Organizers for the festival made the announcement Wednesday afternoon on Facebook. Author: Hope Sloop Updated: 3:13 PM EDT April 22, 2021
NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio
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Sad news for fans of the annual North Ridgeville Corn Festival as the event, which was slated to take place in August, has been canceled due to COVID-19.
Organizers announced the decision in a statement posted to Facebook Wednesday afternoon, writing that they cannot put members of their community at risk during this time. We were hopeful that after canceling last year s Corn Festival we would be able to hold the festival this year, John Butkowski, president of the North Ridgeville Corn Festival Committee writes. While we recognize and appreciate Ohio Governor Mike DeWine s recent guidance to allow similar festival style events and fairs in Ohio starting in June, we feel it important to ma