Arts in Tampa get a break
May 13, 2008 at 2:31 pm by Wayne GarciaMayor Pam Iorio will be telling nonprofit arts leaders this afternoon that she will not cut grants to the arts this year, given the extreme beating that they are taking from the state budget and recessionary pressures.
UPDATE: The city’s news release on this is out, and the funding goes as follows:
The more than $3 million in funding for these organizations will be budgeted as follows: Florida Orchestra ($320,000); Kid City, The Children’s Museum ($36,000); Master Chorale, ($8,000); Museum of Science and Industry ($80,000); Spanish Lyric Theatre ($8,000); Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival ($16,000); Tampa Bay History Center ($100,000); Florida Museum of Photographic Arts ($12,000); Ybor City State Museum ($80,000); Florida Aquarium ($600,000); H.B. Plant Museum ($91,800); Tampa Theatre ($115,000); Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center ($715,000); Lowry Park Zoo ($450,000); Homeless Coalition ($55,000); Boys & Girls Club ($44,000); Humane Society ($20,000); Mendez Foundation ($120,000); Sister Cities ($8,000); Ybor Chamber ($20,000); and Youth Opportunity Movement ($148,000).
This is not only good news, it is strong leadership.
