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Stimulus money is everywhere

By adam beam | Published: June 10, 2009
It’s even in your local arts groups. The South Carolina Arts Commission announced yesterday grants worth $314,109 to state arts groups. The money came from the National Endowment for the Arts, which got its money from the federal stimulus package. The money had to be used to save existing jobs. It could not be used to [...]
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Columbia's 'big 4' arts groups are struggling

By adam beam | Published: June 9, 2009
Every time you eat in a Columbia restaurant, you pay a 2 cents on the dollar tax to support tourism and hospitality organizations. Columbia’s restaurants collected more than $7 million in hospitality taxes last year. But the organizations that receive this money are hurting because of the economy. While close to 80 local arts groups [...]
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