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The city of Charlotte plans to increase its funding for the arts, giving it more control over how it supports organizations that use city-owned buildings, like the Blumenthal.
The city of Charlotte gave the first details Tuesday about how it will fund the arts after announcing in February it would transition away from sending the Arts & Science Council money directly.
Last year, the city gave the ASC $3.2 million, which is 25% of the nonprofit organization’s budget.
City Manager Marcus Jones said Charlotte will increase its arts and cultural spending to $4 million annually and is also adding $2 million this year in federal COVID-19 relief funds. Jones said the private sector has agreed to match that $6 million public contribution.
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Charlotte announces nearly $6M to help homeless, including year of housing for 75 Tent City residents The City of Charlotte is allocating nearly $6 million to help the homeless including a year of housing for 75 Tent City residents. (Source: City of Charlotte) By WBTV Web Staff | April 6, 2021 at 2:50 PM EDT - Updated April 6 at 2:50 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The City of Charlotte is allocating nearly $6 million to help the homeless including a year of housing for 75 Tent City residents.
Officials say $2.1 million from the Emergency Solutions Grant will be used to fund a partnership to secure housing for 75 previously unsheltered households that had been at the North End encampment, also known as Tent City.
âWe need to do something about this:â Family of shooting victim, elected officials call for an end to gun violence
Charlotte family calls for end to violence By Courtney Cole | April 1, 2021 at 11:36 PM EDT - Updated April 2 at 12:03 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A family and neighborhood is mourning the loss of another life, following a violent week in Charlotte.
On Monday evening, a man was shot and killed on West Sugar Creek Road. On Tuesday afternoon, two teenage boys were shot on Hovis Road, just a mile away, and a few hours before that, a 7-year-old was shot.
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