Gloucester400™ Needs You! Call for Volunteer Experts and Interested Parties to Serve on Important Sub-Committees, November 16th

Who:  All Gloucester residents able to volunteer on key sub-committees for Gloucester’s 400th-anniversary celebration are encouraged to attend the next public planning meeting.

What:  Gloucester400™ sub-committees need volunteers to fully represent the city and help formulate concrete plans for 2023’s city-wide celebrations. If you have interest or expertise in the following areas, please join us:

• Arts Committee (includes Visual Arts, Literary, Music, and Theatre subcommittees)
• Genealogy
• Heritage
• Burial Grounds and Cemeteries
• Logistics
• Business
• Millennial Outreach
• 400th Community Outreach and Engagement
• Sports and Recreation
• Dogtown/ Common Settlement
• Tourism
• Education
• Veterans Outreach
• Fisheries
• Waterways

In addition to the planning session, the recently-announced commemorative medal finalist designs will be on display to the public throughout the meeting.

When:  Saturday, November 16th, 2019 at 11:00 A.M.

Where: The Kyrouz Auditorium in Gloucester City Hall (9 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, MA)

Why:  Full participation of Gloucester’s educational, artistic, technological, business, industrial, historic, and community resources is needed to plan and develop the broadest possible array of events, programs, exhibitions, and opportunities throughout the year 2023. Only with the help of our friends and neighbors throughout the city, can we create meaningful programs and events that truly highlight Gloucester’s extraordinary art and culture, remarkable industrial achievements, and spectacular natural resources.

Contact:   Christine Armstrong

                  carmstrong2007@gmail.com
+1.646.644.5037

Gloucester’s 400th Anniversary: “Our People, Our Stories™”
Gloucester, Massachusetts, America’s oldest seaport, will be “400 years young” in 2023. To celebrate its past, honor its people, and welcome its promising future, the city has already begun preparations for celebrating this historic milestone and organizing the year-long celebration of its anniversary. The theme of the quadricentennial is Gloucester: Our People, Our Stories™ and focuses on celebrating Gloucester’s history through the stories of the people who lived, sacrificed, rejoiced, worked, built, and innovated together – at times risking everything — since 1623. Gloucester400™ is the steering committee established by the citizens of Gloucester, working collaboratively with the City to guide and coordinate an exceptional year of festivities.