'We can't wait any longer ... fund us,' Waynesville cinema owner waits for federal grant

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'We can't wait any longer ... fund us,' Waynesville cinema owner waits for federal grant

Washington approved federal grant money late last year for entertainment businesses hit hard by COVID-19. Many of those businesses had to shut down. But six months into the new year, the shuttered venue grants have yet to arrive. That’s had an impact on a movie theater in Waynesville and is building national pressure on lawmakers to release the funding. The operator of Smoky Mountain Cinema racked up the delay in the Shuttered Venue Grant money …