The show must go on! Vermont performance venues receiving $13 million of federal funding
Shuttered Venue Operator Grants have been awarded to 43 Vermont venues
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Updated: 7:01 PM EDT Jul 13, 2021
Shuttered Venue Operator Grants have been awarded to 43 Vermont venues
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Updated: 7:01 PM EDT Jul 13, 2021
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IF 2020 RETURNS ARE NOT YET FILED AND OCPRESSED. PERFORMANCE VENUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY... CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH THE SAVE OUR STAGES ACT. VENUES IN VERMONT. .. HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED áá13 MILLION DOLLARS. NBC 5'BRS IANNA BORHGI IS LIVE IN BURLINGT. ON AT ONE OF THOSE VENUES. WITH MORE ON THE IMPACT THIS FUNDING WILL HAVE. BRIANNA... PERFORMANCE VENUES WE ER AMONG THE FIRST TO CLOSET A THE START OF THE PANDEMIC... AND ARE NOW AMONG THE LAST TO REOPEN. CROTHERS ENTERTAINMENT AND PRODUCTION... WHICH INCLUDES HIGHER GROUND... GOT MORE THAN 2.2 MILLION DOLLARS. FROM THE SHUTTERED VENUE OPERATOR GRANT PROGRAM. IT'S PROVIDI A LNGIFELINE TO THESE VENUES. AND LUCKILY...WE DON'T VEHA TO. THANKS TO FEDERAL FUNDING THROUGH THE SAVE OUR STAGES ACT. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB RECEIVED OVER 400 THOUSAND DOLLARS. CO-OWNER NATALIE MILLER SAYS THEY ARE IN THE MIDST OF RENOVATIONS AHEAD OF THEIR REOPENING. AND THE FLYNN... RECEIVI NG MORE THAN 1.8 MILLION DOLLARS. FLYNN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAY WAHL CAN'T WAIT TO WELCOME PEOPLE BACK. PERFORMERS ARE JUSAS T EXCITED TO GET IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE.