An Email from United Arts:
Dear Friends,
The leadership of Secretary of State Browning was critical to our industry not receiving greater recommended reductions in the Governor's budget. Please send him a quick thank you for his leadership to protect arts, cultural, humanities, and historical resources. His e-mail is secretaryofstate@dos.state.fl.us. Please also send an e-mail to the Governor for his support of our industry in tough economic times: Charlie.Crist@MyFlorida.com. We are part of the solution to kick start and build our state's economy. Partnership with the state is appreciated and essential.
Here is a 9-page PDF that lists current and proposed state arts and cultural budget details: If you decide to print it, it’s in a letter-size, landscape format. The following information is on the attachment:
Grant Line Items for Division of Cultural Affairs and Division of Historical Resources
-past, current, and proposed, pages 1-2
-List of Ranked 2008-2009 Cultural Facility Projects, pages 3-4
-List of Ranked 2008-2009 Challenge Grant Projects, page 6
-List of Ranked 2008-2009 Historic Preservation Special Category Projects, pages 7-8
-Other Culturally Related Requests in Governor's Proposed FY 2008-2009 Budget, page 9
Now that the Governor has released his budget, the next steps are review by key Senate and House Appropriations Councils/Committees. The links are included on attachment.
We will continue to advocate during the legislative process for the dollar amounts in column number 5 on pages 1 and 2 of the attached document.
As always, thank you for your advocacy efforts!
Margot H. Knight
President & CEO
Margot@UnitedArts.cc
Minda Logan
Director of Grants and Government Affairs
Minda@UnitedArts.cc
United Arts of Central Florida
P.O. Box 940068
Maitland, FL 32794-0068
407.628.0333
407.628.9110 Fax
UnitedArts.cc