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Residents and conservationists press city over Country Thunder beach festival amid nesting season
Summary
City staff and Country Thunder outlined mitigation and permitting steps for a proposed May 8–10 festival at Tradewinds, but residents, turtle/shorebird monitors and Audubon representatives warned the timing and incomplete logistics risk harm to nesting wildlife; DEP permit remains pending.
City staff and Country Thunder representatives presented plans for a Country Thunder music festival at the Tradewinds resort, proposed for May 8–10, and said the event remains contingent on state permits and final logistics.
"We do have a date on the books for April the week of the seventeenth," Country Thunder executive director Kim Blevins said, describing the promoter’s timeline and the difficulty of moving booked talent. Mandy Edmonds, the city’s resident services director, told the commission the city has asked for a memorandum of understanding and several mitigation measures, including an 85-decibel cap, no…
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