Creative Sonoma today announced the recipients of its Community Public Art Project Grant program for Sonoma County’s Fifth Supervisorial District. Nineteen organizations will be awarded a total of $126,580 for community-based public art projects in unincorporated locations of west Sonoma County. The grant program is intended to enable creative projects in the Fifth District that demonstrate the power of the arts to contribute to the social cohesion of communities through beautification of downtown areas or neighborhoods. For this first-time grant program, the grants are funded by the County of Sonoma Fifth District Community Infrastructure Funding and Tourism Impact Funds.