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Oswego culture and arts commission proposes $16,000 2026 budget, including new lantern walk

6685750 · October 25, 2025
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Summary

The Village of Oswego Culture & Arts Commission asked the committee of the whole to keep its 2026 operating request flat at about $16,000 while adding a new lantern walk festival and other small projects, saying the lantern event would be low-cost and community-driven.

Anthony Pastore, chair of the Village of Oswego Culture & Arts Commission, proposed a $16,000 budget for 2026 that would keep spending roughly flat from 2025 while adding a new nighttime lantern walk and other small projects.

Pastore told the committee Oct. 21 that the commission seeks $6,000 to repeat its downtown student art banner program (“Look Up Oswego”), $4,500 to launch a lantern walk proposed by Michelle (last name not specified), $3,500 for utility box painting, and smaller amounts for…

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