Mar 22, 2012
On March 21, 2012 the Committee of the Whole, voted that the City of Elgin will provide $15,000 to enhance the fireworks display at the joint Independence Day celebration at the Sears Center. Councilman Prigge wanted to ensure there will be an "Elgin feel" with the fireworks. Elgin has been known to insist in 10 - 16 inch shells in the fireworks displays.
Elgin used to pay $30,000 just for fireworks. The...
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Elgin Fireworks 2012
Mar 21, 2012
The Daily Herald, last week, released an article where the Mayor of Hoffman Estates announced a potential partnership with Elgin and their Fireworks Festival. This was a great surprise to many people since everyone has known the Elgin Jaycees have been working on bringing back fireworks for the citizens of Elgin.
I have had a lot of people contact me about this article. Some were outraged and some were...
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Response to Hoffman Estates and Elgin Fireworks Colaboration
Jan 2, 2012
The evolution of the Fireworks Festival
During 2011 the Jaycees met with the City of Elgin a few times. In our last meeting we discovered the Mayor, David Kaptain, has been thinking of having an ethnic festival. We were excited to hear this because the Elgin Jaycees originally created Ethnic Fest and we've been talking about how great it would be to bring it back. So we thought, why not combine the two! Elgin is a melting pot of ethnicities and... read more
