Committee on Arts, Culture, and Special Events hearing on Dockets #0713 - #0715

Message an orders authorizing the Office of Arts and Culture to accept and expend grants from the Boston Redevelopment Authority.

Docket #0713 – Grant of Three Hundred Thirty Two Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Dollars ($332,330.00). the grant will fund Boston Artists in Rresidence programming throughout the City.  

Docket #0714 – Grant of Two Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Eleven Dollars ($235,011.00) The grant will fund the Boston Cultural Council grants to individual artists.

Docket #0715 – Grant of One Hundred Twenty Three Thousand Eleven Dollars ($132,011.00). The grant will fund the Boston Artist Resource Manager as a single point of contact for creative people seeking information about issues that include permitting, licensing, affordable housing and financial literacy.

These matters are sponsored by the Mayor and were referred to the Committee on Arts, Culture and Special Events on 5/9/2018.

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Written comments may be made part of the record and available to all Councilors by sending them by email, fax or mail to arrive before the hearing, please use the address below. NOTICE: The Boston City Council may have a quorum in attendance due to standing committees of the City Council consisting of both voting and non-voting members.  However, members attending this duly posted meeting are participating and deliberating only in conjunction with the business of the standing committee.

Committee Liaison: Juan Lopez

Mail Address: Boston City Council, One City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA 02201

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