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A Resolution authorizing the Mayor or her designee, on behalf of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, to execute Grant Agreements related to the celebration of Lexington's 250th Anniversary (250LEX), awarding Grants recommended by and funded by the Mayor's 250LEX Commission through the Bluegrass Community Foundation (BGCF), to the following recipients in the following amounts: M'Power Rhythm ($19,640), Allegro Dance Project ($15,000), Marafiki Center ($13,600), Casa De La Cultura ($20,000), A Sense of Place ($20,000), Central Ky. Youth Orchestra ($17,500), Bluegrass Youth Ballet ($12,000), Carnegie Center ($20,000), Ky Humanities ($20,000), Mary Todd Lincoln House ($15,410), Keeneland Library ($9,201), Christine Kuhn ($15,228), Greenroom Exchange ($20,000), Lexington Children's Theatre ($16,825), Faulkner-Morgan Archive ($20,000), Black Yarn ($20,000), OperaLex ($20,000), and Lexington History Museum ($19,588), and further authorizing the Mayor to execute any other needed amendments or Agreements related to 250LEX Grant Agreements. [Mayor's Office, Lyons]
Summary
Authorization to approve collaboration with Bluegrass Community Foundation and for Grant payments to be made by 250LEX Commission to non-profit organizations for Lexington's 250th celebration and to execute Contractual Agreements between LFUCG, Bluegrass Community Foundation and each of the awarded non-profit organizations. Funds were raised from the private sector and are held by the Blue Grass Community Foundation. (L0776-24) (Lyons/Scott)
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That t...
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