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The city hosted parades in 2018 and 2019, while Holic was mayor. The current plan for the parade would mirror the 2019 format, with the students assembling at Venice High School, and the parade progressing west on Miami Avenue until Harbor Drive on Venice, then north to Venice Avenue. It would proceed east on Venice Avenue until Nassau Street. There it would turn north and proceed for a half block and enter Centennial Park.  “We have got a great school with great kids, they need the recognit...

Assistant City Manager Len Bramble said Thursday that McGowan and other merchants may only have to wait until June 19-20, when the city hopes to host the Howard Alan-produced 28th annual Downtown Venice Craft Festival.  “We are keenly interested in how we might be able to carefully open things up slowly and methodically back up,” Bramble said, adding that the city has been chatting with representatives of Howard Alan Events about an appropriate COVID-19 social distancing plan. “We�...

In a recent email to various community stakeholders – including numerous Venice merchants who have been urging the city to dramatically loosen the restriction on large public events – Assistant City Manager Len Bramble noted that while some virus trends had improved since 2020 ended, there still wasn’t enough clear evidence to justify allowing huge open gatherings to resume. "In summary,” Bramble wrote, “at the present time we do not believe that the COVID situation that existed (i...

VENICE – Merchants who have relied on sales to people who frequented larger special events – notably Howard Alan-hosted arts festivals – are still hopeful that the city of Venice will greenlight larger gatherings, but Assistant City Manager Len Bramble said the risks of COVID-19 still are too great. “In our heads and our hearts, we’re not ready yet,” Bramble said Friday afternoon, when asked about the prospect after participating in a small and socially distanced unveiling of an int...