Worthington Family Picnic
Gather the family and come on down to the Worthington Family Picnic and Fireworks Celebration on the 4th of July! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy a family picnic on the lawn of Thomas Worthington High School (TWHS) with food, musical entertainment, Supergames and much more! The festivities on the lawn begin at 4:00 p.m. and continue through the fireworks celebration at 10:00 p.m. Bring your own picnic or food is available to purchase. The Worthington Family Picnic is sponsored by the Dublin-Worthington Rotary.
Fireworks
The fireworks blast off at 10:00 p.m. The display can be viewed either from the Family Picnic location on the front lawn of TWHS, or at the football stadium to the west of the high school.
Parking
Limited parking will be available at the TWHS parking lot to the west and north of the building. Because it always fills up early, people are encouraged to park outside of the high school neighborhood area, carpool, walk or bike. The municipal lots in the downtown area will be available for people to park and walk into the high school. To maintain access for emergency vehicles and facilitate traffic movement it will be necessary to post certain streets “No Parking" on July 4th. Parking restrictions will be lifted following the event. The areas to be posted "No Parking" are:
• Medick Way – both sides
• Tucker Dr. - north side only
• Tucker N.W. - both sides
• Farrington Dr. - north side only
• Seabury Dr. - west side only
• Sinsbury Dr. N. - north side only
• Blanford Dr. - north side only
• Sanbridge Circle - north side only
• W. New England Ave. – north side only, west of Oxford
• Evening St. – both sides from W. New England Ave. to Rt. 161
• Granville Service Rds. – both sides
• West Granville Rd. – both sides from Evening St. to the Olentangy River Rd. bridge
• North Street – both sides
City Hours of Operation – July 4th
All City offices, including the Community Center and Griswold Center, will be closed on July 4th in observance of the Independence Day holiday, with the exception of emergency Police and Fire services.
Trash collection for Worthington residents will be shifted from Friday to Saturday, July 5th for the holiday week.
Anyone with questions the day of the event should call the Worthington Division of Police at 885-4463.