Atlantic Station Hosts ‘People’s Fest’ Concert Festival

Event Celebrates Launch of People’s Food Truck, to Benefit City of Refuge

WHAT: Atlantic Station is hosting People’s Fest, a talent-packed concert festival for the launch of People’s Food Truck. The truck’s proceeds benefit City of Refuge, an organization dedicated to community development in underserved Atlanta neighborhoods.

The People’s Fest main event is a 6 p.m. concert featuring  Marc Broussard, Sonia Leigh, Ben Deignan and Jameson Elder.

Chef Ford Fry of The Optimist and JCT. Kitchen created the People’s Food Truck menu. A 4 p.m. VIP event will be hosted by chef Shaun Doty of Bantam & Biddy and Chick-a-Biddy. VIP tickets include live music from Ben Deignan, a chef’s challenge between Chef Ron Eyester of Rosebud and Chef Todd Richards of The Shed at Glenwood, drinks, food tastings from the People’s Truck menu and  access to a VIP viewing area for the 6 p.m. concert.

General admission is $25, VIP tickets are $125. Tickets may be purchased at Ticket Alternative. All funds benefit the City of Refuge.

WHEN: June 22

            VIP Event: 4 p.m.

            General Admission: 6 p.m.

WHERE: Central Park — located between East District Street and West District Street — in Atlantic Station 

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About Atlantic Station: A national example for sustainable mixed-use communities, Atlantic Station transformed an abandoned industrial site into a thriving entertainment district at the heart of Atlanta’s vibrant Midtown neighborhood. Opened in 2005, Atlantic Station is home to some of Atlanta’s most popular restaurants, retailers such as H&M and Dillard’s and leading employers such as Wells Fargo, Ogilvy & Mather and BB&T. Atlantic Station each year hosts dozens of community gatherings, charity walks and neighborhood forums. Susan G. Komen Atlanta Race for the Cure and other events at Atlantic Station have raised more than $50 million for Atlanta charities since 2005. In July 2012, Atlantic Station hosted the BB&T Atlanta Open. A national leader in consumer engagement and technology, Atlantic Station has the No. 3 most followed Twitter feed among U.S. retail centers.

Visit Atlantic Station on Twitter at twitter.com/atlanticstation or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AtlanticStation.

About City of Refuge & People’s Food Truck:

City of Refuge is a nonprofit organization dedicated to community development efforts that lead to the stability and sustainability of disadvantaged neighborhoods in Northwest Atlanta. Despite overwhelming social challenges, numbers and need, City of Refuge finds hope every day in this neighborhood.

The mission of City of Refuge is to bring strength, hope and light to Atlanta’s last, lost and least. This may sound like an impossible task. But spend a day walking our streets and talking to those who call City of Refuge their home, their place of work and their place of service, and you’ll start to see that miracles can and do happen here.

The People’s Brand came about when two forces came together for a common (and delicious) good. Atlanta Chef and restauranteur, Ford Fry, wanted to get into the food truck business, but with a twist. And City of Refuge, with its 180 Kitchen and mission of good works, wanted to expand its ability to help feed and train its clients. Voila! The People’s brand was born, based on a simple idea: Bring ‘feel good food’ to Atlanta by selling great food truck eats to people who can afford it, and use those funds to help feed those who need it.

Like its name, the People’s brand is by, for and
about people.

Visit People’s Food Truck’s Facebook, Twitter or www.cityofrefugeatl.org for more information.