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City Council to introduce resolution that ‘encourages’ resumption of Friday Nights on The Plaza

Courtesy of Fridays on the Plaza (Facebook)

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – On the agenda for the July 13th, 2020 City Council meeting is a resolution that will ask Cheyenne Mayor Marian Orr to reconsider her decision to cancel the Friday Nights on the Plaza concert series.

On June 25th, Orr suspended the popular event citing a rise of positive COVID-19 cases being reported in Laramie County.

Friday Nights on The Plaza was set to begin on July, 10th, 2020 at the Downtown Depot Plaza before it was canceled.

“To adequately protect everyone from attendees to performers, to staff, to vendors, to sponsors, it was a prudent decision to let go of 2020 Fridays on the Plaza and look to a bigger, better, and brighter 2021!” the statement from the Mayor’s Office on the decision to cancel the events read.

Now 8 of the 9 members of the Cheyenne City Council have introduced a resolution formally requesting that Mayor Orr to reexamine the matter due to “the irreparable economic damage to downtown businesses and the City of Cheyenne,” they claim her decision will cause.

The sponsors of this resolution, which came from the Public Works Committee, are Mr. Case, Mr. Cook, Mr. Esquibel, Mr. Luna, Dr. Rinner, Mr. Roybal, Mr. Shanor & Mr. White.

The proposed resolution goes on to say that city staff had developed a plan to have Friday’s on the Plaza events that met all guidelines established by the State of Wyoming and the Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department put in place due to COVID-19 and that plan had been approved by officials.

Sponsors added that local and state health officials did not recommend or advise cancellation of these events.

The eight city council members encourage Orr to revisit this decision unless otherwise recommended by health officials from the Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department and the State of Wyoming to not hold the event.

“The Mayor made the decision to cancel these important community
events without input from members of the Governing Body or officials at the Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department,” the proposed resolution states.

For more information on this proposed resolution please follow this link.

“That the Governing Body of the City of Cheyenne hopes that future decisions will be made in concert with local and state health officials and members of the Governing Body.”


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