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A photo from the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Taste of Italy Houston trade show in 2018 (image via the IACC Facebook.
When the Miami-based event planning company I.E.E.M. first began discussing today’s Maremma Consortium trade tasting in Houston with the Italy-America of Chamber of Commerce, one thing was clear to everyone involved. This gathering would be Houston’s first in-person wine trade tasting in over a year, everyone on that first Zoom call acknowledged, and all parties including attendees and staff would need to make safety protocols a key element in the event.
When roughly 30 Houston wine professionals meet later this morning at a once popular events space, masks will be required (except when tasting) and each taster will be seated at their own table to ensure social distancing of a minimum of six feet.
The Newton Car Show will return to the spring in 2021, setting a date of May 1. The first Saturday in May is when it has been for 15 years, said Brian Robinson, one of the show organizers. Everyone knows that is the weekend. It is in the books already and no need to change it.
The city of Newton will be asked to approve an event permit for the car show for May 1, 2021, during the consent agenda portion of its meeting Tuesday.
The show, which was launched in 2020 after the organizers of the Newton Downtown Car Show retired in 2019 and did not find a group or buyer to take over those operations, was moved to fall in 2020 in response to COVID-19 and community closures in April and May of 2020.