Soo Co-Op Credit Union and the Downtown Development Authority invite the community to bid farewell to a decade during the Soo Co-Op Credit Union New Year’s Eve Celebration in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan!
“The past couple of years, the DDA has done such a wonderful job bringing life to our downtown with new events and festivals. We are so thrilled to be part of another amazing community event to ring in the New Year and can’t wait to see what the future holds,” declared Soo Co- Op Credit Union Marketing
Associate/Youth Coordinator, Chelsea Meehan. Soo Co-Op Credit Union has served as the presenting sponsor of New Year’s Eve activities for three years.
Area restaurants and taverns have coordinated live entertainment, exclusive New Year’s Eve dining menus, drink specials, party favors and champagne toasts leading up to the official drop at midnight, ushering in 2020. A
At exactly 11:59 pm, the 125 pound LED lit soccer shaped spectacle will make its 60- second descent from atop a retiring ladder truck from the City of Sault Ste. Marie Fire Department.
“Involving our soon to retire ladder truck in the ball ceremony commemorates and memorializes personnel and equipment from decades gone by,” noted Sault Ste. Marie Fire Chief, Scott Labonte. For families with young ones, an advanced ball drop has been coordinated under the farmer’s market pavilion, set to commence at 7pm. Gather early for music and party favors.
