Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Lesbians Benefiting the Arts, a non profit entity, for the support of their community events, the Summit Station Historical Marker Dedication and the Lesbian/Queer Women's History Event.
Lesbians Benefiting the Arts (L.B.A., Inc.) is a not-for-profit, volunteer driven corporation designed to produce events and promote artistic efforts, showcase lesbian / women performers, women’s community, support lesbians / women artists and entrepreneurs and lesbians / women in the arts. The LBA was founded in 1985 and has produced the Ohio Lesbian Festival for 30+ years.
In 2022, a small group of former Summit Station patrons worked to obtain a marker of historical significance from Ohio’s Historical Marker program. Under the administration of the Ohio History Connection and with a resolution from Columbus City Council, a historical marker will be placed permanently in front of the space that held Summit Station.
As a result of the work on the historical marker several community building events have emerged. These events offer important opportunities for lesbian women to congregate and re-establish relationships that have diminished since the loss of their culturally relevant spaces. The events are as follows:
Summit Station Historical Marker Dedication, June 10, 2023
Lesbian/Queer Women's History Event, October 11, 2023
Emergency action is necessary to ensure funding is available for the June 10, 2023 event, with the remainder to fund the planning and execution of the October 11, 2023 event.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Lesbians Benefiting the Arts for the support of their community events; and to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($9,500.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Lesbia...
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