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Community May 23, 2018
- Photos by Rick Kesheshi
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The start of the Monrovia Days Parade. – Photo courtesy Rick Keshishi / Photoworks by Rick
By Staff
It started out three years ago as a modest effort to bring the Monrovia Days parade back in a joint City – School District effort. Last year the city added a carnival component to the event and this year they expanded the carnival, while also extending the event to take place Friday through Sunday.
City Manager Oliver Chi was delighted with the three day event sharing, “Of particular note, I wanted to share with everyone that we significantly exceeded our revenue objectives this year. Staff will be developing a complete budget update for City Council consideration in the coming weeks; however, we thought it would be important to let everyone know that while we were hoping to sell $40,000 in tickets/wristbands for the carnival, we exceed that objective significantly. As of our initial count tonight, we made at least $76,000 in ticket sales for Monrovia Days!”
The City also successfully defended its pie eating championship this year. The team of Monrovia Mayor Adams, Council Member Spicer, Oliver Chi, Tina Cherry, and Eugene Suk dominated the pie eating event, taking home first place honors.