For Journey Gunderson, the American Rescue Plan’s help for entertainment venues is doubly important. It will help the National Comedy Center, of which Gunde
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Journey Gunderson, National Comedy Center executive director, speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic s effect on comedy clubs. Gunderson spoke during a visit to the center by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York and Senate majority leader.
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For Journey Gunderson, the American Rescue Plan’s help for entertainment venues is doubly important.
It will help the National Comedy Center, of which Gunderson is the executive director, access money to keep the center afloat as the COVID-19 pandemic dissipates. Just as importantly, the American Rescue Plan has a couple of provisions that could extend a lifeline to the art form of comedy without which there is no National Comedy Center.