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Fort Thomas Renaissance Board outlines plans for 250th July 4 celebration, seeks volunteers and sponsors
Summary
At its May meeting, the Fort Thomas Renaissance Board advanced planning for the town's 250th July 4 celebration — including a parade, float led by a Highlands student, a t-shirt design contest with about 20 entries, museum programming and requests for volunteers and sponsorships.
The Fort Thomas Renaissance Board on Thursday moved deeper into planning for the town's 250th July 4 celebration, scheduling a slate of events that will include a parade, a 5K, a float created with help from Highlands High School students and museum programming in the mess hall and Charters of Freedom.
Board members said they will run a t-shirt design contest for the event; organizers have received about 20 entries and set Friday, May 8, as the submission deadline. Voting is scheduled to begin the following week. "We posted it a couple weeks ago, and we just shared it again," a committee member said, describing outreach to schools and community groups to boost participation.
Organizers described a layered program for July 3'4: a bench dedication and museum opening, a bell-chiming and time-capsule moment at the Charters of Freedom, and a larger festival on July 4 featuring the 5K, parade and park activations including a potential walking tour accessible by QR codes. The board said Harrison, a Highlands senior with theater experience, will assist with float design.
Board staff asked members to help recruit volunteers for line management and other logistics on parade day and to support smaller pre-event activities such as the ice-cream social and museum walkthroughs. The board also requested assistance identifying sponsors and donors to underwrite parts of the program.
Members said some event details will move to subcommittee and working-group meetings scheduled after the main meeting to finalize logistics. The board closed the discussion by asking volunteers to sign up using the group's SignUpGenius link.
The board will return to these planning items at follow-up committee meetings and as sponsorship and volunteer commitments firm up.
