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Heber City increases funding for arts grant program, backs $120,000 worth of projects

By Park Record · May 26, 2026 · 1 min read
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“We made this arbitrary decision to give 10% to the arts as Heber City. There was no objectivity in that. It was a lowball, conservative, safe percentage. ‘We’ll throw 10% at the arts, and then we get to distribute the other 90%.’ I always thought that was too chintzy,” said City Councilor Mike Johnston.

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