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Commission OKs Fireworks at Growlers Games

Sehvilla Mann
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WMUK

 

The Kalamazoo City Commission has warmed to a proposal from the Kalamazoo Growlers baseball team to set fireworks off at certain games. Last month commissioners had voted to approve only two of six planned displays pending further discussion.

On Monday night Growlers Vice President Brian Colopy assured the Board that this year’s fireworks would be smaller, quieter and more contained than last summer’s.

“On top of that our show times have typically been 10 to 12 minutes after the game. This year our highest show’s going to be six minutes,” he said.

The toning-down of the fireworks led commissioners who had opposed the Growlers’ plans to get behind them. That includes Commissioner Jack Urban.

"It’s certainly easy for me at this point to compromise on saying yes to this level of fireworks for this number of games for this year," he said.

The Growlers plan five fireworks shows over the rest of the summer including one on Independence Day.

Sehvilla Mann joined WMUK’s news team in 2014 as a reporter on the local government and education beats. She covered those topics and more in eight years of reporting for the Station, before becoming news director in 2022.