Lincoln Park Music Festival Transforming Neighboorhood To Arts and Cultural District

By Alexandra Hill

Published July 26, 2019 at 1:17 PM EDT

This year's Lincoln Park Music Festival takes place this weekend in Newark. The festival now in it's 14th year has grown to become the largest in the state with more than 50,000 attendees and counting. WBGO's Alexandra Hill recently sat down with Festival Director Kim Ford and Executive Director and Founder Anthony Smith to talk about

Left to Right Lincoln Park Music Festival Founder and Executive Director Anthony Smith WBGO's Alexandra Hill and Festival Director Kim Ford.

this year's star studded line up and their mission to help transform and develop the Lincoln Park neighborhood into a comprehensive arts and cultural district.

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Alexandra Hill began her work with WBGO in June of 2012 in the news department. A graduate of the Rutgers Newark journalism program, Alexandra was also a student of WBGO News Director Doug Doyle. Alexandra has since become the lead general assignment reporter, afternoon news anchor, and producer of the award winning live call in show Newark Today. Since working for WBGO Alexandra has covered politics in and around Newark including the 2014 mayoral campaign of Mayor Ras Baraka as well as the senate campaigns of former Newark Mayor and now U.S. Senator Cory Booker in both 2013 and 2014. Alexandra also covers a host of human-interest stories, and has been recognized by the New York Association Of Black Journalists for her piece entitled Sheltering Newark’s Homeless.

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