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Arts advocates ask for $3 million to sustain Georgia Council for the Arts grants program

2331014 · February 18, 2025
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Summary

Georgians for the Arts asked the appropriations subcommittee to provide $3 million to the Georgia Council for the Arts to continue a grants program that used expiring pandemic-era funds and to avoid service interruptions across the state's nonprofit arts sector.

Georgians for the Arts told the House appropriations subcommittee that the Georgia Council for the Arts received temporary pandemic relief funding that will expire at the end of FY 2025 and urged a $3 million state appropriation for FY 2026 to prevent an interruption in grants and services.

The group’s executive director…

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