Town Cultural Councils and NRWA Secure MCC Grants
Press Release
October 3, 2007
State Representative Robert Hargraves names grants totaling $27,200 awarded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council to the local Cultural Councils of the First Middlesex District and to the Nashua River Watershed Association.
The Massachusetts Cultural Council conferred $4000 grants upon each of the Cultural Councils of Ayer, Dunstable, Groton, Pepperell and Townsend. According to the MCC, the Councils support community-based projects that explore local arts and history, expand education and accessibility, and celebrate diversity.
The Nashua River Watershed Association´s $7200 grant under MCC´s Organizational Support Program is intended to promote a healthy ecosystem with clean water and open spaces for human and wildlife communities, where people work together to sustain mutual economic and environmental well being.
