Woodstock site PAC is now Bethel Woods

	Contributed graphic The logo for the newly named Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. (Click for larger image)

LIBERTY, NY —Newspaper editors can all stop worrying what to call the performing arts center since the Gerry Foundation announced Monday that the 1969 site will be known as the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

The name and a new logo will be displayed on a new sign at the corner of Hurd Road and State Route 17B.

The name and logo were developed by Bear Brook Design of Washingtonville, NY. The new name was said to have been carefully selected from hundreds of possibilities that were researched. The logo depicts a flute-playing figure.

In 1996, the Gerry Foundation purchased the 37.4-acre location of the original 1969 Woodstock Festival. Funding for the $46 million project includes $15 million in New York State support from Governor George Pataki, State Senator John J. Bonacic and Assemblyman Jacob E. Gunther III.

The Gerry Foundation will host several activities at Bethel Woods this year:

• Bethel Summer Farmers Market on Saturday mornings, from July 5 to August 16.

• Ben & Jerry’s “One World One Heart” Music Festival on August 23 and 24.

• Fall Harvest Festivals on seven Sundays from Labor Day Weekend to Columbus Day Weekend.