Chanhassen prepares for July 4th celebration this weekend
The Chanhassen City Council met Thursday to finalize plans for a multi-day Independence Day celebration featuring carnival rides, live music, fireworks, and a classic car show. The festivities will take place at City Center Park and Lake and Park starting this weekend.
Chanhassen residents can expect a full slate of July 4th activities across two main venues. City Center Park will host the carnival, live music performances, a beer garden, and the Taste of Chanhassen food event. The fireworks display will light up the sky at Lake and Park, with a parade and classic car show rounding out the celebration.
In other business, the city announced it has joined two new social media platforms: TikTok and Next Door. However, the council clarified that these channels are not official public comment forums. Residents who wish to submit formal comments to the city should send emails instead, ensuring their feedback is properly documented and reviewed.
The council also celebrated the completion of a renovation project at the Rec Center, where pickleball courts have been resurfaced and restriped. The upgrade addresses a community concern about court availability and playing conditions, giving local pickleball enthusiasts improved facilities.
No formal votes were recorded during the Thursday meeting, which was structured as a check-in session to update the community on upcoming events and city initiatives.
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[0:03] It is Thursday, July 3rd, and this is
[0:05] the Chan Check-in. And by the time
[0:06] you're watching this video, this place
[0:08] behind me, City Center Park, will be
[0:10] rocking cuz it is our 4day July 4th
[0:13] celebration. So come visit us tonight,
[0:15] July 3rd, we've got the carnival, taste
[0:17] of Chanhassen, live music, a beer
[0:19] garden, and more. And tomorrow, Friday,
[0:22] July 4th, there's more fun at the
[0:23] carnival, including bingo, a classic car
[0:26] show, a parade at 2:30, and then
[0:28] fireworks at 10 p.m. over at Lake and
[0:31] Park. In other exciting news, we're now
[0:33] on TikTok and Next Door. Quick side
[0:36] note, none of our social media channels
[0:37] count as official public comments. So,
[0:39] if you want to do that, please email
[0:41] here.
[0:43] All right, I guess we'll wrap it up
[0:44] early this week cuz I just can't think
[0:46] of anything else we might have to tell
[0:47] you about. Pickle ball. Pickle. Pickle.
[0:53] Ah, I knew there was something we were
[0:54] forgetting. Drew, take it away. Patrick,
[0:57] I'm happy to report that the great
[0:59] national crisis, the great pickle ball
[1:01] panic of 2025 is finally over. The rec
[1:04] center courts are back. Resurfaced,
[1:06] restriped, reborn. Some say the Mona
[1:09] Lisa is the greatest work of art.
[1:11] Obviously, they haven't seen this paint
[1:13] job yet. Hear that bounce? That's not
[1:16] just physics. That's poetry in motion.
[1:18] To paraphrase Winston Churchill, never
[1:21] in the history of recreation have we
[1:22] owed so much to so few, our parks and
[1:25] recck department. Thanks for checking
[1:26] in. We'll dink again with you next week.
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