MONROE - This year's Cheese Days parade, which is sponsored by The Swiss Colony, will be re-routed slightly, but just in the downtown area.
Instead of continuing on 10th Street onto the downtown square, the Sept. 16 parade will go south on 18th Avenue for one block toward Monroe City Hall, and then west on 11th Street past the post office where it will continue onto the south and west sides of the square only. The parade will begin and end at the Green County Fairgrounds, on the same streets as in the past.
The revised parade routes will allow the Green County Cheese Days board to open up the east side of the square for the entire weekend to bring in a variety of additional new food vendors as well as an additional dining tent.
Bleacher seats will again be sold in advance for prime viewing areas, with reserved seating available near Monroe Medical, the White Block Building and a new area by Goetz Theatre.
As in the past, the Children's Parade on Friday, Sept. 14 will begin near the Monroe Middle School and go toward Turner Hall. The route will then turn left on 17th Avenue, turn right onto 11th Street by Goetz Theatre, left on 18th Avenue for two blocks, left on 9th Street toward Stop N Go, and then left on 16th Avenue where it will go on the west side of the downtown square and return toward the school.
For questions about the festival, go to www.cheesedays.com or visit the Cheese Days office/store on the lower level of the Historic Green County Courthouse. The office is open Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m., Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and with evening and Saturday hours by appointment. To make an appointment, call (608) 325-7771.
Instead of continuing on 10th Street onto the downtown square, the Sept. 16 parade will go south on 18th Avenue for one block toward Monroe City Hall, and then west on 11th Street past the post office where it will continue onto the south and west sides of the square only. The parade will begin and end at the Green County Fairgrounds, on the same streets as in the past.
The revised parade routes will allow the Green County Cheese Days board to open up the east side of the square for the entire weekend to bring in a variety of additional new food vendors as well as an additional dining tent.
Bleacher seats will again be sold in advance for prime viewing areas, with reserved seating available near Monroe Medical, the White Block Building and a new area by Goetz Theatre.
As in the past, the Children's Parade on Friday, Sept. 14 will begin near the Monroe Middle School and go toward Turner Hall. The route will then turn left on 17th Avenue, turn right onto 11th Street by Goetz Theatre, left on 18th Avenue for two blocks, left on 9th Street toward Stop N Go, and then left on 16th Avenue where it will go on the west side of the downtown square and return toward the school.
For questions about the festival, go to www.cheesedays.com or visit the Cheese Days office/store on the lower level of the Historic Green County Courthouse. The office is open Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m., Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and with evening and Saturday hours by appointment. To make an appointment, call (608) 325-7771.