WORCESTER, Mass. – Thousands of people flooded Park Ave as stART on the Street wrapped up its final festival about a week ago. In a request to the City Council this week, Mayor Joe Petty is asking the city manager to study the feasibility of revitalizing an annual local art and vendor market in Worcester, but an experienced group feels left out.
What You Need To Know
- stART on the Street hosted their 20th and final festival on Sept. 15, 2024. Leaders made the announcement prior to the event in August
- This week, Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty made an item in the City Council Meeting agenda requesting the “City Manager study the feasibility of revitalizing an annual local art and vendor market in the city to celebrate and recognize the talent of the community”
- stART co-founder Tina Zlody is hoping the city communicates with organizers who have experience hosting large-scale events in the city to make the process smoother moving forward
- A group of artists founded stART on the Street in 2002
“It’s such a great event, I’d like to see it continue in maybe some other way here in the city,” Petty said. “Whether it be run by or led by the city or Worcester’s Cultural Division or some other organization in Worcester.”
“We are questioning why, with him wanting to start a new initiative,” Tina Zlody said. “Why stART directors and coordinators weren’t contacted.”…