<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Commission on Cultural Affairs will <u>not</u> meet in August...</font></b><b><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:justify"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Annual Arts Funding Process Update...</font></b><b><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Commission’s work on our annual arts funding process will be presented to City Council for their consideration on Monday, August 20 as part of a public hearing on the city’s upcoming budget. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. and is in the Council Chambers on the first floor of City Hall, 701 E. Broadway. The presentation will include an opportunity for public comment. Applicants are not required to attend but may do so, as it is an open meeting. Final approval of the funding recommendations will not occur until late September. If council approves the funding recommendations, contracts will be authorized after October 1 and then sent to funded agencies.</font><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:justify"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Small Request Funding Reminder & FYIs... </font></b><b><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The next deadline for Small Request applications is September 10; proposed events/activities must take place after October 1, and preferably after the October 8 Commission meeting. Applications received by September 10 will be considered by the Commission at their October meeting. Go to <a href="http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Arts/smreq.php" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">www.gocolumbiamo.com/Arts/smreq.php</a> for the applica</font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">tion form and guidelines.</span></p>
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