Kristine Sherred: No cancellations this year, says Sumner. Rhubarb Days, wine walk will just look different
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 3/1/2021 Kristine Sherred, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Mar. 1 Instead of cutting the cord on another year s worth of popular community events including the annual Rhubarb Days, the city of Sumner has committed to refashioning them for the pandemic era. It s things like community festivals that people are craving that connectivity, that community cohesion that we ve missed so much, said Jill Starks, executive director of the Sumner Main Street Association.
First up: the annual mid-March Sip & Stroll, usually a structured one-day wine walk, has been rebranded as Shop, Snack & Stroll, running March 1-13. The drawn-out timeline allows families to support Main Street s plentiful boutiques and restaurants safely and at their leisure, instead of packing everyone into a few blocks in a few hours, explained Starks.