PROVIDENCE – The city’s Arts in the Neighborhood Parks initiative has garnered an honorable mention at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Livability Awards, which recognize mayors for “exemplary leadership in developing and implementing programs that improve the quality of life of the nation’s cities.”
Mayor David N. Cicilline accepted the award June 11 in Chicago, at the 73rd annual mayors’ conference. Twenty cities were recognized; Seattle and Trenton, N.J., took first place honors. The cities were chosen from a pool of 151 applicants based on creativity and innovation, mayoral leadership, and broad impact on the quality of life for residents.
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The judges praised Providence for bringing “50 extraordinary free performances of theatre, art, music and dance” to “ball fields, playgrounds, sitting parks, street corners, historic squares, recreation centers, school cafeterias, the Zoo, and a water park.”
“Mayor Cicilline’s to end the inequity that often limits arts programs to middle- and upper- income residents led to the creation of this program,” the judges added, “and his leadership in this effort is outstanding.”
Cicilline called the award “an incredible achievement,” adding that “it means the work we have invested in providing arts to our residents is both important and innovative, and worthy of replication nationwide. Our downtown has long been recognized as a cultural hub and now, our neighborhoods are coming alive with the same artistic excitement and vitality.”
