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In December,we will select the grantees that we would like to fund.The grantees who are not selected will have one month to appeal.Everyone from the Council needs to attend the December and January meetings so we can vote on the grants. David offers to be part of the Grant committee.So we will make the subcommittee meeting an official meeting since we have Quorum. ➢Here are the criteria to select the grants: Preference is given to events that: -Happen in Lexington -Target or benefit the broadest range of Lexington residents possible,including under-served and diverse populations -Reflect community survey results prioritizing interest in arts in the schools,and community events (such as festivals,concerts,plays) ❖Upcoming projects ➢Lex laughs,championed by Lisa:we need to narrow down on a date, Comedian and venue-We were thinking of including High School students. ➢Continue our Utility box painting program: The Eversource boxes are really difficult to negotiate (we have been able to complete one but it took several months). We have 3 boxes in mind (Newly installed boxes)-one is in the middle of town in front of CVS. When we work on a box we pay the artist.We also pay a project manager ( Laurie)who is well connected with artists,knows how to assemble a jury for the boxes and is very reasonable).Each artist was paid 500 dollars.The project Manager has been able to obtain some donations for the artists.When we completed a larger box,we offered 1,000 dollars. A 250 anniversary theme would be welcome. ➢250th anniversary:We are also planning to have Jillian Tung join the meeting one day to see how the Arts Council could be involved in the preparation. ➢We also talked about a Grantee’s Reception :Late January to invite grantees as well as some of the artists who took part in our projects.We could also plan some music.