The Mayor's Downtown Holiday Lighting Festival

Given the ongoing impact of COVID-19 in our community, the 2021 Lighting Festival will be structured similarly to last year's event.  Activities will start at 4:00 PM on December 3rd on and around City Hall Plaza at the Unified Government office building at 7th and Barnett. Families can do a "drive-through" Santa visit, during which we will be able to distribute nearly 1,000 gift bags to local youth. Santa will be present to greet every guest that participates, and the plaza itself will be decorated in the traditional fashion. The evening ends with the lighting of the Mayor's Downtown Tree at 5:30 PM with Mayor Alvey, Commissioners, and selected students from our local schools with their families.