The Town is proud to announce that Garner Performing Arts Center on Nov. 7 won a Garner Chamber of Commerce Summit Award for Creativity and Innovation.

The GPAC team won for initiatives to make the arts more accessible to people with disabilities. These efforts include:

• the implementation of offering sensory-friendly performances for a family-friendly series, GPAC PLAYhouse;
• offering sensory kits at all performances;
• piloting GPAC's first adaptive performing arts class, Limitless Creativity!, which culminated in a public performance.

GPAC is hosting a sensory-friendly production of "Frosty: A Musical Adventure" on Nov. 16. Learn more and purchase tickets to this and other upcoming GPAC shows by visiting GarnerPerformingArtsCenter.com.

Parks & Recreation Superintendent for Arts & Culture Amy Pridgen and Performing Arts Center Supervisor Jon Shearin after receiving the Summit Award on behalf of Garner Performing Arts Center.