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arts & heritage
Jobs grant program: phase 2
The Hartford Arts & Heritage Jobs Grant
Program: Phase 2 has been created by the City
of Hartford to create and retain jobs for
existing Hartford-based individual artists,
microenterprise businesses, and non-profit
organizations in the creative economy.
Grant awards will
range from $ 5,000 to $ 25,000 and may be used
for working capital purposes (wages, rents,
utilities and other operational costs), purchase
of raw materials and equipment purchases. Grant
requests must demonstrate a significant and
immediate impact on the creative economy.
Arts-centric businesses, organizations and
individual artists play an important role in
building and sustaining economic vibrancy: they
employ people, spend money locally, revitalize
neighborhoods, and are a cornerstone of
tourism. As an indirect economic benefit,
tourists patronize restaurants, parking lots,
hotels, and other businesses, which employ
Hartford residents.
Funding for this program is provided by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) through funds authorized under Title XII
of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 (the “Federal Stimulus” Act). The primary
purpose of these funds is to: preserve and
create jobs and promote economic recovery,
assist those most impacted by the recession and
provide investment needed to increase economic
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