Save Newport Real News in Newport Beach
Last year, the good folks at Toddland along with their friends and family (me included!) raised enough money in just $20 donations to buy and raise a monster flag at the start of Balboa Peninsula, right between Malarky’s and Newport BrewCo. Monday morning, it was raised for the second time of many more to come, just in time for the 4th of July. While the storage of the flag is a minor encumbrance, finding a way to hoist it up and lower it each year is the real problem, especially with a busy street and minimal yet heavily trafficked sidewalk space. Through the generous help from local Newport Beach business David Ballard Electrical contractors, the group was able to put it up this year at no additional cost.
A huge “thank you” to everyone who donated last year and to everyone who helps put it up and take it down each year, you are helping to make a new Newport Beach tradition!
A special thanks to CrossFit Newport Beach members Dan Hartloff, Joel Desguin, and David C Clarke for going the extra mile with this project and others, and keeping Newport the way it has always been: Beautiful, cultured, and citizen-driven.
(stock photo from last year, this year’s image featured below)
