Sunday night Winterhaven walk Meet at 5:00 PM At Shooters

Winterhaven is a historic neighborhood in Tucson, recognized for its unique ranch-style homes, lush landscaping, and the annual Festival of Lights, which has been celebrated since 1949.

We'll meet at Shooters which is a neighborhood bar easy walking distance from Winterhaven. I'm scheduling the meeting time a little bit before dark, so that we can walk over when it's light out and get a sense of the neighborhood WITHOUT the Christmas lights and maybe start off when it's a tiny bit less crowded.

### Festival History

In 1949 CB Richards created a cooperative water company and a modern residential development north of what was Tucson at the time. By 1957 all but 19 of the 257 original lots had been developed.
The Festival of Lights began in 1949. Mr. Richards was inspired to create the Festival after visiting a similar display in Beverly Hills, California in the 1930s. He purchased the first set of Christmas lights in 1949 and donated them to the neighborhood. He purchased the Aleppo pines from a local nursery that was going out of business. They were planted at regular intervals throughout the neighborhood and electrical connections were hooked up near each tree for the lights.