Once a new plan is confirmed, details will be shared with the community.
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(Scottsburg, Ind.) - The Scott County Visitors Commission (SCVC) and its partners, the Greater Scott County Chamber of Commerce and Scottsburg Main Street, have made the difficult decision to cancel the September 4 and 5 Scott County Bicentennial Street Festival due to the coronavirus pandemic and the residual economic setback the business community has encountered as a result of this virus.
Michael Chesser, executive director of the SCVC said, “The coronavirus and its impact globally has changed the landscape of large-scale events and festivals now and for the future. It has left vendor, service firm and supplier, as well as, event organizers scrambling to try and reimagine how they should begin to function or operate with new health, sanitary and safety standards being implemented by various state, county, and local authorities.”
“As a festival organizer, we have continued to monitor the coronavirus cases in Indiana, Scott County, as well as, those in the surrounding counties, and the number of new cases has continued to increase daily. This raises a tremendous amount of uncertainty and concerns regarding possible restrictions through the remainder of the year. Although Indiana has chosen to begin to reopen through Governor Eric Holcomb’s ‘Back on Track Plan,’ our responsibility remains to the residents of Scott County and our guest to keep them safe,” said Chesser.
The Scott County Visitors Commission and the Greater Scott County Chamber of Commerce and Scottsburg Main Street will be working together to figure out a safe way for the community to celebrate this historic occasion in the county’s history. Once a new plan is confirmed, details will be shared with the community.
Scott County Visitors Commission is a tourism commission established under Indiana Code 6-9-18 and local Scott County Ordinance number 2003-4 for the purpose of marketing, promotion, and advertising of destinations, hotels, conference centers, museums, points of historical reference, and restaurants located in Scott County and the municipalities of Austin and Scottsburg in Southern Indiana. The commission’s
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