By Joseph Slacian
jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com
WABASH, Ind. – The Wabash Board of Public Works and Safety approved special event applications for four different events planned throughout the year in the downtown Wabash area.
The board, at its Thursday, April 6, meeting, agreed to close Miami Street between Market and Cass streets six Saturdays during the year for the farmer’s market. The closure was at the request of Wabash Marketplace Inc.
The market generally takes place in the Wabash Elks and Honeywell Center parking lots. However, when the lots are busy with other events, the market moves to Miami Street.
Dates approved for the move were May 20, June 24, Aug. 5, Aug. 19, Sept. 16 and Oct. 21. The street will be closed from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. those days.
Another Marketplace request will see the closure of Miami Street between Market and Canal streets on June 2 and Oct. 6 for First Friday activities.
Canal Street between Carroll and Cass streets will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 28, for a career fair sponsored by the Heartland Career Center and the Honeywell Center.
Buses will drop students off at the Center’s loading dock and they will make their way through the Center to the skating rink, according to the application.
The final application was for use of the Paradise Spring Historical Park for the Indiana Extension Homemakers Association Cancer Walk on April 22.
That application was approved, provided upon proof of insurance being provided by the group.