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Downturn Forces Communities to Put Festivals on Hold
Across the country, festivals that give communities a sense of pride — and bring crowds to towns that rarely attract visitors otherwise — are getting crunched by the economic crisis. Events are being canceled or downsized as local governments, community groups and corporate sponsors pull back their dollars.
By ELLEN GAMERMAN and JIM CARLTON Wall St. Journal
Full Story: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123483066295195647.html
(If you are involved with a festival, it may pay to do a little more advertising to attract those who would have gone to other festivals… If you have a festival in the area covered by MATR, please add it to the events calendar or send it to me to help raise its visibility. [email protected] )
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