River Front Festival could help cure Linden’s social, economic ills

Linden River Front Festival CEO Sam Wright

As Linden seeks to wean itself off what appears to have become a permanent image as a “mining community,” next weekend’s River Front Festival marks the latest initiative to send a message to the rest of the country that the town offers far more than memories of a once thriving bauxite industry.

The organizers of the July 24-26 2015 event say that the River Front Festival “is a celebration of a uniquely wonderful part of Linden,