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Lowell council and festival organizers seek regional fundraiser after $20,000 federal grant cut
Summary
Councilors voted to have the city manager work with community partners to organize a regional fundraiser to support the Lowell Folk Festival Foundation after organizers said a $20,000 federal grant was pulled and sponsorships declined.
The Lowell City Council voted Thursday to ask the city manager to work with community partners to organize a regional fundraiser to benefit the Lowell Folk Festival Foundation.
The action followed public comments from Arthur Sutcliffe, executive with the festival foundation, who said the festival — held in Lowell for 37 years — “is something to be proud of” and that the group recently lost a $20,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant. “We were okay for a grant…
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