Merchants won’t hold Carytown New Year’s Eve
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Ryann Johnson, 6, (from left) her mother Tina Johnson, and Brandon Marshall, 6, waited for beads to be thrown to the crowd New Year’s Eve 2007.
The New Year’s Eve celebration that has attracted thousands of revelers to Carytown won’t be back for a fourth year.
The Carytown Merchants Association isn’t planning the celebration because of the high costs of security and other expenses, said Thom Suddeth, president of the merchants group.
“It’s a done deal,“ he said today. “We just can’t financially handle that burden.“
Last year, revelers were asked to donate $2 per person to help offset event costs, but the merchants association still lost about $24,000, Suddeth said. Those came on top of losses of $20,000 in 2007 and $10,000 in 2006.
“We don’t have that much income,“ Suddeth said. “If we did it this year we would pretty much be bankrupt.“
—Will Jones
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