Clinton Awarded Grant Dollars To Host Free Concerts

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November 16, 2022

By News Director Jared Atha

The Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a social impact funder supporting nonprofits nationwide at the intersection of music, public space, and community building, announces the largest number of grant recipients in its history, providing 33 communities, including one in Western Oklahoma, with a multi-year $90,000 Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Award.

Among the 33 communities announced that will be receiving the grants, the City of Clinton was one of 15 new recipients that will see the matching grant dollars go towards concert series at the amphitheater at McLain Rogers Park starting in 2023, and continuing in 2024 and 2025.

Stated in a press release, The Levitt AMP Grant Awards are specifically designed to support nonprofits serving small to mid-sized towns and cities, with each grantee annually presenting 10 free outdoor concerts featuring a diverse lineup of artists, music genres, and cultural programming.

According to the press release Scissortail Productions will present its first Levitt AMP Clinton Music Series at the park.

The release went on to say that for this new grant cycle, the Levitt AMP program was expanded from an annual matching grant of $25,000 into a three-year matching grant of $30,000 per year, for a total grant award of $90,000 per recipient. Each of the 2023–2025 recipients represent the three goals of the Levitt AMP Grant Awards: Amplify community pride and a city’s unique character; enrich lives through the power of free, live Music; and illustrate the importance of inclusive and vibrant public Places.

Other communities awarded the grant include, among others, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Carson City, Nevada, Flint, Michigan, Fort Smith, Arkansas, Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Waco, Texas.

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