In the News

Jan. 2, 2008

Dear Friends, The House and the Senate passed an amendment to the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund that dedicates $5.5 million of the appropriated $25 million to cultural organizations with budgets under $5 million. The amendment to the FY 08 supplemental budget passed on December 28 and the Governor now has until the January 8th to sign or veto it.

With our coalition partners the Boston Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, we will begin advocating for cultural facilities funding in FY 09 soon.

October 11, 2007

Dear Friends,

This evening, the Senate voted to approve the additional $7 million for the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund.

This significant increase to the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund, bringing this year's total appropriation to $12 million, resulted from leadership in both the Senate and the House working together to establish a consensus agreement on facilities funding in the supplemental budget.

Earlier today, the House voted to approve the supplemental budget.

October 3, 2007

Dear Friends,

Yesterday (October 2), the Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a bill to regulate the resale of tickets (sometimes called scalping) and to allow tickets to be resold at any price.

September 11, 2007

The Campaign for Cultural Facilities, the Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences & Humanities (MAASH), the Boston Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, today saluted the historic vote taken by MassDevelopment, the state's finance and development authority, to authorize the first-ever state-funded first grants to expand, improve and restore cultural facilities all across the Commonwealth.