2008 Grants — Nurturing Community Arts

Ottawa Stadium Sound Project: Support for sound equipment for concerts at Ottawa Stadium in Harbor Springs, Michigan.

Start-up programming assistance to establish the Opera House as a professionally managed venue serving northern Michigan.

Support for the summer 2009 exhibition, "Alexander Calder: 40th Anniversary of La Grande Vitesse."

Support for the construction of a new, LEED-certified, 4,500-square-foot neighborhood library and learning center on Grandville Avenue.

Support for 'Children of the World in Harmony' - an international youth choral and dance festival in Petoskey in the summer of 2009.

Support for Little Traverse Civic Theatre's rehearsal and office space expansion efforts.

Support for the construction of the Betty Van Andel Opera Center on East Fulton Street providing rehearsal space, a costume shop, property storage, and educational programming space.

Support for an endowment campaign to replace City revenues as the museum is privatized.

To expand thematic 'experimental' and 'experiential' children's educational programs at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts with a regional reach.

Support for the construction of a LEED-certified, 35,000-square foot multi-disciplinary contemporary arts facility on the southwest corner of Fulton Street and Division Avenue as a part of a mixed-use development.

Support for the expansion of Very Special Arts programming to Ottawa and Montcalm counties.