CRESTVIEW — A new bidder has won the opportunity to produce the city's annual Fourth of July fireworks exhibition.
The Community Redevelopment Agency Board unanimously awarded the $10,000 contract to LaFollette, Tenn.-based Pyro Shows for a 20-minute display at Twin Hills Park.
Pyro Shows' bid beat Tallahassee-based Ashley Pyrotechnics — which has produced Crestview's display for the past several years — by $2,000.
Pyro Shows also produced fireworks displays for Panama City, Fort Walton Beach, Sandestin and Gulf Shores, Ala., in addition to the annual Fourth of July show at the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
Public Works Director Wayne Steele asked both bidders to bid on 20-minute and half-hour shows.
CRA board members decided to reserve the longer show for the 2016 Crestview Centennial Fourth of July celebration, which will also include an old-fashioned family picnic in Twin Hills Park.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview awards fireworks contract: different year, different company