By Steve Johnson, Bullhead City Public Information Officer

April in Bullhead City, hundreds of volunteers in dozens of organizations will greet and cater to thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts for the annual Bike Fest. The Laughlin River Run has been a Tri-State tradition for 31 years. For the past two years, southern California Harley Davidson dealers have hosted Bike Fest in Bullhead City’s Community Park. The tens of thousands of visitors who come to the area for this exciting event are welcomed by our Kiwanians, Rotarians, Soroptimists, Boys and Girls Club members, girls and boys scouts.

Recently, the city of Bullhead City created a central, online, interactive calendar where all local service groups and non-profit organizations can post events. BullheadCityEvents.com provides a “Suggest Event” button on the front page of the calendar that users click on to open the submission program. Users fill in the blanks, describe the event in their own words and submit the request. A notification is sent to several city staff, anyone of whom can approve and post the submission from their office, tablet or smartphone. BullheadCityEvents.com receives about 5,000 pageviews per month from some 1,500 Web visits. And, the popularity is growing! For April, nearly 30 events are posted. The events calendar also provides local businesses an opportunity to advertise, thus offsetting the annual hosting cost and making the calendar community funded. Bullhead City regularly promotes the events calendar with a link the front page of the city’s website and a billboard on its government channel TV4. The TV4 Billboard is another way Bullhead City promotes community events and bringing awareness to the many volunteer opportunities in our area.