Cherokee Nation authorizes block grant for Cherokee cultural arts center and a food distribution site in Collinsville

The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council voted to authorize the submission of a community development block grant for a Cherokee cultural arts center and a food distribution site in Collinsville.  The grant would total $800,000, which will be used to implement a microenterprise program targeting Cherokee artists as entrepreneurs, the Cherokee Cultural Arts Center and a new Food Distribution Center in Collinsville. The Cherokee Nation will be required to provide a 25 percent match for these funds, totaling $200,000.

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