NEA Chairman, RI Senators, Officials Tour Woonsocket
Walking tour showcases city's worthiness for National Endowment of the Arts grant.
Rocco Landesman, Chairman for The National Endowment for the Arts, spent about two hours touring Woonsocket from RiverzEdge to the Stadium Theatre today. Joining him were Mayor Leo Fontaine, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Economic Development Director Matt Wojcik and City Councilor Bob Moreau. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), joined the group later near City Hall. Landesman came to Woonsocket at Reed's invitation. The RI Senator oversees federal arts funding as the Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, including the NEA’s annual budget of about $146 million. Woonsocket is seeking to strengthen its creative community and is applying for a $100,000 federal NEA “Our Town” grant. Landesman created the grants, which offer …
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Tommy Tutone
5:36 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
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