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State of Texas, Department of Transportation Request for Road Closure for Festival of <br />Pumpkins. <br />"Event" <br />The Event is located on the Plaza in Downtown Paris. <br />Paris is located in Lamar County and the highways to be closed consist of: <br />State Highway 19/24, Business 82 and Business 271. <br />The Limits of the closure will be 1 block in each direction from the Paris <br />downtown Plaza to the north, south, and west side, and 2 blocks to the <br />east side that direction (Business 82 & Business 271). <br />City of Paris Main Street program is requesting to close the streets at <br />5:OOPM on Friday, October 24, 2020 and remain closed through 12:OOAM <br />on Sunday, October 25, 20 20. We are requesting the street closures for <br />the Festival of Pumpkins event for 2020 through 2025 (same times). We <br />would like to make this request for 5 years only in case the boundaries of <br />the festival change. The Festival is scheduled to be held annually the <br />fourth Saturday in October. <br />The event is the 20th Annual Festival of Pumpkins. The event set up <br />occurs Friday evening and the festival runs all day Saturday. People will <br />be able to eat, shop the vendors, listen to live musical performances and <br />participate in contests and other children's activities. Saturday activities <br />include Fishing in the Fountain, Petting Zoo, Train Rides, Pumpkin Contest, <br />Pumpkin Bowling, Bounce House, Super Slide, Bungee Jumping, Rock <br />Wall Climbing, Costume Contest, Pet Pageant, tractor displays and much <br />more. <br />Approximate crowd attendance is 10,000. <br />