11-25-2021, 04:11 PM
(11-25-2021, 08:49 AM)westwardloo Wrote: Looks like staff wants the region to cut funding to community arts and cultural events to save 350k. Yet the region just decided to spend 700k on an old cold war bunker. Imagine what the region could look like if we tripled art and culture funding instead of removing it.
Specifically, the region proposed to eliminate the grants for:
- Oktoberfest (don't think this will disappear ... and it's not really very cultural or artistic anyway)
- Grand Philharmonic Choir (could be at risk, don't know any details on this at all)
- Cambridge Scottish Festival (only a $10K grant so likely would not put it at risk)
So, there would not likely really be any massive reduction in arts or cultural events.