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title: A Roof Over Prescott Park? Council Says Let's Talk
description: City Council voted unanimously to explore a privately funded roof-covered stage for the Prescott Park Arts Festival. Fewer rainouts, more shows, if the lawyers agree.
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# [A Roof Over Prescott Park? Council Says Let's Talk](https://blog.evvnt.com/news/prescott-park-covered-stage)

 Written by [Richard Green](https://blog.evvnt.com/news/author/richard-green) | Jan 1, 1970, 12:00:00 AM

Prescott Park might finally get a roof over its stage.

City Council voted unanimously last week to have staff work with the Prescott Park Arts Festival on a plan for a permanent roof-covered stage — privately funded, not a dime from the tax levy. The pitch: fewer rainouts, more shows, safer performances, and getting rid of the trailers parked behind the stage, which the mayor called a blight on the area.

There's one wrinkle, and it's a very Portsmouth wrinkle. The park exists under the terms of Josie F. Prescott's will, so the state Attorney General's charitable trusts unit has to sign off on how a private build on that land actually works. History, money, and lawyers — the holy trinity of Seacoast civic debate.

The Arts Festival is one of the city's two cultural crown jewels, alongside The Music Hall. A covered stage would change what summers in the park can be.

Stay tuned. This one's going to be argued about for a while.

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