WaterFire 2021 back on, as city, state announce funding

Updated at 6:30 p.m. on June 28, 2021.

Nancy Lavin

June 28, 2021 12:18 pm

WATERFIRE PROVIDENCE says its plan for a 2021 season, as well as the entire organization, are at risk after the Providence Finance Committee did not include the organization in its stimulus funding plans. LIGHTING THE LAMP: Barnaby Evans, founder and executive artistic director of WaterFire Providence, lights a luminaria as part of the “Beacon of Hope” display at the WaterFire Arts Center to honor those  who lost their lives due  to COVID-19. / COURTESY WATERFIRE PROVIDENCE/ELAINE FREDRICK — WATERFIRE PROVIDENCE will receive a stimulus fund allocation from the City of Providence. The City Council's Finance Committee has previously excluded funding for the organization in a spending plan approved last week. Above, Barnaby Evans, founder and executive artistic director of WaterFire Providence, lights a luminaria as part of the “Beacon of Hope” display at the WaterFire Arts Center to honor those  who lost their lives due  to COVID-19. / COURTESY WATERFIRE PROVIDENCE/ELAINE FREDRICK

PROVIDENCE – Plans to bring WaterFire back for a shortened 2021 season are back on the table after the Providence City Council announced funding for the arts organization in a statement on Monday night. The decision comes after the city Finance Committee last week approved a spending plan for some its federal stimulus money that…