Plum is adding a new event and changing others for 2025.
Borough Council recently approved the “BoroHaps” schedule for next year. It consists of 11 events from April through December.
A new 1-mile dog walking activity, “Walking and Wagging,” will be held once, on May 17. Participants will register their dogs, check in at the borough’s municipal center on Mike Thomas Way and walk to Renton Road and back. Dog-related vendors will be set up at the municipal center.
A fee will be charged, with proceeds benefiting a dog charity. The amount of the fee and the beneficiary had not been determined, said Mona Costanza, director of BoroHaps.
Changes are being made to five events — the Easter Eggstravaganza, youth trout fishing day, the summer movie series, the Halloween movie and Christmas at Plum Creek.
The Eggstravaganza will be replaced with a Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, on April 12. The casual breakfast and opportunity for photos with the Easter Bunny is replacing the egg hunt because it often is impacted by unfavorable weather, borough Manager David Soboslay said.
Likewise, the youth trout fishing day is being pushed back, from April 13 in 2024 to May 3 in 2025, in hopes of better weather and increased participation, Costanza said.
The summer movie series, on three nights in June, July and August, is being moved to Friday evenings instead of Saturdays to see if the new night will draw larger audiences.
For Halloween, the borough will work with its library so a trunk-or-treat event will be held at the municipal center Oct. 22 followed by a movie at the amphitheater. The trunk-or-treat was held at the municipal center this year after outgrowing its space at the library, Costanza said.
The borough is expanding and rebranding Christmas at Plum Creek, which is being held Dec. 5 at the municipal center.
For 2025, it will be renamed WinterFest, in keeping with the borough’s SummerFest and FallFest. It also will become a two-day event, being held Thursday, Dec. 5, and Friday, Dec. 6.
“It’s extremely well-attended,” Costanza said.
Officials hope that expanding the popular Christmas event to two days will allow more people to visit.