5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival Kicks-Off Newark's Largest Outdoor Concert Series

WHO:

Baye Adofo-Wilson, Executive Director, LPCCD

Theresa Hooper-Marshall, Board Chair, LPCCD

Lauren Craig, Esq., Director, Russell Aldo Murray Gallery

Caryl Lucas, Newark Community Health Centers

Zanetta Glover, State Farm

Invited Speakers:

Governor Chris Christie, State of New Jersey

Steven R. Runk, Executive Director, The New Jersey State Council on the Arts

Mayor Cory A. Booker, City of Newark

Donald M. Payne Jr., President, Newark Municipal Council

Ras Baraka, Newark Municipal Councilmember, South Ward

Darrin Sharif, Newark Municipal Councilmember, Central Ward

WHAT:

A press conference to kick-off the 5th  Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival.

WHEN:

July 29 at 11:00am

WHERE:

Russell Aldo Murray Gallery, 460 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102

WHY:

Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District is a non-profit 501c (3) organization with a mission to plan, design and build a comprehensive arts and cultural district in the Lincoln Park/Coast area of the City of Newark, New Jersey.  Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is one of the nation's best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes 125 LEED United States Green Building Council certified units, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate.