Peterborough city council votes to defund Electric City Culture Council in 2025 – Kawartha Now

November 20, 2024

Not-for-profit arts council’s executive director hopeful that lobbying will see decision overturned prior to 2025 city budget approval on December 9

What began as a good day for Su Ditta, executive director of Electric City Culture Council (EC3), turned dark in a hurry on Tuesday (November 19) during Peterborough city council’s deliberations on the city’s draft 2025 budget.

Hours after councillors voted almost unanimously not to reduce funding for 75 community groups and arts organizations by a proposed 25 per cent, they voted by a 7-4 count to completely eliminate any city funding for EC3.

First established as as signature recommendation of the City of Peterborough’s 2012 Municipal Cultural Plan (MCP), EC3 is an independent, arm’s-length, not-for-profit corporation with a mandate to champion the development of the arts and culture community for the people of the city and county of Peterborough.

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