TUCSON, Arizona -- March 30, 2010 -- Just weeks after announcing the relocation of its corporate headquarters to the Scott Building, Downtown Tucson's Providence Service Corporation has agreed to underwrite the costs of a monthly arts and entertainment event series to be held the second Saturday of every month beginning in May. The event will feature street vendors and performers, food, musicians, visual arts, "pop-up" retailers, indoor concerts, and discounts from Downtown merchants, restaurants and clubs stretching the length of Congress and including many Downtown side streets.
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Initial steering committee members include Fletcher McCusker, Providence CEO, along with Luke Cusack, operator of Sapphire, Zen Rock, and A Steak in the Neighborhood, David Slutes of Hotel Congress, John "Flano" Flanagan, owner of Flanagan's Celtic Corner, developer Michael Keith, representing The Screening Room, and Nicole Flowers, who with her partner Travis Reese owns the new restaurant 47 Scott.
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Downtown community members will be asked to join the event board or participate in the event. Local media, including Zocalo Magazine and KXCI Community Radio, have offered support. Additional financial support has been pledged by Sundt Construction, the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, the Alliance of Construction Trades, Oasis Tucson, and Mesquite Builders.
"The excitement Downtown right now is contagious," said Fletcher McCusker. "The new business energy, initiatives and progress is unlike anything I have seen in Tucson. We are pleased to be a small part."
Ward 6 City Council Member Steve Kozachik, who represents much of the Downtown area, has pledged his full support and has already requested of the city manager to open the City's parking garages for free for the event. Council Member Kozachik stated, "It will take private sector initiatives like this to really change the character of Downtown. The government's role should be to support and encourage these kinds of efforts, especially in a tight economy. Providence and the other organizers of this event are real catalysts for a new-found excitement and synergy in Downtown Tucson."
Anyone interested in the event should contact Luke Cusack at 520.289.5807.
About Providence
The Providence Service Corporation, through its owned and managed entities, provides home and community based social services and non-emergency transportation services management to government sponsored clients under programs such as welfare, juvenile justice, Medicaid and corrections. Providence does not own or operate beds, treatment facilities, hospitals or group homes, preferring to provide services in the client's own home or other community setting. The Company provides a range of services through its direct entities to approximately 62,200 clients through 734 active contracts at December 31, 2009, with an estimated 7.7 million individuals eligible to receive the Company's non-emergency transportation services. Combined, the Company has an approximately $1 billion book of business including managed entities.
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AT THE COMPANY AT CAMERON ASSOCIATES Fletcher McCusker - Chairman and CEO Alison Ziegler 212-554-5469 Kate Blute - Director of Investor and Public Relations 520/747-6600
SOURCE The Providence Service Corporation
