South Arts Scholarship Grant Awarded

Press Release

Release: Immediate

Contact: Christian Hamilton, 706.898.5777

Date: 02.14.18

RE: South Arts Scholarship Grant Received

TOCCOA, GA, February 14, 2018- Main Street Toccoa is pleased to announce that it has received a Scholarship Grant from South Arts for attendance at the Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to take place on March 14 – 16.

Funds from this grant will be used to send Main Street Manager Christian Hamilton to attend classes and network at the Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit, presented in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts, South Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Creative placemaking, according to the official description from the Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit, is “about partners working together, engaging the arts and local culture to shape, revitalize, and rejuvenate places.” Main Street Toccoa looks forward to developing valuable skills to strengthen creative placemaking in Historic Downtown Toccoa.

For more information about grant funds received, please contact Main Street Manager Christian Hamilton at 706.898.5777.

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