KINGSTON – Mayor Steven Noble has announced the next round of APRA Community Events Grant Program awards for a total of $39,750 across six community groups and organizations in Kingston.
The eighth round of ARPA Community Events Grant program funding was awarded to:
Stockade Faire ($5,000) for the Uptown street fair on N. Front and Wall Street on Saturday September 30; Theatre on the Road ($5,000) for living history cemetery tours at Old Dutch Church every Saturday in October; O+ ($15,000) for a youth-led mural tour, O+ Cycling, and O+ Wellness Expo for the O+ Festival on October 6-8; Arts Society of Kingston ($4,750) for the Native American Heritage Arts Festival on October 7-8, 2023; The Ulster County Italian American Foundation ($5,000) for the Italian American Festival on October 8, 2023; Burning of Kingston ($5,000) for various events across the weekend of October 13-15, 2023.
The 2023 Community Events Grant Program is made possible with federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The city has allocated $375,000 to support local events occurring in 2023 as part of city-wide pandemic recovery efforts.
Nonprofit groups and businesses located within city limits are eligible to apply for up to five events per year at up to $5,000 per event, for a total of up to $25,000 per organization. Events must be free and open to the public.
Events must take place in 2023, and must have either previously taken place prior to 2020, or if new, not duplicate pre-existing events and focus primarily on youth and families as the target audience. Preference will be shown to applications for events that focus primarily on youth and families as well as those that draw audiences from diverse backgrounds.
Funding is available for events taking place through the end of December 2023. Grant applications will be accepted through Friday, November 1, 2023. The last eligible event date is December 31, 2023.
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