The TC Boom Boom Club, first organized in 2011 to fund the city's 4th of July fireworks display over West Grand Traverse Bay, is now a nonprofit group hoping to build grassroots support for the annual celebration.
Spokesperson Tim Hinkley says it costs $45,000 for a 30 minute show – an amount it hopes to raise via support from municipalities, businesses and individuals. The group had previously operated under the National Cherry Festival Foundation but now is a standalone 501(c)3 organization.
"We really want to get a wide spectrum of people to participate," Hinkley says, adding that the group had 100 individuals and businesses support the event last year. "We want it to be a grassroots effort so people on the beach can say, 'These are our fireworks.'"
Great Lakes Fireworks of East Jordan puts on the annual display.The company was one of a select few invited to participate in the world record fireworks display in Dubai this past New Year's Eve.
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