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Main South art installation latest in movement to spruce up business corridor
“I love Main South,” the large, colorful installation reads, with a heart symbolizing the word love.
The project was funded by a state grant awarded to the Regional Environmental Council in 2020.
The REC, a city nonprofit that works to increase access to healthy foods, partnered with multiple groups on the project, including the Main South Business Association.
“We want to put out the message, Together, we’re stronger,’” Laura Perez-Garcia, president of the association, said Tuesday.
Main South business leaders partner with state for business association
Perez-Garcia, owner of Voltage Fashion Boutique at 834 Main St., is one of several local business leaders who’ve partnered with the state to get a business association going.
Pow! Wow! Worcester’s fifth art festival will focus on amplifying youth voices in Main South neighborhood
Updated May 03, 2021;
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The largest street art festival in the Northeast is returning to Worcester in August.
The fifth edition of Pow! Wow! Worcester is scheduled to take place from Aug. 13 to 22. This year’s festival will focus on amplifying youth voices and will focus primarily in Worcester’s Main South neighborhood.
Murals are set to be created at the Jacob Hiatt Magnet School, the Regional Environmental Council’s YouthGrow farm as well as other locations that have yet to be announced.