The Mount Vernon Place Conservancy, the non-profit organization that manages the annual Flower Mart festival, announced today that organizers have decided not to hold the two-day event in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 Flower Mart was canceled because of the then-emerging pandemic and restrictions placed on public gatherings.
This year’s event had been scheduled to take place from April 30 to May 1. Lance Humphries, executive director of the conservancy, said that planning began last fall and organizers were optimistic that they could hold an in-person event but had to change course.
“Unfortunately, the surge of the pandemic over the holidays indicates that the pandemic is still very much with us, and on people’s minds,” he said in a statement. “What we are seeing is that many do not think a festival will be able to [be] safely executed this spring, even with such obvious safety measures as masks and hand-sanitizing stations.”
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