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would be bad for busi- ness. Instead, the city encouraged him to move Fox Valley Pride to Riverside Park, which is located several blocks to the east. a beautiful park, it will be the beaten path from downtown busi- nesses, not allow us to utilize the new Neenah TDORA (Temporary Designat- ed Outdoor Refreshment Area) for car- ryout beverages and food from local es- tablishments and is ultimately short- sighted on the revenue-generating op- portunity people will bring to downtown Johnson said. Fox Valley Pride, formerly Appleton Pride, is a free festival that provides hope, healing and support to members of the community. It fea- tures a drag show, family activities, po- etry, musical performances by Betsy Ade the Well-Known Strangers and Traveling Suitcase, and more than 70 vendors goods and resources.
Johnson said Wine Bar Bistro, Laylas Place, Broken Tree Pizza and Pour House were among the downtown Neenah businesses in sup- port of the event. Johnson said he will continue to talk with Neenah to bring Fox Valley Pride to the city, but in light of the devel- opment, he has reached out to Me- nasha, Oshkosh and Lawrence Univer- sity in Appleton to assess their ability to accommodate the festival. Though Neenah already has been ad- vertised as the site of this event, Johnson said not too late to change direction. like to announce this as soon as possible, but until my posters are printed, OK with taking our time and choosing the best inclusive community going to support Johnson told me. I called Neenah Mayor Jane Lang and City Clerk Char Nagel to learn the side of the story.
The city responded with a statement acknowledging that conditional approval was granted to stage the event in the 100 and 200 blocks of West Wisconsin. to the event being given full approval, the event was marketed and advertised as being approved to take the city said. Neenah closed the downtown blocks to for a full day since the Neenah StreetBall tournament ended several years ago. StreetBall, the city said, caused issues for downtown busi- ness owners who were faced with clos- ing their doors on the busiest day of the week due to and parking disrup- tions. city of Neenah enjoys welcom- ing all groups for celebration and looks forward to working with Fox Valley Pride to hold the event at Riverside the statement said.
city has no further comments on this matter at this Johnson said Neenah closes Wiscon- sin Avenue for other events, including the Summer Concert from 6 to 8 p.m. June 12, though for a shorter period and on a weekday. community just faces a lot of discrimination and hur- Johnson said. think if we have to move the event, people might boycott some of the downtown businesses be- cause of that. just a bad Post-Crescent reporter Duke Behnke answers your questions about local gov- ernment.
Send questions to or call him at 920-993-7176. Neenah directs Fox Valley Pride to Riverside Park, not downtown Watchdog Duke Behnke USA TODAY NETWORK WIS..
