Chesterfield Increasing Donations for Local Arts Organizations to $200,000
The city council approved the donations to Stages St. Louis, Chesterfield Arts and the St. Louis Civic Orchestra to help fund programs for the community and expand the outreach of the organizations.
The Chesterfield City Council upped its level of financial support to local arts organizations this year with the aim of increasing their involvement in the community. At a meeting Wednesday, the council approved disbursements of $100,000 to Chesterfield Arts (up from $75,000 last year); $75,000 to Stages St. Louis, which is based in Chesterfield; and, for the first time, $25,000 to the St. Louis Civic Orchestra. Mayor Bruce Geiger said the combined total of $200,000 represents the city’s desire to make Chesterfield a hub for arts and culture in the West County area. Although not a negligible amount of money, the investment accounts for less than 1 percent of the budget, according to Geiger, and he said would like to the city do even more…
JOE THOMAS
7:54 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
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