Cookie Daze Being Discontinued
7 June 2021 News
RIPON, WI — As organizers of Ripon’s Cookie Daze event, we consistently review and discuss the events the Ripon Chamber of Commerce sponsors and hosts. Our staff, and board of directors have made the difficult decision to discontinue the Cookie Daze event which occurs the first Saturday in August. The decision comes after being unable to host the event in 2020 due to the pandemic, along with analyzing the last few events in terms of attendance, sponsorship, and operations. Since the closing of the cookie factory in Ripon several years ago, the event has struggled to maintain the identity of “Cookie Town USA”. While the legacy of the name continues, the additional resources needed to host this event have not. The Ripon Chamber of Commerce has met with officials from the Riponfest 2.0 committee and have offered all resources from Cookie Daze for that event. Ripon Chamber Executive Director Jason Mansmith says “We are of course disappointed that we will be unable to continue with the event after 24 years, we are always evaluating our events and a number of reasons have led to the decision to end the event. We are encouraged to hear that Riponfest 2.0 will be using some of the resources we have from Cookie Daze at their event in July” Cookie Daze was created in 1995 to recognize Ripon’s World’s Largest Cookie baking which happened July 11, 1992. (From the Ripon Chamber of Commerce)
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