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Plano arts subcommittee recommends switching cultural grants to event-based awards
Summary
City staff and council liaisons presented a recommendation to shift cultural funding from organizational budget support to event-based grants (up to 50% of event budgets), with phased caps, application limits, and reporting requirements; council expressed broad support and asked for formula examples.
Plano staff and council liaisons presented recommendations from the arts subcommittee to change the city’s cultural funding model from organization-based grants to event-based awards designed to increase transparency and spread funds more equitably across arts groups.
Andrew Fortune, director of policy and government relations, told the council the subcommittee recommends prioritizing public audience events (performances, exhibits, festivals) and offering funding to cover up to 50% of an event’s…
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