Jules Leddy rehearses choreography for the Musical Theatre Guild of Butler production of “The Marvelous Wonderettes” at the William A. Lehnerd Performance Hall & Production Center on Saturday. Many groups are seeking volunteers. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle

Lack of volunteers, dwindling memberships, funding shortages and other programming restrictions are just some of the issues community groups are addressing more than two years after COVID-19 made its U.S. debut.

In Butler County, civic organizations have resumed programming after being fully or partially shut down during the height of the pandemic, and leaders agree that COVID created some long-term issues.

Whatever the obstacles, county community and organizational leaders are working diligently to overcome them.

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