Newton Community Pride Announces Community Micro Grant Recipients

Newton MA

28 October, 2021

10:29 AM

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NEWTON, MA — Newton Community Pride has announced their community micro grant winners for the fall 2021 grant cycle. The community micro grant program supports efforts that build community for all to enjoy through arts and culture programming, beautification projects, and volunteerism. "Our community micro grant program is a new initiative of NCP and we are thrilled to be able to provide seed money to support programs consistent with our mission," stated Gloria Gavris, Board Chair of Newton Community Pride, in a statement. "We were overwhelmed by the number of grant requests, but we are all winners when our city comes alive with music, public art, performance and theatre opportunities." Grant recipients are New Community Inc. for a public art mural at The Vault courtyard,Welcome Home Inc. for a service project to support Afghan refugees, Cappella Clausura forproduction of Troubadours 2021, Suzuki School of Newton for a faculty concert, Jewish ArtsCollaborative for a mobile public art project entitled Brighter Revealed, Newton TheatreCompany for the May 2022 production of "Our Tears Are the Same Color," and Newton Speaks, Voices of our City, a storytelling symposium this spring. Newton Community Pride will open another round of community micro grants on March 1. For more information, click here.