{"id":2481,"date":"2022-12-11T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-10-29T22:20:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T22:20:34","slug":"the-city-of-west-point-downtown-development-authority-host-inaugural-tree-lighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/2022\/12\/11\/the-city-of-west-point-downtown-development-authority-host-inaugural-tree-lighting\/","title":{"rendered":"The City Of West Point &#038; Downtown Development Authority Host Inaugural Tree Lighting."},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/WP-20tree.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"760\" data-original-width=\"515\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/WP-20tree-203x300.jpeg\" width=\"434\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #171717; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #171717; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Last Wednesday, The City of West Point along with the West Point Downtown Development Authority, and members of the community celebrated the holidays with the inaugural Christmas Lighting from Lanier Park as the beautiful white lights lit up the night. <\/span><\/p>\n<div data-hook=\"rcv-block4\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #171717; font-family: &quot;playfair display&quot;, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\" type=\"paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #171717; direction: ltr; font-family: &quot;playfair display&quot;, serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><br role=\"presentation\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-hook=\"rcv-block5\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #171717; font-family: &quot;playfair display&quot;, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\" type=\"empty-line\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #171717; direction: ltr; font-family: &quot;playfair display&quot;, serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">&#8220;The Downtown Town Development Authority has been wanting to do this, and this year really made a push to make this an annual event. The tree actually belongs to them along with the lights, the wrapping, and ice cycles in the downtown area, this will now be here year after year&#8221;, said Tramell. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div data-hook=\"rcv-block6\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #171717; font-family: &quot;playfair display&quot;, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\" type=\"paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #171717; direction: ltr; font-family: &quot;playfair display&quot;, serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><br role=\"presentation\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-hook=\"rcv-block7\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #171717; font-family: &quot;playfair display&quot;, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\" type=\"empty-line\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #171717; direction: ltr; font-family: &quot;playfair display&quot;, serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Also in attendance for the inaugural tree lighting was <a data-hook=\"linkViewer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/judithelisehiggins?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZVHHzlIGxZ6dHFEPt3VZUabn1VSb4nvWGUrI_8HUhwYpGSPQ0aFwRpP7TaAGAErVIMzDwAWnnE7VSKDu6hU_ZiMcWSa31p0-LFkcYBfyaSl0kp65l-pGo5Tr-72woUM9YqZzg52gZiSKPDxrnrhzcw1EUMmXDRnlLX6PYmHBAnH6aJeCuQgxJyWIHb2pQee_O8&amp;__tn__=-UC%2CP-R\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-family,unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-size,unset); font-style: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-style,unset); font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-weight,unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-line-height,unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #171717; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Miss West Point 2023<\/span><\/a><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div data-hook=\"rcv-block8\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #171717; font-family: &quot;playfair display&quot;, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\" type=\"paragraph\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #171717; direction: ltr; font-family: &quot;playfair display&quot;, serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Elise Higgins, who made the trip from nearby Columbus, Ga. for the spectacular event<\/span><\/span><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/misswp.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"475\" data-original-width=\"633\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/misswp-300x225.jpeg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><br \/><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fnme0-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fnme0-0-0\">&#8220;I had an absolute blast at the West Point Christmas Tree lighting! This is such a close-knit community and I\u2019m so thankful to have the opportunity to represent this amazing town at Miss Georgia in June.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fnme0-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fnme0-0-0\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fnme0-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fnme0-0-0\">I also had the pleasure of meeting the Mayor of West Point while I was there.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fnme0-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fnme0-0-0\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #171717; direction: ltr; font-family: &quot;playfair display&quot;, serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fnme0-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fnme0-0-0\"><\/p>\n<div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment=\"{&quot;blocks&quot;:[{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;8rp5j&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;This community is so welcoming to everyone. If you want some Christmas lights to look at I highly recommend you go to downtown West Point. It is stunning&quot;, said Higgins.&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}}],&quot;entityMap&quot;:{},&quot;VERSION&quot;:&quot;9.3.6&quot;}\">This community is so welcoming to everyone. If you want some Christmas lights to look at I highly recommend you go to downtown West Point. It is stunning&#8221;, said Higgins.<\/div>\n<div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment=\"{&quot;blocks&quot;:[{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;8rp5j&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;This community is so welcoming to everyone. If you want some Christmas lights to look at I highly recommend you go to downtown West Point. It is stunning&quot;, said Higgins.&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}}],&quot;entityMap&quot;:{},&quot;VERSION&quot;:&quot;9.3.6&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment=\"{&quot;blocks&quot;:[{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;8rp5j&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;This community is so welcoming to everyone. If you want some Christmas lights to look at I highly recommend you go to downtown West Point. It is stunning&quot;, said Higgins.&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}}],&quot;entityMap&quot;:{},&quot;VERSION&quot;:&quot;9.3.6&quot;}\">\n<div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment=\"{&quot;blocks&quot;:[{&quot;key&quot;:&quot;4l34k&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;The tree will be stored above Johnny's Pizza and will be displayed in West Point for years to come. &quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;unstyled&quot;,&quot;depth&quot;:0,&quot;inlineStyleRanges&quot;:[],&quot;entityRanges&quot;:[],&quot;data&quot;:{}}],&quot;entityMap&quot;:{},&quot;VERSION&quot;:&quot;9.3.6&quot;}\">The tree will be stored above Johnny&#8217;s Pizza and will be displayed in West Point for years to come.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Wednesday, The City of West Point along with the West Point Downtown Development Authority, and members of the community celebrated the holidays with the inaugural Christmas Lighting from Lanier Park as the beautiful white lights lit up the night. &#8220;The Downtown Town Development Authority has been wanting to do this, and this year really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-old"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2494,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions\/2494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}