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Gov. Rendell Blue-Lines Budget, Approves SB 850 (August 5, 2009) HARRISBURG -- Gov. Rendell signed Senate Bill 850 into law today after vetoing all program funding line items except those pertaining to payroll and essential public protection. The measure creates a state budget of roughly $11 billion, and eliminates all grant funding for arts and culture in Pennsylvania.
Mourning A Loss

(December 27, 2009) - One of the Philadelphia region’s leading advocates for the arts has died. Peggy Amsterdam passed away Saturday night, December 26th.

Editorial: A Fitting Legacy

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 29, 2009

Editorial: Arts Lose a Fierce Advocate

Philadelphia Daily News
December 29, 2009

Champion of Arts in Del. and Phila. Dies

The News Journal
December 29, 2009

In Memoriam: Peggy Amsterdam, 1949-2009

Philadelphia City Paper
December 29, 2009

New Jersey releases $12 million in arts funding

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 29, 2009

Arts advocate Peggy Amsterdam dies at 60

WHYY
December 28, 2009

Obituary: Peggy Amsterdam, 60, Phila. champion of the arts

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 27, 2009

John McInerney presents the findings of Research into Action to the Canadian Arts Council Representatives from arts councils from across Canada met in Vancouver, BC November 25-27, 2009 on the occasion of the Canadian Public Arts Funders (CPAF) Annual General Meeting. During their discussions, the CPAF members were joined by Alan Brown, a leading cultural researcher, and John McInerney, the Vice-President of Marketing and Communications at the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, who presented the findings from the Cultural Alliance's recent publication Research Into Action: Pathways to New Opportunities.
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