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    Players, presenters found ways to stay in the black

    The Dispatch wrote Players, presenters found ways to stay in the black

    Sunday, July 6, 2008

    BY MICHAEL GROSSBERG

    Almost all leading arts groups in central Ohio balanced their 2007-08 budgets despite a worsening economy. Aside from the Columbus Symphony — which recently suspended operations when it ran out of money — the surprisingly positive pattern includes several arts groups that have struggled financially.

    Most notably, Opera Columbus, hampered by a $1.2 million debt only two years ago, has ended its season with a surplus that should help whittle down a modest remaining cumulative deficit.

    And BalletMet Columbus, whose leaders about a week ago feared ending the fiscal year with the company’s first major deficit, will balance its budget after all — with a little help from its friends.

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