The City of Victoria is offering grants from $15,000 to $100,000 to upgrade performance and rehearsal spaces following the pandemicB次元官网网址檚 damage to the cityB次元官网网址檚 arts and culture sector.

The grant program, totalling $400,000, with $150,000 specifically earmarked for accessibility upgrades, will provide eligible organizations funding for one project per year, according to the cityB次元官网网址檚 press release. They include Victoria-based arts and cultural spaces operated by non-profit societies, non-profit cooperatives, registered charities, Songhees and Esquimalt First Nation Councils or Urban Indigenous non-profit organizations.

The cityB次元官网网址檚 arts and culture sector contributes $435.8 million to the local economy and employs 5,588 people, on top of attracting investors and tourists, continued the release.

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B次元官网网址淥ver the last two years, arts and culture organizations have shown tremendous resilience as they pivoted and found new ways to bring programming to the community,B次元官网网址� said Mayor Lisa Helps. B次元官网网址淭he City has lost affordable arts and culture venues during the pandemic and many that remain have pressing needs. This is why we are making the Cultural Infrastructure Grants an ongoing funding program to make venues safer and more accessible for everyone.B次元官网网址�

Applications for the grants can be made today at the on the City of VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 website, which also includes a registration link for early AprilB次元官网网址檚 information session.

The deadline for applications is April 29 at 4 p.m. An online information session will be held on April 5 at 5:30 p.m.

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