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About UsCrete's Great Pumpkin Festival is more than just a festival. It's an opportunity to give back to the Crete Community. The Crete Chamber of Commerce presents this festival as an event for members of the community to become more involved. Through volunteer opportunities to planting at the community pumpkin patch in Old Mill Park to donating pumpkins for the the Great Pumpkin Giveaway or coming and celebrating a day of autumn fun on October 7th, Crete's Great Pumpkin Festival is sure to provide a community feel in Crete. Our ultimate goal is to hand out 250 pumpkins to the local children at the event. We eventually want to grow the event so that every child in Crete has a pumpkin on their porch for Halloween.
The Agricultural Committee of Crete Chamber of Commerce has organized and developed the growing component of the event and the rest of the chamber and volunteers from the community have assisted in planning the festival events. Local community members, businesses and the local university are already volunteering their efforts for the event. From the five local pumpkin growing sponsors and pumpkin seed distributors to local community members, businesses and farmers competing to grow the largest pumpkin patch to others volunteering to donate their pumpkin produce in the Great Pumpkin Giveaway and so much more. Our goal to eventually involve the whole community of Crete in Crete's Great Pumpkin Festival. All volunteers are welcome to help assist in running the events and we need your help to make this festival a success! Sign up to be a pumpkin grower, volunteer in the Great Pumpkin Blitz or learn more about the festival at the "Contact" tab featured on the website. |
Crete Community |
The City of Crete, the largest Community in Saline County, is located in southeastern Nebraska, approximately 35 miles southwest of Lincoln, Nebraska. Currently (2014), an estimated 7,196 residents live in Crete. The City is in a position to determine the community and economic development enhancements most needed and desired to better serve persons and families interested in small town living. The Community of Crete offers a variety of amenities including Public and Parochial Schools, a full university campus, restaurants, governmental services, grocery and convenience stores, senior center, hospital, etc. Downtown Crete is located south of the Highway 33/103 Corridor, and southward along Main Avenue and consists mostly of professional offices, specialty stores, banks and restaurants. The Community has the unique advantage of being located in close proximity to the Lincoln Metropolitan Statistical Area, allowing for expanded access to nearby amenities of living overview, and any other pertinent quality of life data.
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Crete Chamber of Commerce |
The Crete Chamber of Commerce is made up of businesses and individuals that support the city's economic health and development. The Chamber is a voluntary association of business and professional men and women who, through committees, contribute to the Crete area’s commercial, industrial, and civic development. Our Mission is to improve the business climate and quality of life for the Crete area. Sharing the goal of the city of Crete to re-energize and renew, the Chamber's goal is to continuously and effectively make Crete a better place in which to live and work.
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