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		<title>House Approves Amendment to Reverse Proposed Budget Cut to MCC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, the House Ways and Means Committee recommended a budget of $8.0 million for the Massachusetts Cultural Council in FY13. Last night the House of Representatives approved an amendment to increase that amount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the MCC: Governor&#8217;s Budget Calls for $9.2 Million for MCC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Boston, MA) Governor Deval Patrick today released a proposed state budget for the coming fiscal year that calls for $9.2 million for arts and cultural funding through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). The Governor&#8217;s fiscal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Deval Patrick Announces $7.4 Mil in Mass Cultural Facilities Fund Grants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LZink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Boylston, MA)—Governor Deval Patrick today announced $7.4 million in grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund (CFF) to support building projects for nonprofit arts, heritage, and science organizations across the Commonwealth. The new CFF investment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adams Creative Economy Grants Restored</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Yesterday Governor Deval Patrick signed a supplemental budget for the current fiscal year that restores $750,000 to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for its Adams Arts Program for the Creative Economy. The Governor&#8217;s decision followed vigorous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MCC Call to Action: Support the Adams Arts Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkshirecreativeintern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In August, as you know, the board of the Massachusetts Cultural Council voted to suspend grantmaking for the Adams Program in fiscal year 2012 – but also to seek a supplemental state appropriation of $750,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From MCC News: MCC Partners with MassINC in &#8220;Creative Placemaking&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkshirecreativeintern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grant to MassINC puts the arts at center of economic development strategies for state’s network of older, industrial cities. &#160; The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) will join MassINC in an expanded effort to use arts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From MCC Newsletter: MCC&#8217;s Adams Arts Program for the Creative Economy Suspended</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkshirecreativeintern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MCC RELEASES $6.5M FOR PUBLIC PROGRAMS IN THE ARTS, SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES But Budget Cut Forces Agency to Suspend Grants in Adams Arts Program, Seek Supplemental Appropriation Springfield, MA &#8211; Yesterday the board of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the MCC: House Ways &amp; Means Budget Proposes Significant Cut to Arts &amp; Culture Funding</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/from-the-mcc-house-ways-means-budget-proposes-significant-cut-to-arts-culture-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Boston, MA) &#8211; The House Ways &#38; Means Committee has released a proposed state budget for the coming fiscal year that would significantly cut support for the arts, humanities, and sciences through the Massachusetts Cultural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New MCC Funds Fuel MA Creative Sector $765,500 Supports Innovative Projects in Arts, Science, and History: Multiple Berkshire Organizations Benefit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) today announced the release of $765,500 to help revitalize communities and generate new economic activity through arts, science, and history projects across the state. MCC&#8217;s Adams Arts Program for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Opportunities and Grants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find other creative opportunities and grants at Artsake, Berkshire Art Start, Massachusetts Cultural Council, New England Foundation for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. JANUARY UNC PEMBROKE A.D. GALLERY: Call for [...]]]></description>
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