Those are among the leading contenders for the April 4-6 arts festival, organizers will announce shortly. A third option is an undisclosed area of Midtown, possibly for a street fair-type event, festival Executive Director Brian Hill said in a statement e-mailed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution late Monday. The city and the Piedmont Park Conservancy announced Jan. 11 that the Dogwood and three other major festivals were being moved out of Piedmont Park because of Georgia’s drought.
Dogwood Festival officials considered a number of in-town alternates, but nearly all were unavailable because of scheduling conflicts. “We are down to one more Midtown site option before we are out of time,” he said in the statement. “If we can’t get a site agreement this week, we will turn to either Lenox [Square] mall or Stone Mountain as festival venue options. “Hill would not say exactly when officials would announce a final decision. A third option is an undisclosed area of Midtown, possibly for a street fair-type event, festival Executive Director Brian Hill said in a statement e-mailed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution late Monday.
The city and the Piedmont Park Conservancy announced Jan. 11 that the Dogwood and three other major festivals were being moved out of Piedmont Park because of Georgia’s drought. Dogwood Festival officials considered a number of in-town alternates, but nearly all were unavailable because of scheduling conflicts. “We are down to one more Midtown site option before we are out of time,” he said in the statement. “If we can’t get a site agreement this week, we will turn to either Lenox [Square] mall or Stone Mountain as festival venue options. “Hill would not say exactly when officials would announce a
