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Figuring out the future of PVDFest

THE CROWDS that showed up at previous PVDFests downtown didn't materialize this year at the 195 District Park, in part because of miserable weather. But some say the festival needs to move back to downtown. / COURTESY PVDFEST
THE CROWDS that showed up at previous PVDFests downtown didn't materialize this year at the 195 District Park, in part because of miserable weather. But some say the festival needs to move back to downtown. / COURTESY PVDFEST

PVDFest will return next year, but Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley’s administration is beginning the process of figuring out what it will look like after the mayor’s overhaul of the annual city-run festival this year drew mixed reactions from business owners and residents. Smiley spokesperson Josh Estrella said on Sept. 19 that the mayor’s office

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