Released by Bev Harrelson Ricks, rockymountnc.gov
Upcoming events offer Rocky Mount NC residents a chance to participate in historic preservation activities, and enjoy a community festival celebrating Juneteenth.
Historic Preservation Scavenger Hunt
An Architectural Photo Scavenger Hunt, will take place weekly throughout the month of May. Photos featuring cropped images of different properties for participants to identify will be posted on the city’s Facebook page. Photos will also be placed on C.I.T.Y. TV 19 each Monday, followed by an unveiling of the full image a few days later. The image will include a caption revealing the location and information about the property.
This Place Matters
The city will join in the national campaign to encourage people to celebrate the places that are meaningful to them and to the local community in the “This Place Matters” Photo Campaign.
Download a ‘This Place Matters’ sign from the city’s website, take photos at the places that matter most to you, and share your photos and story online with the hashtag #ThisPlaceMatters.
On social media, be sure to tag the city of Rocky Mount and your location, so that your special place gets its proper shine. On Facebook, find the city at Rocky Mount-Government Offices. On Twitter, see @citybeattweet.
Juneteenth Community Empowerment Festival
The city’s Juneteenth Community Empowerment Festival is June 3-4, 2016, at the Douglas Block, downtown Rocky Mount.
June 3 from 7pm to 10pm, live Jazz is planned, with The Stephen Pender Band and the Generation NeXt Band as the featured acts.
The R&B group, Jagged Edge, will headline on June 4. From 11am to 8pm, entertainment acts such as The 7th Hour Groove Band, the Salvation and Deliverance Choir, the Kenya Safari Acrobats, and more will perform. The festival’s emcees will be Les Long and Lamar Blakney. Superior Court Judge Milton F. “Toby” Fitch, Jr. will serve as this year’s keynote speaker.
For more information about Juneteenth, call 252.972.1151 or visit www.downtownrockymount.com for the full schedule of events and vendor applications — as spaces remain available.
Ed. Note: See The Grey Area News article on Rocky Mount’s 2016 Juneteenth at greyareanews.com/events/jagged-edge-headline-juneteenth.
