Fitchburg Creative City Partnership (FCCP) is a partnership between community stakeholders, including, but not limited to the Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg State University, InTown Fitchburg, NewVue Communities, Community Foundation of North Central Mass, North Central Chamber of Commerce, Fitchburg Redevelopment Authority, Fitchburg Access Television, and the City of Fitchburg. If your organiza
tion is interested in being part of the executive team, please contact us. Our main program areas we are tasked to address and focus on are Place Designation, Project Implementation, Leadership Development, and Partnership Growth within and for our community. As part of Project Implementation, we have provided the opportunity of being awarded a "Dream It, Create It grant" which supports placemaking and placekeeping projects that directly involve and impact residents, visitors, and businesses in Fitchburg's neighborhoods. In year 1, we funded grants of up to $5,000. Some of the programs we supported were After the Darkness: Artist Runway Appreciation Show & Networking Event, the Gateway Rock Garden, the Quarry Lane Pocket Park, Dirty Kid Apocalypse Concert at the Fitchburg Art Museum, FAM @ Night, Get Righttt Fitness Field Day, Iconics: A queer dance party, Awoken Eye Mural by Artifakt Studios, the Uruguayan Independence Festival, and more. For year 2, we have a total of $60,000 to allocate towards grants of up to $15,000 asking applicants to dream even bigger! In 2023, we organized the Fitchburg Arts & Culture Extravaganza (FACE) Festival last summer and 2024 intends to be an even bigger multicultural multi-day event! Fitchburg Creative Cities Partnership is funded by MassDevelopment’s Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) Creative Cities program. Made possible by the Barr Foundation. TDI Creative Cities is working to build a sustainable artistic and cultural infrastructure within cities as a mechanism for supporting economic growth.
• Program Manager: Derek Craig
• Program Support Coordinator: Audrey Pendleton-Chow
