If there’s one thing that takes you back to the excitement of being a kid on summer break, it’s participating in a small-town, down-home Independence Day parade.
This weekend, good deeds aren’t going unrewarded. GoodPop’s brightly-colored ice cream truck is heading to Aspen to give away frozen treats to anyone who pledges to do a good deed or donates any amount to.
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With the lockdowns over and summer tourism season in full swing, for no good reason the City of Aspen has canceled one of our most cherished traditions, the old-fashioned Fourth of July parade. A year ago, this may have been necessary, but today it is nothing but a cop-out by the hyper-controlling overseers of Aspen’s nanny-state, intent on micro-managing us because they are certain they know best.
In its place, Aspen is hosting a “stationary parade” that “re-imagines” our small-town tradition as what can only be described as a trade show, featuring booths and interactive exhibits, six feet apart, throughout 12 blocks of the downtown core that will be closed to vehicle traffic.
The Aspen Chamber Resort Association (ACRA) is pleased to announce this year’s Independence Day celebrations. The City of Aspen and ACRA have partnered to offer the Annual Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration, which has been reimagined this year to provide a fun celebration with the public s safety in mind. The Parade Reimagined as Stationary, Interactive Exhibits Rather than a traditional parade, The City of Aspen will feature the parade participants at various stationary exhibit locations