{"id":11750,"date":"2020-06-18T17:41:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T17:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11750"},"modified":"2020-06-18T17:43:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T17:43:14","slug":"los-fresnos-cdc-approves-5000-for-july-4th-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11750","title":{"rendered":"Los Fresnos CDC approves $5,000 for July 4th celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CDC-photo-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CDC-photo-.jpg 980w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CDC-photo--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CDC-photo--768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>An alley located between Sixth and Seventh Street in Los Fresnos will soon be upgraded after the Los Fresnos Community Development Corp. recently approved funding to do so. <\/em><\/strong>Photo: Tony Vindell \/ LFN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By TONY VINDELL<br><\/strong>LFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LOS FRESNOS &#8211; Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, area residents will be treated to a fireworks display to commemorate the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Los Fresnos Community Development Corp. approved allocating $5,000 to buy the pyrotechnics during its last regular meeting held June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The celebration will be held Friday, July 3 at the city\u2019s Memorial Park.<br>The CDC approved the same amount of money it has been allocating for the last four or five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the board also approved to invest $13,700 to complete paving a section of an alley between Sixth and Seventh Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los Fresnos City Manager Mark Milum said the CDC has the funds for the project and recommended to upgrade the alley that is used by residents living nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city council also approved upgrading the alley during its Tuesday, June 9, meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other business, the CDC board approved contributing $1,450 and $1,125 for two business signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Repair Squad and la Pale Frozen Fruit Bar each applied for a grant for the signs set to cost $2,900 and $2,250.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The money the CDC approved is in accordance with its policy to allocate 50 percent of the cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By TONY VINDELLLFN LOS FRESNOS &#8211; Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, area residents will be treated to a fireworks display to commemorate the Fourth of July. The Los Fresnos Community Development Corp. approved allocating $5,000 to buy the pyrotechnics during its last regular meeting held June 1. The celebration will be held Friday, July 3 at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-11750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11751,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11750\/revisions\/11751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}