Buffalo Events, LLC will be offering a sheep festival in June at Prosinski Park in Buffalo.
Anke Kottman and Janny Breton came before the Buffalo City Council this week to request the use of the park, street closures during the day, a designated open container area in the park, and a noise variance for the event.
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The requests include the use of Prosinski Park on June 5
th from 10am to 7pm; a street closures on Fetterman from Burritt to Western from 6am to 7pm, and Main Street from Angus to Fetterman from 11:15am to 11:45am; a designated open container area in the park from noon to 7pm; and a noise variance from 10am to 6pm.
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rd to submit them.
Grant funding will be used for advertising such as signs, posters, brochures and commercials promoting tourism.
According to their Facebook page, the JCTA works to promote Johnson County by providing marketing for the county and a Community Grant program geared toward bringing tourism to the local area.
Applications are available by email or hard copies can be obtained at either the Bomber Mountain Civic Center in Buffalo or in Kaycee at the Town Hall.
Completed applications must be submitted on or before Tuesday, February 23
rd via email or mailed to the JCTA.
Contact Claudia Todd at by email at claudia@jocofirst.com; by mail at JCTA, 63 N. Burritt, Buffalo, 82834; or by phone at (307) 620-1123.
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The event was “touch and go” for several days as snow was in short supply.
With the recent snowfall over the past week, the event can now safely take place.
However, there still is not nearly enough snow for the event to take place in downtown Buffalo north and east of Prosinski Park.
To run the event safely, it has now been moved to the Johnson County Fairgrounds, according to Buffalo Events Coordinator Claudia Todd…
Claudia Todd, one of the organizers for the upcoming Johnson County Skijor Wars event, spoke to the Buffalo City Council at their meeting Tuesday, to update them on liability insurance for the event.
Todd said they have put insurance in place with HUB International through the Buffalo Lions Club, which is the sponsor for the February event.
Todd said they have updated the waiver form and have had discussions with various officials about the layout of the track, beverage service, and other factors concerning the event.
Councilman Dan Hart asked what will happen if there is no snow available for the event, and Jacy Todd explained their options.