Austin music venues are struggling from COVID-19, but help is coming, city says
The millions of dollars the city of Austin promised to live music venues who've been pummeled by the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to be delivered after two months, raising an already high degree of discomfort to clubs struggling to keep their lights on. But the assistance is coming soon, the city insists, and it'll end up being more than originally planned through additional resources that at one time were thought to have been out of reach. Last week, the Austin City Council threw a lifeline to venues by offering a tax reimbursement program that could make landlords think twice about proc...
Source: statesman.com