City council gives approval for Gainesville fireworks show

Doug Hawkins attended the Feb. 10 Gainesville City Council meeting to request that the city allow a variance on its ban of fireworks for the second year in a row for the annual Fireworks Over the Square event, performed by Foggy Bottom Fireworks of Pontiac. 

Hawkins said that this year’s event will be extra special because it marks the 250th year since the Declaration of Independence was signed, so they hope to embrace the theme of “Celebrating 250 Years of Independence” and put on an extra-patriotic event. 

He said that last year the chamber had a lot of requests for food trucks and out of area vendors to set up on the square. He said the Chamber would rather not have any out-of-town vendors and instead have fireworks viewers rely on the established businesses in town like The Antler Pizza and Crossroads Drips & Dips. 

The council granted the request to allow the variance for the professional fireworks show. 

The Chamber is currently accepting donations and sponsorships for the fireworks show. Call Hawkins at 417-679-3522 or speak with any Ozark County Chamber of Commerce member for more details.