Title

"Cover Story" piece on Bangor, which will host the National Folk Festival for th

Authors

Chris Barker

Source

Maine Times

Date

11-29-2001

Pages

1, 10-11, 14-15

Abstract

"Cover Story" piece on Bangor, which will host the National Folk Festival for the next three years. The festival will celebrate, via a mixture of music, food and art, a vast array of American roots. City officials see the festival as a key piece of an emerging effort to redevelop the Penobscot riverfront into a community center of shops, hotels, parks and restaurants. Rodney McKay, the city's director of economic development, said officials plan to use a $2 million grant and $5.7 million in loans from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as $1.5 million in other federal money, to help build up the infrastructure along the riverfront. With a brief history of Bangor, and details of how the festival could affect the city's future.

Subjects

Bangor, Festivals, National Folk Festival, Waterfront

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