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Advocates ask the state for $3 million to sustain Georgia Council for the Arts grants

2331014 · February 18, 2025
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Summary

Georgians for the Arts urged the appropriations subcommittee to authorize $3 million in state funding to replace expiring federal pandemic relief grants that have supported nonprofit arts organizations across the state.

Wadudda (presenter spelled in transcript as "Wadudah") Mohammed, executive director of Georgians for the Arts, asked the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Economic Development to appropriate $3 million to the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) to prevent a lapse in grant funding when pandemic‑era federal funds expire at the end of…

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