FOR THE LEDGER Enterprise City Council Tuesday unanimously approved a route change for the 2023 Enterprise Christmas parade citing citizens’ safety due to construction downtown.
“Simply put, the route change is because there is construction going on downtown at the corner near the Boll Weevil monument and we want everyone to be as safe as possible,” City Councilman and Christmas Parade Committee Member Scotty Johnson said. “The barriers that are up go out into the parking spaces and it could potentially be hard for the floats, bands and ROTC to march around safely. We tried to think of our citizens and especially the little kids and we want everyone to be safe.
“By changing the route, we’ve also created more prime viewing spots for our community to enjoy the parade,” Johnson said. “We’ve walked it, we’ve looked at it, the city engineer signed off on it. We think this is the best option this year.”