Blackstone Valley Events
- Through
March 30,
"Experiencing
the War in Iraq", a
multi-media art exhibition at
various locations in
Pawtucket.
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Saturday, March 15, 11:30am
Burriville Easter Egg Hunt
call 401-568-9470.
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Saturday, March 15, 8:00pm Brazz
Tree - Celtic music at
Stone Soup Coffeehouse
in Pawtucket.
401-921-5115.
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Saturday, March 16 @8:00pm Celebrate
St. Patrick's Day with
Pendragon at the
Blackstone River Theatre
in Cumberland.
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Thursday, March 20 @ 5:30pm
Slater Mill "blow-out bash".
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Saturday, March 29 Roadside
Cumberland Litter Cleanup
from 8am to noon.
For more information visit
eventblackstone.com |
Meet Alex Sommer
Alex Sommer is working with
BVTC and the communities of
Pawtucket, Central Falls, and
Cumberland on the Broad Street
Regeneration Project. Alex is an
Intern from the University of
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Blackstone Valley
Tourism Council
401-724-2200
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Blackstone
Valley Tourism Council Links
Blackstone Valley Residents
to Certified Green Vehicle
Disposal
IIs
your vehicle at the end
of its life? You can
now dispose of your
vehicle and be green
while giving a boost to
support the tourism
council programs.
When you dispose of your
vehicle with Bill's Auto
in Cumberland, the only
authorized "end of life"
vehicle recycler in
Rhode Island, you
support the "green"
effort in the Blackstone
Valley.
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Tourism Council
Staff Recognized
Recently
The John H Chafee
Blackstone River
Valley National
Heritage Corridor
Commission
presented Blackstone
Valley Tourism
Council's Education
Coordinator,
Patricia McAlpine a
Star Award for her
contributions to the
Heritage Corridor.
McAlpine coordinates
educational and
public programs
aboard the
Blackstone Valley
Explorer. Also
receiving Heritage
Corridor Star award
were RI DEM
Employees Kenny
Rogers and Paul
Carvalho.
On
Tuesday, April 1
The
Pawtucket
Foundation
will honor
Robert
Billington, Ed.
D. and The
Blackstone
Valley Tourism
Council staff
with the
Heritage Award
in recognition
of their
outstanding and
long-term
commitment to
the
community. The
event will be
held at the
Pawtucket Armory
at 5:30pm.
Contact Heather
Senecal at
401-729-8300.
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 Experience
Broad Street
The
communities of Pawtucket,
Central Falls and Cumberland
have joined together to
invigorate Broad Street.
With a Preserve America
matching grant, a study
has been commenced to
determinethe specific
wants and needs of the
of community's
businesses, residents
and organization.
If you live or
work in this community,
you are inivited to
participate in this
study! Please
attend our first public
outreach meeting on
Monday, March
24.
What:
Broad Street Public
Outreach Meeting
Where: Madeira
Club, 64 Madeira
Avenue
Central
Falls, RI
Date: Monday,
March 24, 2008
Time: 5-8 pm
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 Project
Zap
Learn more about early
efforts to cleanup the
Blackstone River.
Project Zap
catalogs the efforts of
10,000 people who began
to clean up the
Blackstone River in
September of 1972. The
Blackstone River was the
first polluted river on
the North American
Continent beginning in
1793 with the onset of
the American Industrial
Revolution.
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Blackstone Valley Visitor
Center, On the banks of the Blackstone, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860