Capital arts grants doubled

From: Sunday Gazette-Mail | Date: May 11, 2008| Author: Bob Schwarz | Copyright information

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The West Virginia Division of Culture and History has announced nearly $750,000 in capital grants to arts groups this year, more than double the amount it gave out last year.

The grants ranged from roughly $14,000 to buy new sound equipment for the Liz Spurlock Amphitheatre (home of "The Aracoma Story") at Chief Logan State Park in Logan to $240,000 to build an amphitheater in Clarksburg. Some projects received their fourth capital grant and some their first...

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