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City of Victoria targets Arts and Culture venues with $400,000 grant program

BԪַThe City has lost affordable venues during the pandemic and many have pressing needsBԪַ: Mayor Helps
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The City of VictoriaBԪַs Arts and Culture sector is vital for attracting tourists, said Mayor Lisa Helps a press releaseBԪַs justification of their new grant program. Members of the New York dance troupe STOMP are pictured performing at the Atrium on Blanshard Street in 2013. (Don Denton/BԪַ staff)

The City of Victoria is offering grants from $15,000 to $100,000 to upgrade performance and rehearsal spaces following the pandemicBԪַs damage to the cityBԪַs 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 cityBԪַs 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 cityBԪַs 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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BԪַOver 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,BԪַ said Mayor Lisa Helps. BԪַThe 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.BԪַ

Applications for the grants can be made today at the on the City of VictoriaBԪַs website, which also includes a registration link for early AprilBԪַs 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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