BGE Returns as Lead Founding Sponsor of Light City Baltimore 2017
March 31 2017 - 12:25PM
Business Wire
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) is proud to announce
that the company is the lead founding sponsor of Light City
Baltimore for a second consecutive year. Last year, BGE was
recognized by the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore for the
leadership role it took in helping to produce and serve as the lead
founding sponsor of Light City Baltimore – the first large-scale,
international light, music and innovation festival held in the U.S.
This year’s festival is expanding from one week to nine days
beginning on Friday, March 31.
“BGE truly is honored to return as the lead founding sponsor of
Light City Baltimore as part of our commitment to the communities
that we serve. The collaboration with the City of Baltimore, its
neighborhoods and the arts, environmental and educational
communities is what makes this event so unique and exciting," said
BGE CEO and Light City Baltimore Festival Chair, Calvin G. Butler
Jr. "The inaugural festival was a memorable week on many levels,
but the brightest moment for me was looking at the smiling faces of
adults and children enjoying our great city. I hope to see more of
the same this year.”
Last year’s festival drew more than 400,000 people from across
the city and country.
As part of this year’s events, BGE will light the murals on the
company's three storage tanks in South Baltimore. Located near the
I-95 and I-395 interchange at one of the major gateways to
Baltimore, the murals depict images synonymous with Maryland: blue
crabs, thoroughbred racing and the Star Spangled Banner. The LED
lights around the tanks will change colors every few seconds during
Light City Baltimore and are scheduled to display colors to support
various events and causes throughout the year.
The heart of Light City Baltimore is the 1.5-mile long BGE Light
Art Walk at the Inner Harbor featuring 23 large scale light
installations, 35 concerts, and more than 200 performances during
the nine-day festival.
Light City Baltimore extends beyond the BGE Light Art Walk.
Light City’s daytime innovation conferences, Labs@LightCity, bring
together national and local thought leaders to explore cutting edge
concepts for sparking social change. One of the six innovation
conferences, GreenLab@LightCity presented by BGE, encourages people
to join the conversation about how they think about energy, ecology
and economics while providing a glimpse into innovations that
provide a more sustainable path to the future.
And while the Inner Harbor will shine brightly, Baltimore is a
city of great neighborhoods that will also be on display. This
year, eight neighborhoods are featured as part of the illuminated
public art display–Neighborhood Lights. BGE is proud to sponsor the
Greater Mondawmin Neighborhood Lights project “Safe & Sound,”
featuring a multifaceted performance installation that explores the
themes of safety and protection.
Light City Baltimore was produced by the Baltimore Office of
Promotion & The Arts.
BGE plays an integral role in working with Maryland communities
to address economic development, public safety, civic issues and
other initiatives that help enhance the neighborhoods it serves.
Through the use of shareholder dollars, BGE supports programs that
deliver measurable and sustainable impact in areas of education,
environment, community development and arts and culture.
BGE, founded in 1816 as the nation’s first gas utility, is
Maryland’s largest natural gas and electric utility. Headquartered
in Baltimore, BGE delivers power to more than 1.25 million electric
customers and more than 650,000 natural gas customers in central
Maryland. The company’s approximately 3,200 employees are committed
to the safe and reliable delivery of natural gas and electricity,
as well as enhanced energy management, conservation, environmental
stewardship and community assistance. The company also has an
estimated annual economic impact of $5 billion of output in its
service area, supporting more than 9,500 local jobs and producing
$923 million in labor income. BGE is a subsidiary of Exelon
Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy
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Baltimore Gas & Electric Company (BGE)Justin Mulcahy,
justin.mulcahy@bge.comBGE Media Hotline: 410-470-7433
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