Melbourne’s Independence Day to Include Community-Funded Fireworks, Parade
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A fireworks display over the Indian River Lagoon is to provide the highlight of
Melbourne’s Independence Day celebration. The display is scheduled for 9 p.m. on
July 4 over the Indian River Lagoon just south of the Melbourne
Causeway.
The $11,000 cost of the fireworks display is funded by
community contributions, with the majority of funding coming from private
businesses. “The generous contributions are ensuring that this traditional
celebration can continue despite the current economic difficulties,” City
Manager Jack Schluckebier said. “Because of budget cutbacks, the music and
other outside activities at Claude Edge Front Street Park had to be curtailed
this year.”
The park provides the primary viewing area for the fireworks
display. Free bus transportation is to be provided between the park and the
Melbourne Auditorium, 625 Hibiscus Boulevard, and is being funded by a $1,350
contribution from Reiss Engineering, Inc. Buses are to depart for the park at
7:10, 7:50, and 8:10. Buses are to return to the auditorium at 7:30, 8:10,
8:50, 9:30, and 10:10.
The portion of New Haven Avenue between Front
Street and Highway U.S. 1 is to be closed to traffic from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. on
July 4. A section of Melbourne Avenue near Front Street will be restricted to
eastbound traffic during the same period. The Melbourne Causeway is to be
closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic from about 8:15 to 10 p.m. for safety
reasons. The boat ramp at Front Street is to be closed from 5 p.m. on July 3
until 9 a.m. on July 5.
The City co-sponsors an Independence Day parade
organized by Honor America, Inc. and scheduled for 10 a.m. on July 4 in the
historic downtown area of Melbourne. The parade is to begin on New Haven Avenue
near the railroad tracks and proceed westward to Oak Street, then travel
northward on Oak Street to the Liberty Bell Museum.
Community Fireworks
Fund Co-sponsors providing $1,000 include Brevard County Parks & Recreation,
Gray Robinson Law Firm, Harris Sanitation Inc. - a Waste Management Company; and
Health First Health Plans. Co-sponsors providing $500 included The B.A.C.K.
Center; Bright House Networks; Certified General Contractors; Coastal
Mitsubishi/Coastal Hyundai; Dean, Ringers, Morgan & Lawton, P.A.; Florida
Today; Frazier Engineering; Public Financial Management, Inc.; and Sutton
Properties of Melbourne.
.MsgBody-text, .MsgBody-text * { font: 10pt monospace; }Other contributors include Bolton Partners Inc.; Brandon Properties; Hoyman,
Dobson, and Company; the Town of Melbourne Beach; and Nabors, Giblin &
Nickersen, P.A., each contributing $250; Land Design Innovations; Meehans’
Office Products; and the Town of Indialantic, each contributing $200; Ascension
Catholic Church; Henderson Southeast Corp.; Modus Operandi, Inc.; and
Professional Administrators, each contributing $100; Sorenson Moving &
Storage Co., contributing $50; and Joyal Construction, contributing $25.
Other contributors include Dorothy & Ira Adams, Frederick &
Helen Baker, Jackie Burns & Family, Michael Crotty, Theodor & Helouise
Doroghazi, Frank & Estella Driskill, James & Katherine Fletcher, Eric
& Alice Griggs, W. Ann McDougall, Jerry & Peggy Oliver, Ed & Lee
Palmer, George & Evelyn Pasonski, Pat & Bill Poole, Lorraine Proulx,
Edward & Barbara Reilly, Jack Schluckebier & Denise Young, Kathleen
Spatenga & Lori Spatenga-Newman, Pat Swatek in memory of Enid Swatek, and
Norman Williams.
CONTACT: Mike Moore, Public Information
Officer
321/953-6282 - cityhall@melbourneflorida.org