{"id":47518,"date":"2021-01-05T08:47:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T13:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=47518"},"modified":"2021-01-05T08:47:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T13:47:53","slug":"uptown-knauer-performing-arts-center-receives-50k-grant-from-chesco-community-foundation-and-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=47518","title":{"rendered":"Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center Receives  $50K grant from Chesco Community Foundation and County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/UPTOWN_KnauerOLV3-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/UPTOWN_KnauerOLV3-2-350x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a>WEST CHESTER \u2014 The Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center\u00a0announced that it has received a\u00a0 $50,000 grant from the Chester County Community Foundation\u00a0(CCCF) and\u00a0Chester County Commissioners\u00a0(CCC) to support the venue\u2019s ongoing \u201cRaise Up The Curtain\u201d initiative.<\/p>\n<p>As part of CCCF\u2019s and the CCC\u2019s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)\u00a0Act, the funds will be used to\u00a0reopen the theater (after its shutdown due to\u00a0COVID-19)\u00a0as well as support its livestream show series, which will kick into high gear in 2021. Specifically, according to April Evans,\u00a0executive director\u00a0for Uptown!, the grant will be used\u00a0to purchase advanced, state-of-the-art equipment for its livestream shows, increase COVID-19-approved cleaning and sanitizing measures as outlined by the CDC, install social distance infrastructures like plexiglass dividers at concession stands, and re-design all marketing materials to COVID-19 compliance. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely grateful for the support the Chester County Community Foundation and County Commissioners have given the non-profits. Uptown! continues to stay shuttered and with increased restrictions, our ability to reopen continues to get pushed further and further away,\u201d said Evans. \u201cFinancial relief is needed now more than ever to sustain us through these uncertain times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CCCF, which awards $3.5 million annually to help nonprofits in Chester County and across the U.S. recover with innovation and resiliency, recognizes the importance of the nonprofit sector to the high quality of life throughout Chester County. It supported Uptown! earlier this year with a $5,000 COVID-19 Rapid Response grant in September.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We truly appreciate the Chester County Community Foundation&#8217;s recognition and continued support of our mission and goals,\u201d said Debra Danese, Uptown! house manager. \u201cThis award will help further our efforts to continue offering quality content during the extended closures of live arts venues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center or to make a donation, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uptownwestchester.org\/\">UptownWestChester.org<\/a>\u00a0or call 610.356.ARTS (2787).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST CHESTER \u2014 The Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center\u00a0announced that it has received a\u00a0 $50,000 grant from the Chester County Community Foundation\u00a0(CCCF) and\u00a0Chester County Commissioners\u00a0(CCC) to support the venue\u2019s ongoing \u201cRaise Up The Curtain\u201d initiative. As part of CCCF\u2019s and the CCC\u2019s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)\u00a0Act, the funds will be used to\u00a0reopen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[29,5892,5743,11331],"class_list":["post-47518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-chester-county","tag-chester-county-foundation","tag-grant","tag-uptown-knauer-performing-arts-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47519,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47518\/revisions\/47519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}