Failure to launch: Shuttered Venue Operators Grant application is delayed after months of anticipation

For the past three-and-a-half months, independent venue owners around the country have anxiously awaited an application for the now $16 billion in grant funds that the U.S. Congress allocated to “shuttered venues” at the end of last year, otherwise known as the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG). “We’ve been anticipating this day for the past […]