a strong crowd and that staff are pursuing safety upgrades and formal recognition for maintenance crews.
Scott Bell, recreational services director, said organizers canceled the Dec. 31 fireworks show because of a wind advisory and later reannounced an alternate…
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