Chippewa Valley Times

CITY UPDATES: Here's some news from around the city.

Clear Water Parade: Please plan to join in on this year's Clear Water Winter Parade! Parade planning and registration is ongoing, with 21 out of a possible 65 entries as of mid-October. This winter kickoff community event will be held on Friday, December 1st. The parade begins with fireworks from the Grand Avenue foot bridge at 6:30PM, followed by a parade running from the County Courthouse parking lot, following along Grand Ave and First Ave, ending at First Ave and Chippewa Street. This year’s theme is Festival of Cartoons. Additional parade information is located online at https://www.eauclairewi.gov/recreation/family-fun/clearwater-winter-events. In addition to watching the parade or having a float, many volunteers are needed for successful delivery of the parade. The Recreation division strongly encourages everyone to consider volunteering for this fun event! Sign up to volunteer online at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45AAA822A1FD0-44625184-clearwater#/.

Pollinator Project: Recently, a volunteer group planted over 400 pollinator plants on the Xcel Property on Forest Street. The City Parks Department teamed up with Xcel Energy to create this pollinator garden under the Supervision of Lane Berg and Park Supervisor Brendan Osborne. The City stripped and removed the sod and replaced it with 25 truckloads of black dirt processed at the Jeffers Brush City over the past 1.5 years. The Parks Department spread the dirt and created an intersecting woodchip path through the garden. Crews augured 400 holes so the volunteers wouldn’t need to fight the tough soil under our black dirt. Xcel Energy had 35 to 50 volunteers ranging in age from three years old to seniors, and the news media was on site today on a sunny Friday morning. Pollinator gardens normally take three years to establish. Excel Energy will supplement the plants with pollinator seeds and will tend the garden. It is on their property, and they have an initiative to create pollinator gardens in their service area.

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