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Historical society requests $20,000 from county to support a scaled America’s 250th program
Summary
Marathon County Historical Society presented three scaled funding options for America's 250th anniversary programming and the committee voted to send the scalable $20,000 option to HR Finance.
The Marathon County Historical Society asked the Economic Development Committee on Oct. 2, 2025, for a one-time county contribution to support America’s 250th-anniversary programming in 2026 and presented three scaled funding approaches ranging from sponsorship-only to a $60,000 county contribution that would support a legacy project.
Blake Opelwahaski, executive director of the historical society, told the committee the society’s goals are to increase countywide engagement, provide digital outreach, create school programming and, with higher funding, produce professional-grade video content, traveling exhibits,…
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