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Metro Arts outlines FY26 engagement plan, timeline and proposed standing meeting date
Summary
Staff summarized community engagement events and online survey for FY26 guidelines, presented a tentative timeline for the FY26 grant cycle, and proposed a standing Grants Committee meeting time (third Monday afternoons) beginning in July.
Metro Arts staff outlined plans for fiscal-year-2026 public engagement, shared takeaways from outreach events, and presented a tentative timeline for FY26 grant guidelines and awards to the Grants & Funding Committee on April 24.
Ashley (staff member) described three public-engagement channels: an online survey (bit.ly link shown in the meeting materials), five in-person/virtual events, and weekly drop-in sessions. She reported attendance counts from the in-person sessions: 13 attendees at Studio 615, 9 at Trinity Community Commons (Thrive-focused), 15 at a Centennial Arts Center morning session (operating-focused, highest attended), and 15 at a Monday afternoon session at 100 Taylor Events. A virtual session was scheduled for that evening at 5 p.m.
Staff said survey responses have been substantive but limited in number and that they will send a…
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