Large festivals get partial awards as panel balances community needs and limited funds
Committee members favored partial funding for large, well-established events and full awards for some small requests, citing prior-year practice of giving roughly half of large asks and fully funding smaller projects.
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Committee members repeatedly returned to a familiar tradeoff: support long-running festivals that attract visitors and sustain community identity while still preserving funds to fully support smaller local projects.
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