The town of Elon celebrated its 125th anniversary today over cake with North Carolina General Assembly Sen. Rick Gunn of District 24 and District 64 House Representative Dennis Riddell. The state representatives came to the town to honor its 125th anniversary, recognizing the quality of college and town relationship.
“This town has been a visionary from day one,” Gunn said.
The town of Elon planned to celebrate its 125th anniversary on Saturday, April 7, but had to postpone the event due to the weather. The town is concerned about its sponsors and vendors and is currently working to reschedule the event.
The local band booked for the event, Retro, said they would perform again with no charge, but cost is still a huge factor in rescheduling.
Board of Alderwoman and co-chair of the 125th Anniversary Celebration committee, Emily Sharpe, said the event would have to be rescheduled on a smaller scale.
“It would be hard to reproduce the same thing because we had to still pay for things that succeeded with it. But definitely looking to do something on a smaller scale,” Sharpe said.
Despite the weather, Sharpe said that all the volunteers showed up and were ready to go at 7 a.m. Mayor pro-tempore Ron Klepcyk said he agreed with Sharpe.
“Things were well planned, we were ready. The weather didn’t cooperate,” Klepcyk said.