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Committee Meeting

Town of Cary · Cultural Arts Committee
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 5:00 pm · Conference Room 11130, 316 N. Academy Street, Cary Town Hall, Cary, NC 27513

Committee meeting Arts and public artGrants and outside fundingParks and recreation

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What was decided

  1. Approved 1.Review FY27 Cultural Arts Grant Applications and make Approved, on a motion by Todd Hemphill seconded by Cara Lewis

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What's on this agenda

Cary's cultural arts committee met in person on March 25 to review the FY 2027 cultural arts grant applications and make funding recommendations. That was the meeting's work.

The recommendations went up through the parks, recreation and cultural resources advisory board, and the committee revisited them on April 22.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The committee spent most of a two and a half hour meeting reviewing applications for the 2027 cultural arts grants and agreeing how the money would be split. It then voted to finalize that decision, on a motion by Todd Hemphill seconded by Cara Lewis. All nine members attended and nobody spoke at public comment.

How the votes went

Two votes, both approved: adoption of the agenda with the February 25 minutes, moved by Mary Margaret Barnes and seconded by Maria Munoz-Blanco, and the grant funding recommendations, moved by Todd Hemphill and seconded by Cara Lewis.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

No public speakers.

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Agenda items (3)

Procedural · 1Staff or committee report · 1Discussion item · 1
  1. 1. Welcome
    Procedural
    The chair's welcome. The minutes record no questions or concerns.
  2. 1. Cultural Arts Report (see report)
    Staff or committee report Arts and public artGrants and outside fundingParks and recreation
    Staff member William Lewis's cultural arts report. A copy was provided and members raised no questions.
    Funding recommendations agreed and approved
  3. 1. Review FY27 Cultural Arts Grant Applications and make
    Discussion item Arts and public artGrants and outside fundingParks and recreation
    The committee reviewed the FY 2027 cultural arts grant applications and agreed how the grant money would be split, for recommendation to the parks, recreation and cultural resources advisory board. The minutes do not list the amounts.
    Approved, on a motion by Todd Hemphill seconded by Cara Lewis

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