Jerry Day and the Friends of Grove Street Park

Jerry Day is a civic and cultural event that celebrates one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. Jerry Garcia’s contribution to arts and culture cannot be overstated. This event seeks to honor his spirit and legacy while inspiring, uplifting and strengthening our local community. Proceeds will go to the local parks department, earmarked for the Grove Street Park revolving fund.

Friends of Grove Street Park, the event organizer, is a group of neighbors who are committed to the care, maintenance, and modernization of Grove Street Park and its play structures. We’re also very interested in bringing the community together for more family-oriented arts, music, and cultural events in GSP and Great Barrington.

Aware that that town already had plans to improve GSP, we began to document play structures that might be of interest to the parks department. We believe there is an amazing opportunity to create a deeply enriching environment for children here.

We believe there are a lot of incredible possibilities that could be added, especially for younger children who are not quite ready to utilize most of the structures that Giggle Park has to offer.

As Great Barrington welcomes more young families, we want to make sure there is an abundance of attractive and safe options, especially for young and pre-school-aged children in our neighborhood. Additionally, we want to support Great Barrington’s already thriving cultural landscape with family-friendly arts and music programming that inspires, uplifts and builds community.

In contributing to this campaign, you are directly supporting the first of many future Jerry Days and cultural events, as well as the improvement of a local neighborhood park.