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.