Niles Riverside Park -- site of July 31 Festival (approved by City Council)

 Cannabis Festival -- Saturday 7/31/2021

Details in Niles STAR (June 30 website article) - Local newspaper discussion online :

 Berrien County Sheriff’s Department and Michigan State Police, and they too will have additional staffing for us, so we will have officers out and about that day that will be monitoring the event,” Millin said.

The events in July and September are planned to be hosted at Riverfront Park south. During the event, the officers will be blocking off Bond Street.

“If you don’t have a ticket to get into the event, or don’t have credentials that you are with the staff or vendors, you won’t be allowed down Bond Street that day,” Millin said.

The park will be closed, including the Ruff and Tumble Dog Park, for the day.

Nobody under 21 [years old] can be around the event. It can’t be publicized or in the public eye,” Millin said. “That’s probably the best location we can minimize [exposure], keep it contained and keep control over people coming and going.”

The city has designated the area for the consumption of marijuana products that day, limiting the attendance to those 21 years of age and older.

After the first event in July, the city will have a debriefing to go over any issues that may have arisen during the festival.
Millin said even if there are no issues, they will still strategize for the second event, as it is approved for 2,000 attendees, where the first is limited to 500.

“It will give us a trial run, and we’ll see where it goes from here,” he said.