HOLIDAY LIGHTS, IMAGES RETURNING TO RECREATION PARK IN PAMPA

OCTOBER 25, 2017 THE MULTI-COLORED CHRISTMAS LIGHTING EXHIBITS AND ANTIMATED HOLIDAY IMAGES THAT BROUGHT SO MUCH HOLIDAY JOY TO PAMPA AND PANHANDLE AREA RESIDENTS IN YEARS PAST ARE RETURNING TO PAMPA’S RECREATION PARK THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. THE CITY OF PAMPA IS WORKING TO INITIATE THE COLORFUL HOLIDAY PROJECT THAT COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR DUSTIN MILLER SAYS WILL OPEN AFTER THANSKGIVING AND CONTINUE THROUGH NEW YEAR DAY. DETAILS OF THE PLAN WERE PRESENTED TO PAMPA CITY COMMISSIONERS DURING MONDAYS REGULAR MEETING. MILLER SAID THE PROGRAM WILL BE SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE CELEBRATION OF LIGHTS BUT INITIALLY WILL NOT BE AS ENCOMPASSING IN SCOPE. MILLER TOLD COMMISSIONERS THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO BUILD AND GROW THE PROJECT EACH YEAR. THE FUNDING WILL COME PRIMARILY FROM DONATIONS WHICH WILL BE TAKEN AT THE RECREATION PARK SITE WHEN RESIDENTS COME TO ENJOY THE DISPLAYS. HE SAID SOME OF THE ANTIMATED HOLIDAY CHARACTERS AND LIGHTING DISPLAYS WERE INHERITED FROM WHAT WAS LEFT AFTER THE CELEBRATION OF LIGHTS PROJECT ENDED. “RE-ESTABLISHING THE HOLIDAY LIGHTING EXHIBIT IN PAMPA WILL GIVE LOCAL AND AREA RESIDENTS A PLACE TO COME CLOSE TO HOME TO ENJOY THE EXHIBITS AND NOT HAVE TO DRIVE TO OTHER DISTANT LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE TO VIEW SPECIAL HOLIDAY LIGHTING EXHIBITIONS,” MILLER SAID.