2017 Kickoff Event for Tom Tom Founders Festival
The 2019 Commemoration has selected the six-year-old festival as a partner to promote the Commonwealth's long history of opportunity, innovation and entrepreneurship
MEDIA INVITATION
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Coming off its most successful year to date, the Tom Tom Founders Festival will hold a stakeholders meeting and kick-off reception on January 12, 2016, in Charlottesville. The meeting and reception will launch Tom Tom's 2017 national programming with founding sponsors at the University of Virginia, and major new initiatives with the 2019 Commemoration.
| WHEN: |
January 12, 4:00 PM (Press Announcement), 5:30 PM (Kick-off Reception) |
| WHERE: |
Old Metropolitan Hall, 101 E Main Street, Charlottesville, VA |
| WHAT: |
Attendees will include supporters of the Tom Tom Festival including local elected officials, representatives of the festival's sponsors and organizers. Media is invited to attend both the stakeholder meeting and the kick-off reception. Paul Beyer of Tom Tom, Kathy Spangler of the 2019 Commemoration, and Erika Herz of UVA's Darden School of Business, will be available for interviews. |
| RSVP: |
Please RSVP to Lucas Czarnecki ([email protected]) or |
ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TOM TOM AND 2019 COMMEMORATION
The 2019 Commemoration is working to promote events around the Commonwealth of Virginia that exemplify the themes of democracy, diversity and opportunity. The 2019 Commemoration is pleased to partner with Tom Tom and make the festival one of the Commemoration's signature events as the 2019 Commemoration seeks to promote Virginia's innovation ecosystem and honor its entrepreneurial and cultural leaders.
ABOUT THE TOM TOM FOUNDATION AND THE FOUNDERS FESTIVAL
The Tom Tom Foundation is the nonprofit organization that hosts the annual Tom Tom Founders Festival. Supporting high-impact events throughout the year, the Foundation seeks to empower the innovators whose creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, and dedication to community help ensure a better future for us all. Now in its sixth year, the action-packed Founders Festival is held during the week of April 13 (hometown hero Thomas Jefferson's birthday) in Charlottesville, VA. Featuring outstanding local music, art, and food, as well as high-stakes startup competitions and high-impact conversations with business, entrepreneurial, and academic and civic leaders, the event attracted 38,000 attendees in 2016. Learn more at www.tomtomfest.com.
CONTACT
Lucas Czarnecki, Marketing Manager
Tom Tom Founders Festival
Press@tomtomfest.com
(239) 297 6297
Sarah Mars Bowie
2019 Commemoration
[email protected]
(202) 974-5081
SOURCE 2019 Commemoration
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