133-24 Grant Agreement.pdf

133-24 GRANT AGREEMENT THIS GRANT AGREEMENT, made this 9th day of April 2024, by and between: the TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, a municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey, having its principal offices at 66 Main Street, West Orange, New Jersey, hereinafter referred to as the “Township;”; and LUNA STAGE CO., LLC., a nonprofit corporation of the State of New Jersey having its principal offices at 555 Valley Road, West Orange, New Jersey, hereinafter referred to as the “LUNA STAGE.” W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, arts education offers a valuable benefit to the resident of a community and an opportunity for the expression and development of talents which betters the experience of the Township as a whole; and WHEREAS, LUNA STAGE has been dedicated to providing arts education through such programs as its Youth Creative Response Team, its Valley Stories Youth Theatre, and its StudioLuna Theatre Classes; and WHEREAS, LUNA STAGE requires funding to finance these arts education programs and has requested grant funding from the Township. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants hereinafter stated, the parties do hereby agree as follows: 1. The Township agrees to provide to LUNA STAGE a grant in the amount of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000) (the “GRANT FUNDS”) for which LUNA STAGE will utilize towards providing arts education programs for residents of the Township. 2. The referenced arts education programs shall be supervised and operated by