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Council authorizes Cultural Access Advisory Board funding recommendations for Inspire Olympia cohort
Summary
The council authorized CAB recommendations to fund Inspire Olympia impact contracts for 2025–26, allocating up to $1.3 million for this cohort and additional funds for school programming and transportation.
The Olympia City Council authorized the Cultural Access Advisory Board’s (CAB) funding recommendations for the 2025–26 Inspire Olympia impact contracts, approving the CAB’s proposed funding levels and a school-programming allocation.
Melissa Mead, chair of the Cultural Access Advisory Board, and Mary Grace Gadu, Inspire Olympia program manager, presented the CAB’s process: 60 applications were scored by two six‑person review panels using CAB’s funding goals (program merit, community engagement, equity and inclusion, youth programming and…
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