[New-Poetry] Montclair to the rescue of the Dodge

[TheOldMole]

I think this is great.

jforjames at aol.com wrote:
> Montclair steps in for sake of poetry
> Township is offering to host Dodge event
> Sunday, March 01, 2009
> BY PEGGY McGLONE
> Star-Ledger Staff
>
> Montclair has made a serious bid to partner with the Geraldine R. 
> Dodge Foundation to save the biennial Dodge Poetry Festival, a 
> four-day event that attracts high- profile poets and tens of thousands 
> of poetry lovers.
>
> Montclair Township manager Joseph Hartnett wants to present the 2010 
> festival in Montclair's central business district, which includes 
> several performance spaces and church halls as well as restau rants 
> and parking.
>  
> "We can save this festival," said Hartnett, who will give the Dodge 
> team a tour of the downtown next week. "The Dodge is a festival of 
> national if not international re nown. We consider ourselves among the 
> premier arts communities in New Jersey ... and we want to build on that."
>  
>
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