Chattahoochee Hills Preparing for Music, Art & Justice Festival

Public Relations/Media Inquiries: Robbie Rokovitz [email protected] 6505 Rico Rd. Chattahoochee Hills, GA 30268 770-463-6565

6505 Rico Road, Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia 30268

MAYOR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tom Reed Chattahoochee Hills Preparing for Music, Art & Justice Festival

Chattahoochee Hills, GA – September 27, 2016 - The City of Chattahoochee Hills, home to Chattahoochee Hills Eventing at Bouckaert Farms, is preparing for a social justice, music, and CITY COUNCIL art festival produced by Galactic Productions and backed by www.sankofa.org, a non-profit James Stephens founded by Harry Belafonte. Some of the well-known headliners will be Carlos Santana, John Legend, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Common, T.I., Dave Matthews, Macklemore, Public Enemy, Richard Schmidt Estelle, Jussie Smollett, Robert Glasper, and many more. Claire Williams In the latter part of June and early July this past summer, the City learned of this event taking Faye Godwin place Saturday, October 1st and Sunday October, 2nd. Since that time, staff has been Don Hayes communicating with the promoters and organizers to make the necessary and proper preparations to ensure those attending as well as those who may be impacted by the traffic and crowds associated with large events and festivals have a safe, fun and positive experience.

Due to the scale of this event with anticipated attendance being around 20,000 people per day, CITY MANAGER the City has to reached out to its local public safety partners such as the Atlanta-Fulton County Robert T. Rokovitz Emergency Management Agency (AFCEMA), the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO), the Fulton County Police Department (FCPD), the Georgia State Patrol, the Fulton County Emergency Services Department, Palmetto Fire Department, Union City Fire Department, Douglas County Fire and EMA, Fairburn Fire Department and Emergency Medical services. www.chatthillsga.us These agencies, among other uniformed and plain clothes security officers, will be assisting our Fire, Police, Public Works and Community Development Departments with managing any and (770) 463-8881 all emergency operations both inside and outside the venue. The City of Chattahoochee Hills has named its Fire Chief, Greg Brett, as the Incident Commander for this event. Fax (770) 463-8550 The venue is located on Bouckaert Farms which recently hosted the Tough Mudder event in May and the Tomorrow World music festival that was held in 2013, 2014 and 2015. One of the main access points to this event venue, Browns Lake Road, is only open to authorized personnel. Volunteers, ticket holders and attendees need to access the venue from northeast off State route 92 onto Fairburn Campbellton Road or Cedar Grove Road on the southwest corner of the property. There will be plenty of parking on site, but traffic delays should be anticipated as most of the roadways are only two-lanes with limited sight distance and low/no shoulders. All motorists should travel at safe speeds and obey all traffic laws and signage as these roadways are narrow with sharp and sometimes unexpected curves.

For those using GIS on their smart phones or other navigational devices, please know that the detours and alternative access points into the venue may not be consistent with the directions being conveyed via satellite technology. There will be public safety personnel providing traffic control throughout the area; so we need everyone to keep their eyes on the road and not on their telecommunications devices while operating a motor vehicle.

For more details on the municipal support services provided, you may contact City Hall at 770- 463-8881 or the city manager, Robbie Rokovitz at [email protected]. For questions regarding the specific event, you must visit www.manyriversfestival.com as this is not a City sponsored event. ###