February 1, 2006
For Immediate Release

Public Announcement Requesting FREE Event Listings for FREE Tourism Calendar

Public Service Announcement
C a l e n d a r of Events
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley
National Heritage Corridor
Massachusetts & Rhode Island

ATTENTION TO ALL EDITORS: Please run this information in your media and on your websites on a regular basis. We are actively seeking FREE calendar of events listings from event organizers within the Blackstone River Valley communities in Central Massachusetts and Northern Rhode Island that are posted on our FREE calendar of events and distributed via our free information resources available to the media and the public via interactive and print and through our visitor resources. Thank you for your assistance in helping to get word out on this free information listingservice.

POST YOUR PUBLIC EVENTS FREE OF CHARGE WITH FREE EVENT LISITINGS

SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL PUBLIC EVENT PLANNERS, MANAGERS & ORGANIZERS WITHIN THE BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR

The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridoris actively seeking ongoing listings for all public events, activities,interests and attractions happening within the Blackstone River Valley cities and towns in Massachusetts & Rhode Island.

The event listings are FREE OF CHARGE and areposted on our interactive calendar of events that is regularly updated on the web and events are also listed and distributed FREE to the public, the media and visitors.

Please submit all your listings by going to the web at www.tourblackstone.com and click on to “Events.”

Events are needed for the following cities and towns:

Massachusetts

City of Worcester

Towns of Leicester, Millbury, Sutton, Grafton, Uxbridge, Hopedale, Northbridge, Mendon, Douglas, Uxbridge, Blackstone, Millville.

Rhode Island

Cities of Pawtucket, Central Falls, Woonsocket

City of Providence (East Side, Fox Point, Summit, Mount Hope, College Hill, Capital Center & Waterplace)

City of East Providence (Rumford village only)

Towns of Cumberland, Lincoln, Smithfield, North Smithfield, Glocester, Burrillville

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE FREE EVENT LISTINGS PLEASE CALL 401-724-2200 (OUTSIDE OF RI CALL 1-800-454-2882)

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About the Chamber

The Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce serves the Blackstone River Valley's eleven member towns in Massachusetts: Blackstone, Douglas, Grafton, Hopedale, Mendon, Millbury, Millville, Northbridge, Sutton, Upton, and Uxbridge. The mission of the chamber is to promote the economic vitality of the Blackstone Valley, meet the needs of the Chamber's business members, while providing leadership on issues which impact the economy and quality of life in the Valley.