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Fort Pierce approves $15,000 sponsorship for Zora Neale Hurston festival amid debate over arts fund rules
Summary
The City Commission voted to sponsor the Zora Experience Festival with $15,000 after the Arts & Culture Advisory Board recommended limited funding uses; the meeting included discussion about legal constraints on the Arts in Public Places fund and a $129,000 available balance.
The Fort Pierce City Commission voted to approve a $15,000 sponsorship for the Zora Experience Festival after the Arts and Culture Advisory Board presented recommended parameters for use of the funds.
Julie Pouliot, chair of the Arts and Culture Advisory Board, told the commission the board reviewed the festival budget and narrowed city support to sanitation, security, insurance, permitting and core artistic elements such as stages and children’s educational activities. “We tried to look at the parameters of what was safe for the public, what was necessary as far as sanitation, security,…
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