The Brookfield Craft Center Scores $50K Grant To Upgrade Equipment

BROOKFIELD, CT — The Brookfield Craft Center has been awarded a $49,900 grant by the State of Connecticut.

The windfall is part of more than $7 million in state grants to several nonprofit organizations for the purposes of making facility and infrastructure upgrades at 34 cultural and historic sites statewide, according to a news release from Gov. Ned Lamont's Office Wednesday.

The funds are being released under the state’s Good to Great Grant Program, which is co-administered by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development and CT Humanities.

The $49,900 heading for the Craft Center has been earmarked "to purchase upgraded equipment that will allow them to advance their offerings and attract the next level of craft students and artists," according to the Governor's Office.

"The Good to Great Grant Program is a competitive award program that recognizes those organizations that devote time and energy to planning strategies to improve the visitor experience," Liz Shapiro, director of arts, preservation and museums at DECD, said. "These funds have been awarded to organizations of all sizes who demonstrate deep thinking about who they are as organizations, and what they could be if granted access to capital funding. I’m so proud that DECD is a funding partner for this outstanding group of projects."