April 20th, 2010
Four U.S. Poet Laureates will join 40+ acclaimed poets in Newmark, NJ, Oct. 7-10, 2010 for the 13th Dodge Poetry Festival. In 2009 Dodge Foundation president and CEO David Grant cancelled the festival based on rising costs and the economic downturn, but several towns offered to partner with the foundation to keep the fest alive. Dodge sought formal proposals and Newark won, beating out eight other New Jersey locations. Grant said the foundation expects to spend $600,000 on the event in 2010, less than the $1.3 million it spent in 2008. All but one of the 12 previous festivals were held at Waterloo Village in Byram Township (2004 was at Duke Farms in Hillsborough) and together they attracted more than 140,000 patrons.
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