If you go
When: 5 p.m. July 3; fireworks start shortly after 9 p.m.
Where: Nathan Benderson Park
Information: nathanbendersonpark.org
When Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates was deciding on its budget for the 2021 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was still casting a cloud of uncertainty.
SANCA President and CEO Tomás Herrera-Mishler said the nonprofit decided it was too risky to include Fireworks On the Lake in its budget. The annual Fourth of July event held at Nathan Benderson Park was in jeopardy.
“The biggest challenge has been determining whether or not the show will go on,” SANCA Chief Operating Officer Stephen Rodriguez said.