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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">On an overall basis across BC, based on data collected by the BC Arts Council, local government support represents, on average, more than a quarter of a museum’s annual
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Please note that this includes cash grants, property tax or rent exemptions as well as in-kind support that is given a dollar value in a museum’s financial statements
each year, such as building or grounds maintenance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Sue Donaldson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Visual Arts, Literary Arts & Museums<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">BC Arts Council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">T: 250.356.1729
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">
<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca" title="bcma@lists.vifa.ca">Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> Wednesday, December 09, 2015 12:59
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> [BCMA] Municipal support for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Our board of directors is wondering how much if any, municipal support Museums in small communities receive as a yearly grant, or is the Museum funded by the municipality?
Our community is approximately 2500 and we would like to compare notes on this with similarly sized Villages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Thanks in advance to any who are willing to share their information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Diana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Diana Ball
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Chase and District Museum and Archives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">250-679-8847<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Box 160- 1042 Shuswap Ave Chase BC V0E 1M0
<a href="mailto:chasemuseumsociety@gmail.com" target="_blank">chasemuseumsociety@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.chasemuseum.com" target="_blank">www.chasemuseum.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">"LIKE" us on Facebook
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