County offers relief for suffering small arts groups

After 14 months of dark stages and limping-along galleries, pandemic-devastated arts groups are invited to apply for county grants.Responding to mounting complaints from small arts organizations that they have been shut out of public funding for the arts, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello on Monday unveiled a $2 million grant program for the groups. The program, named JumpstARTS, is financed by federal CARES Act monies and will offer three tiers of grants between $5,000 and $20,000 for eligible