RCN Sponsors 18th Annual Skokie Festival of Cultures
Award-Winning Festival Celebrates Diversity of Skokie Residents
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), a leading provider of triple-play digital television, high-speed internet and phone services announced today that the company is sponsoring this year’s Skokie Festival of Cultures, which takes place May 17-18. RCN has been a corporate sponsor of this event for the past five years.
Garnering national recognition as one of the finest ethnic festivals, the Skokie Festival of Cultures aims to bring people together in a culturally exciting environment where they can share and respect their differences and discover some of their similarities. The event will include hourly music and dance performances, food, drinks, an ethnic marketplace, bazaar, 50+ individual ethnic showcase booths and children’s multicultural activities.
“We are excited about the opportunity to sponsor Skokie’s highly-renowned cultural festival to help recognize and appreciate the diverse population of Skokie and the Chicagoland area,” said Tom McKay, general manager and vice president of RCN Chicago. “Both RCN’s employees and customers come from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds and we are proud to offer our customers one of the most comprehensive diversity programming options in Chicago and Skokie.”
“We are thrilled to have RCN’s support of the Skokie Festival of Cultures for the 5th year in a row,” said Michelle J. Tuft, Festival Chairperson and Skokie Park District Superintendent of Recreation. “Now in its 18th year, this festival attracts about 25,000 people every year to celebrate the cultural diversity of local Skokie residents.”
Hosted by the Skokie Park District, the Skokie Festival of Cultures will take place Saturday, May 17 from 11am through 7pm and Sunday, May 18 from 11am-7pm. at Oakton Park, a 19.8 acre park that is centrally located 15 minutes north of downtown Chicago in Skokie. For more information, please visit http://www.skokieculturefest.org/.
About RCN
RCN (www.rcn.com) is a broadband, facilities-based competitive telecommunications provider delivering digital television, high-speed data, and voice services primarily to residential and small-medium business customers under the brand names of RCN and RCN Business Services, respectively. In addition, RCN also delivers on-net fiber-based high-capacity data transport and voice services to large commercial customers, primarily enterprises and carriers. This commercial business unit operates under the name RCN Metro Optical Networks and targets metropolitan central business districts. RCN constructs, operates, and manages its own networks primarily in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the Chicago area. The main metro and suburban areas where it operates include: Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley, New York City, Boston, and Chicago. (RCNI-G)
