The Glenwood Springs Arts Council is debt-free, and is inviting the community to help celebrate.
In 2017, the nonprofit was about $68,000 in debt. Its financial problems emerged amid the resignation of then-executive director Christina Brusig, who was charged with misdemeanor theft.
Now, the group says it's either paid back or settled all its debts, including nearly $50,000 owed to instructors from the now-defunct Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts.
Arts council member Bonnie Kratovil says it’s been a long haul.
“Very slowly, over the last year, we raised the money and kept applying the money to the debt,” she said.
The City of Glenwood Springs stepped in to pay a major portion of the council’s debt. Kratovil says the remainder was raised through fundraisers, or was waived by vendors to whom the council owed money.
On Wednesday, the Glenwood Springs Arts Council holds an annual member meeting and party, open to the community, to celebrate its revival. Kratovil says the council plans to hold at least four major events in 2019.
The celebration will be held at Rivers restaurant, starting at 5 p.m.
