Despite lengthy discussion last year,
Austin City Council did not allocate exclusive funding from the first federal stimulus, the
CARES package, for local music venues. New COVID-19 relief from Washington incoming, Austin s music entities begin to queue up.
Music Makes Austin and the
Austin Music Commission submitted budget proposals to the city earlier this month.
Both request over $20 million to support Austin s music economy from the federal
American Rescue Plan and
Cody Cowan, who also leads the
Red River Cultural District association, said that the MMA and AMC requests aligned coincidentally. Alongside disaster assistance, both plans also mention release of the long-discussed