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Ideat Village permits for Pitkin Plaza have been curtailed from having any amplification after 7:45pm, impacting most of our free, outdoor, participatory programming. This decision is arbitrary, and not in the best interests of the public at large. We have diverse, eclectic programming scheduled to go until 10pm, as we have done downtown, in the City of New Haven, for the last 9 years.
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Why is this issue being closed?
Ideat Village is making a reasonable request--asking the city to allow them to put on concerts in the same fashion as Arts & Ideas and other large, largely tax-payer supported venues.
Why does Arts&Ideas get one treatment and Ideat Village another?
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It is completely unresolved.
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if you scroll down to older comments you can see that an anonymous guest closed the thread and asked why we can't just have the bands play at a bar or club.
First of all, "anonymous guest", no one was even told about the change until the last minute even though the permits were applied for months in advance. Bill and Nancy put a lot of work into this event every year to make sure everything is planned and organized well in advance. It is totally unfair to expect them to completely rethink the entire band schedule and have to scramble to book new venues. Anyone who has ever booked bands, nevermind organize an entire week long festival knows this. If the city had a problem with the music continuing until 10pm, as it has done every year for 9 years peacefully, they had ample time to propose this. To spring it on us last minute is purposely sabotaging the event.
Secondly, as many have already asked, why should Ideat Village be treated like the red-headed step child of summer events? Arts and Ideas is celebrated by the city while we are screwed with every year in one way or another. ENOUGH! The outdoor music is a vital part of the festival. The city sound ordinance states 10 pm. Deal with it! If you live downtown and you are one of the people against the music going til 10, I hate to tell you, but you live DOWNTOWN! Go live in the suburbs if thats more your speed.
There are a million reasons this shouldn't even be an issue, but bottom line, we aren't going anywhere. We are New Haven. We will not be silenced.
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