After dire forecasts of severe weather throughout the area for this Fourth of July weeks, many cities – including – decided to cancel or reschedule their fireworks displays.
Dan Bowers, president of ArtsBuild, one of the organizations behind Chattanooga’s Pops on the River concert at Coolidge Park, said the city decided to simply cancel the event rather than reschedule.
Bowers didn’t know the full cost of the event and Lacie Stone, spokeswoman for Mayor Andy Berke’s office, couldn’t be reached for comment Wednesday night.
But Bowers said he did know the cancellation wasn’t a total financial loss for the city.
“Some of the things we did not have to pay for because the event did not happen,” he said.