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File #: 190918    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 2/8/2011 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/24/2011 Final action: 3/10/2011
Enactment date: 3/10/2011 Enactment #: 190918
Title: Requesting approval of a $20,000 grant from the MA Cultural Council for the Arts Council's ArtsUnion programming.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. grant

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Requesting approval of a $20,000 grant from the MA Cultural Council for the Arts Council's ArtsUnion programming.

 

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To the Honorable Board:

 

The Arts Council has been awarded a grant of $20,000 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to support the ArtsUnion Union Square cultural economic development work.  This money will support public programs in the Square for 2011. 

 

In accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 44, section 53A, which requires a vote of the Board of Aldermen for the expenditure of grants or gifts from the federal government and from a charitable foundation, private corporation, or an individual, or from the Commonwealth, a county or municipality or agency thereof, I respectfully request that Your Honorable Board approve the expenditure of this grant.

 

Thank you for your consideration.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Joseph A Curtatone

Mayor