It’s in the budget

What does Chico’s arts-related spending add up to?

This article was published on 10.05.06

Here is how the city of Chico allocated funds for the arts and other aspects of cultural tourism for the 2005-06 fiscal year:

Arts funded by Transit Occupancy Tax

1078 Gallery $7,232

Chico Art Center $16,620

Friends of Chico Community Ballet $11,200

Blue Room Theatre $16,220

Ensemble Theatre of Chico (Shakespeare In The Park) $12,000

Friends of Arts $2,000

Friends of the Arts/Learning Change (Artoberfest) $50,000

Amaera Bay Laurel (girls writing group/silo dancing) $2,000

Chico Children’s Choir $6,700

Christine C. Jennings (painting) $2,000

Open Arts (CCY) $5,300

Balls Edge (Downtown Music Revolution $2,800

Carla Resnick (Textural multi-media installation) $2,000

Total $136,072

Projects funded by redevelopment monies

Public Art on Private Facilities (matching funds) $15,945

COBA $42,853

Art Benches $22,471

Teen Art Project $1,979

Oak Way Park Art Project $30,709

Forest Avenue Median Art Project/Treatment $40,390

Public Art Lighting Program $10,200

City Plaza Art Treatment $177,310

Hooker Oak Benches $7,278

Total $349,135

Other TOT cultural expenditures $272,838

Grand total $758,045