Long time Pawtucket Mayor James Doyle (D) faces 12-year Pawtucket City
Councilman Donald Grebian (I) in the current race for Pawtucket
Mayor. With the adoption and advertisement of the Pawtucket Arts
District and the recent initiation of a city grant program for arts
organizations, the arts community has become a significant constituency
of Pawtucket in recent years.
Rhode Island Citizens for the Arts (RI4arts) and The Pawtucket Alliance
for Downtown Success (PADS) will host a Conversation with the Mayoral
Candidates of Pawtucket on October 7, 2008 from 6:30 — 8:00 pm at
the Gamm Theatre, 172 Exchange Street, to hear from the candidates on
topics that focus on the city’s future, including Arts and
Revitalization.
If you are a Pawtucket resident, or not, please join us to hear what
the Candidates have to say about the arts and Pawtucket’s future
as a growing destination city in Rhode Island!
The evening will bring the candidates together in an open conversation
moderated by Richard Kazarian, Jr., a local arts/antiques dealer and
historian, Chair of Pawtucket’s Riverfront Commission and named
Pawtucket’s Citizen of the Year in 2005 by The Pawtucket
Foundation. Various topics will be explored including Economic
Development, Arts and Revitalization and Civic Improvement. The
conversation is geared towards gaining a broad understanding of the
candidates feelings about the City and its Future.
The event, sponsored by The Pawtucket Times, is free and open to the
public. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and seating is limited. First come,
first served. For more information please see www.pads02860.org,email info@pads02860.org, or call 401-751-4074.
