WESTFIELD – At Mayor Daniel M. Knapik’s first coffee hour of 2014 this morning at Armbrook Village, sponsored by the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce, an announcement was made regarding plans for a Westfield New Year’s celebration to ring in 2015.
Steve Dondley, owner of Prometheus Communications in Westfield, announced that he’s sponsoring a petition to get a New Year’s Eve fireworks celebration organized in the city’s downtown next December 31.
“Westfield wants to have cultural events and make (Westfield) a happenin’ place,” Dondley said. “New Year’s Eve, where can I go in Westfield?”
The idea of throwing a countdown-like event right below the clock tower downtown intrigued him so much, that he has started a website, newyearswestfield.com, to see if city residents would really like to make this vision a reality for next New Year’s Eve.
“We’re trying to get 300 confirmed signatures by July 31,” Dondley said. “We’ve already got about 125 or so, 96 or so are confirmed.”
“Right now, it’s just an idea,” he said. “We’re trying to find out if there’s enough interest to have the event, so if we get 300 pledging to come and half show up, that’s pretty good.”
Asked whether he anticipates more than 300 signatures and/or visitors, Dondley is optimistic about the potential turnout.
“You’re going to get a lot more people interested than have signed the petition, so if you get 300 people’s signatures, you’ll get about 300 people there,” he said.
