Downtown To Be Decked Out For The Holiday Season

It is that time of the year again when downtown transforms into a “Winter Wonderland”. Nearly one hundred volunteers from the IBEW Local 668 (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) and the NECA (National Electrical Contractors Association) will install special lighting on the Tippecanoe County courthouse dome, Riehle Plaza, the community tree, and other places throughout downtown. Holiday banners and lighted snowflakes will be installed on light poles as well. The lighting effort, organized by Greater Lafayette Commerce and sponsored by Lafayette Savings Bank, Cook Medical and Landis + Gyr, will take place Saturday, October 31 beginning at 8 am. The Holiday Lighting Celebration and Community Sing will follow the last scene from A Christmas Carol at the conclusion of Dickens of a Christmas between 5:25-6:00 pm on Saturday, December 5. Thousands of sightseers take in this spectacle throughout the holiday season until after the first of the new year. Dickens of a Christmas will be in Downtown Lafayette-West Lafayette from 10:00 am – 9:00 pm on December 5. Other upcoming holiday events include Merchant Holiday Open House on November 13 and 14 and the Christmas Parade on December 6. For more information, please contact Jane Ness or Erin Nelson at GLC, 765/742-4044.