Mitch:
To clarify, your mayor wrote a letter of support for the independent venues – yes?
Can you send the request that went to your mayor?
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Hi Omari,
Our Mayor was contacted to write a letter of support, which she is planning to do. According to their site, it looks like West Hollywood, CA and Grand Rapids, MI are the only Mayors to write a letter of support so far.
-Mitch
Mitch Menchaca, Executive Director
City of Phoenix Office of Arts + Culture
www.phoenix.gov/arts
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Subject: Re: [Americans for the Arts] Ask Your Chamber to Support Cultural Institutions - Sign On Letter
Folks, as this letter is going out, does anyone know if there's any coordination with the
National Independent Venues Association [nivassoc.org]?
They are also making a (strong) push for funding right now.
Is anyone working with them?
Take care.
-o
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On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 2:06 PM Jessica Stern <jstern@artsusa.org> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce has spearheaded a sign-on letter in support of cultural institutions, to be delivered to members of Congress next week. With support from the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, members of the Business Committee for the Arts, and many members of your state advocacy groups, this letter currently has 181 Chamber of Commerce signatories and counting. Please see a copy of the letter attached.
Please ask your local Chambers to contact Megan Greeley, Government Relations Manager at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce (mgreeley@bostonchamber.com) to sign on by 5:00pm Eastern on Tuesday, August 4.
Below is a current list of those chambers who have already signed. If your chamber is listed, please reach out to thank them for their support of the cultural institutions in your community!
Feel free to contact Megan Greeley directly with any questions. Thanks for your effort on this advocacy action item!
Best regards,
Jessica Stern
Private Sector Initiatives Programs ManagerShe/her/hers
Americans for the Arts
1 E 53rd Street 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10022
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