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The 2nd Annual Garford Arts Fest is Saturday, August 3rd, 2019!

The Garford Arts Fest is this weekend: Saturday, August 3rd, 2019 on Kerstetter Way!  Live music, art shows and exhibits, and a collection of artists, artisans, craftspeople, vendors and food trucks will line Kerstetter Way from 5:00pm - 10:00pm.  Access to the event will once again be free and open to the public.  More info is available at www.garfordartsfest.com! To remind you how great last year was - and how great this year is going to be - please enjoy this video from Garford Arts Fest 2018!

Kids Day at Elyria Farmers Market - Saturday, July 27, 2019!

This Saturday, July 27, 2019 is Kids Day at the Elyria Farmers Market!  In addition to the usual talented group of artists, artisans and vendors that fill the East Falls Riverwalk every Saturday from 9:00am to 1:00pm at the Farmers Market, this week Invest Elyria will be holding their annual Kids Day!  Bring your family down to take part in the fun!

• Carnival style games / Face-painting / Craft Booth 
• Free bag of educational and play items for each child under 12 yrs old
• Free hotdogs, chips, drink for each child under 12 yrs. old coming to the market
• Entertainment/exhibitions by: Mr. Dee's Karate, Snickers the Clown, Magician: Frederick the Great, Funology Lab experiments, The Elyria Public Library Bookmobile, OSU Extension of Lorain County-science activities,Constellation Schools: Elyria Community-information, Lorain County WIC- will give vouchers, Life Care's-Andy the Ambulance.
• The Elyria Auxiliary Police will also be there to visit with the kids.

Thanks to this year's Elyria Farmers Market Kid's Day Sponsor - Bendix Commercial Vehicles Division, & Invest Elyria wishes to extend thanks to this year's Elyria Farmers Market Sponsors: The City of Elyria, Carter Lumber, and Kleenwork Construction.

FROM MAYOR BRINDA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL & RESPONSIBLE INTERACTIONS

This past week has been a challenging journey for our community and I want to take a moment to thank everyone for their thoughtful and responsible interactions thus far and encourage patience as we await the results of the full investigation into the officer involved shooting. 

It is a tragedy whenever anyone loses their life, and certainly as your Mayor, a wife and a mother of four, my condolences go out to everyone impacted by this situation including the deceased, his friends and family members, and the law enforcement officers involved in the response and their families.  

How we all respond to this situation will define us as a community.  The City requested that the Lorain County Sheriff department take over the investigation, to insure a neutral third party law enforcement agency conduct a fair and impartial investigation of the events leading up to the officer involved shooting.  So as to not compromise the investigation, City of Elyria leadership is not sharing details as we await the official report from the Sheriff’s Department.  

And while we cannot share details about the investigation, as Mayor I did request that representative officers from the Elyria Police Department attend the community meeting at a south side church called by a mayoral candidate and attended by Elyria Councilman Marcus Madison in order to listen, hear concerns, and share general information about procedure.  The City chose to participate in that meeting, instead of calling a separate meeting for several reasons.

First, the community meeting was called within hours of the incident, as the facts were still flowing into city leadership. It was clear the meeting was going to move forward regardless of the timing, so we decided to respond with the community – instead of trying to create yet another forum.  We thought the community would be more receptive to a dialogue with officers if they participated at the meeting that was already organized and that any attempts by the City to organize a competing meeting would be viewed as “political” given that the meeting was being organized by a mayoral candidate.  

Second, the City was concerned about having enough police officers available at a second meeting called by the City on the same nights as the fireworks.  Safety always has to be our top priority.  Not only did we have four Elyria officers who had to be taken out of service as a result of their respective roles in the situation, the City was also receiving intelligence that there might be protests being organized from outside the County that night.  The City called in mutual aid from surrounding communities to help insure everyone’s safety for the fireworks.  

     

As we progress through this process, City leadership and law enforcement officers will continue to keep lines of communication open to our residents and community organizations.  As a proud community of caring people who prides itself on diversity as one of our greatest strengths, I know we can work through this and come out a stronger community.

Message from Mayor Brinda

The City of Elyria wants a fair and impartial investigation of the events that occurred last night in relation to the traffic stop and officer-involved shooting in Carlisle Township. We have asked the Lorain County Sheriff's Department to conduct the investigation, which is underway. While the investigation is being conducted, it is not appropriate for the City to comment. I will comment after the results are released. 

Mayor Holly Brinda

Thank you Fireworks and 2019 Community Reinvestment Sponsors!

We wish to extend a very sincere THANK YOU to all of our 2019 Elyria Summer Community Reinvestment Sponsors!  The generosity of individuals, businesses and organizations to support all the wonderful, family-friendly programming going on in Elyria this year has been overwhelming.  The Great American Picnic and Fireworks Show – Presented by Elyria VFW 1079, Reach and Rise Discovery Camps, downtown flower baskets, Safety Town, and Summer Concerts  have all been made possible by your kind and much-needed donations.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Please see the complete list below (and click for a full size version).  We are still getting more donations, so we will update this page as necessary.  FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE GREAT AMERICANPICNIC AND FIREWORKS SHOW – PRESENTED BY ELYRIA VFW POST 1079 – ON JULY 3 ATWEST PARK, PLEASE CLICK HERE…

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Elyria Fireworks - July 3, 2019 @ West Park!

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The 2019 City of Elyria Great American Picnic and Fireworks Show  - Presented by Elyria VFW Post 1079 - is coming Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at West Park -1200 Foster Avenue (rain date July 5)! Festivities kick off at 5:30pm with live music, food trucks, bounce houses, kids games, and, of course... FIREWORKS!

The actual fireworks will kick off when dusk arrives.  Click the image for more details, and thank you to all of our tremendously generous summer sponsors for making this and our other great summer activities possible again this year!

Thank you once again to all of our sponsors this year, including our Presenting Sponsor, the Elyria VFW Post 1079!  A complete list of sponsors will follow.

PLEASE NOTE: We will be following the weather very closely. Any weather-related updates will be posted here, on www.cityofelyria.org, and our Facebook page very early the day of the event.  We will be updating throughout the day. Please rely upon these sources only for updates.