Celebrate Antioch Foundation says it had to take a ‘pause’ after 11 years at the helm
Antioch could find itself without a Fourth of July celebration this summer now that the nonprofit that has put on the big show for more than a decade is taking a “pause.”
Celebrate Antioch Foundation President Joy Motts said the group was referring to last summer’s Juneteenth event, which the group had already planned and paid for, but said the city tried to “take it over.” Some of the nonprofit’s leaders feared the same would happen with the July Fourth event, she said.
“I made it clear that Juneteenth belongs to all Black people and we could have had two Juneteenth events and I think people would have appreciated it more.” Last year was different because the group was tapped by the city to plan the entire Sesquicentennial year of events, which culminated with a big Fourth of July celebration. The city gave the group $145,000 — including $25,000 in administration fees — to plan and put on a series of events in 2022 while the nonprofit kicked in some $56,000.
Thorpe said he hasn’t reached out to any other organization to host the July Fourth celebration. The only discussion about the celebration he recalled was more than a year ago when the City Council considered approving more funds — including administrative fees — for the nonprofit to plan and put on the entire Sesquicentennial series of events, marking Antioch’s 150th anniversary.
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