Second Concert Series Grant Sought for North Adams in 2017
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The public's help is being sought to bring the Levitt AMP music series to downtown North Adams to further expand access to high-quality, family-friendly music in the community.
Voting ends on Nov. 21 for a 2017 music series. The public is invited to support this effort to fund a second round of concerts in Colegrove Park next year. Voters can sign up to vote online. In addition, the public can help spread the word by tagging their social media posts with #LevittAMPNA.
The series, which would be funded through a Levitt AMP North Adams Grant, would bring 10 consecutive weeks of music to downtown North Adams in August, September and October 2017.
To date, North Adams is in 16th place out of 51 cities in competition for the award: The top 25 vote-getters from across the nation will be eligible for one of 15 Levitt AMP grants.
Last January, North Adams was named as one of 15 small to mid-sized towns and cities across America to win a Levitt AMP grant award of $25,000 in matching funds to present a free concert series at Colegrove Park.
The series is sponsored in part by the Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation, a private family foundation that exists to strengthen the social fabric of America. Through its support of creative place-making projects, the Levitt Foundation empowers communities to transform neglected public spaces into welcoming destinations where the power of free, live music brings people together and invigorates community life.
The foundation's primary funding areas include the signature Levitt program of permanent outdoor music venues and the Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards, an annual grants competition. The Levitt network of permanent outdoor music venues and AMP concert sites collectively presents the largest free concert series in America, serving more than half a million people annually through 450-plus free, family-friendly concerts. As an example of the high caliber talent presented across the Levitt network, the 2016 GRAMMY nominees include 21 artists who have performed on Levitt stages in recent years.
The Levitt AMP Grants are made possible by Levitt Pavilions, a national nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the social fabric of America through the power of free, live music. With Levitt AMP, the joy of free, live music is bringing communities together in small and mid-sized towns and cities across the country.
Designated as a public park in 1904, Colegrove Park included a fountain, tiered lawns, grand marble stairways, and, at one time, a bandstand. It remained a vibrant public park until the mid-1950s. The renovated park features a band shell, a natural amphitheater-like seating on the hill, new landscaping, and a pathway between Eagle Street and the Colegrove Park Elementary School.
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