[NFBOH-Cleveland] [Ohio-Talk] Please Congratulate our own NFB Artist!

[Patricia McPherson]

Congrats to you,Owen, on your Grant Award. Fabulous news!

Pat & Jim
Greater Akron 

> On Jul 29, 2019, at 4:32 PM, Sheri Albers <sheri.albers87 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Congratulations Owen, that is fantastic!
> 
> Best Regards,
> Sheri Albers
> 513-886-8697
> Sheri.albers87 at gmail.com
> 
>> On Jul 29, 2019, at 2:55 PM, Suzanne Turner via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Ohio,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Congratulations are extended to Owen McCafferty for his Grant Award from the
>> Ohio Arts Council.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Here is the announcement!
>> 
>> congratulations on your FY 2020 grant award.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Grant awards depend on a variety of factors-including application scores and
>> the total number of applicants approved for funding-but the biggest driver
>> is the amount of funds available in the OAC's subsidy budget. With this in
>> mind, we are very grateful to Governor Mike DeWine, and members of the Ohio
>> House of Representatives and Ohio Senate, for acknowledging the importance
>> of public funding for the arts through the state budget's appropriation to
>> the OAC. The historic $34.5 million allocated to the Ohio Arts Council this
>> biennium represents a $5 million increase in funding from last biennium and
>> ensures that more public dollars will be spent over the next two years on
>> grants for the arts in Ohio than at any time in our agency's 54-year
>> history. Please make sure you write to the governor
>> <https://governor.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/governor/contact>  and your
>> legislators <https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislators/district-maps>
>> thanking them for your grant award and for supporting the arts in Ohio. Be
>> sure to describe how your grant award will benefit your community!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Again, congratulations on your FY 2020 grant award from the Ohio Arts
>> Council. On behalf of our board and staff, we wish you much success in your
>> artistic endeavors! Thank you for all you do to support Ohio communities
>> culturally, educationally, and economically through the arts.
>> 
>> If you need to receive this information in an alternative format, please let
>> Kim.Turner at oac.ohio.gov <mailto:Kim.Turner at oac.ohio.gov>  know and she can
>> help you out. 
>> 
>> Ohio Arts Council | Investment Office
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