<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4PT4AE_0lJffg9x00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4PT4AE_0lJffg9x00" width="1280" height="960" ></figure><p>ANN ARBOR, MI — Nearly a year since dedicating $500,000 of the city’s <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/04/big-share-of-ann-arbor-stimulus-goes-to-solar-panels-unarmed-responders.html">federal stimulus funds</a> for the arts, Ann Arbor is moving ahead with plans to start giving out those pandemic-recovery funds to local artists and arts organizations.</p><p>City Council last week OK’d an <a href="http://a2gov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6035821&amp;GUID=16193A0F-9626-4B5E-BBAA-714E3E924845&amp;Options=&amp;Search=&amp;FullText=1">agreement</a> with nonprofit arts advocacy group Creative Washtenaw, which will get a $40,000 share and will be responsible for overseeing distribution of the remaining $460,000 in the form of grants.</p></div></body>

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Ann Arbor to give $500K in grants to local artists, art organizations

ANN ARBOR, MI — Nearly a year since dedicating $500,000 of the city’s federal stimulus funds for the arts, Ann Arbor is moving ahead with plans to start giving out those pandemic-recovery funds to local artists and arts organizations. City Council last week OK’d an agreement with nonprofit...