Schneider Announces Over $13 Million In Covid-19 Relief Dollars Approved For Local Venues To Save And Create Jobs
DEERFIELD, Ill. – Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) today announced more than $13 million in Covid-19 Relief dollars for 13 Tenth District venues meant to save and create jobs at local theatres, concert venues, and more through Shuttered Venue Operators Grants (SVOG).
The Small Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program was established through the bipartisan COVID-19 relief package passed in December 2020. As a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, Rep. Schneider was part of the bipartisan coalition of lawmakers who crafted the bipartisan framework the relief package was built on. Rep. Schneider helped secure additional funding for the SVOG program through the American Rescue Plan, to total over $16 billion in grants for shuttered venues in order to keep businesses afloat and workers on payroll.
"Thirteen businesses in the Tenth District counted on the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant to get them through the pandemic. With more than $13 million coming into the district to support artists and the infrastructure they depend on, we're preserving Illinois culture and jobs. We are deeply lucky to have locations like Ravinia and the Glencoe's Writers Theatre in in the Tenth District, and I will do everything I can to support them," Schneider said.
The American Rescue Plan also instituted a fix to ensure shuttered venues that received Paycheck Protection Program loans after Dec. 27th 2020 can also receive a Small Venue Operators grant, as long as the grant is reduced by the amount of PPP funds provided. Applying for both grant programs was previously prohibited.
Recipients of the grant include:
- $891,839 Writers Theatre, Inc., Glencoe
- $51,000 1799 Greenbay, LLC d/b/a Studio One Events, Inc., Highland Park
- $10,000,000 Ravinia Festival Association, Highland Park
- $107,397 Citadel Theatre Company, Lake Forest
- $123,003 DDC Investments - Antioch Theatre, Lake Forest
- $175,228 Improv Playhouse Theater, Inc. , Libertyville
- $424,303 Capitol International Productions, Inc., Lincolnshire
- $571,304 Chrome Entertainment Group LLC, North Chicago
- $152,886 Cagen Music LLC, Northbrook
- $716,405 AN Holding Group, Prospect Heights
- $567,050 Lakehurst Events and Entertainment Co., Waukegan
- $6,171 Sonya Scales, Waukegan
- $146,515 Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, Wheeling
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