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Committee awards $1,000 to downtown fall festival and adopts 85% hotel-motel funding guideline
Summary
The committee approved a $1,000 grant to the downtown fall festival and set a guideline to make 85% of the hotel-motel fund balance (as of the October 1 balance) available for distribution in the coming year; members discussed statutory requirements for hotel-motel expenditures and the need for an application process.
The Effingham County Tax and Finance Committee approved a $1,000 grant to the downtown fall festival and adopted a guideline to make up to 85% of the hotel‑motel fund balance (calculated as of October 1) available for distribution during the next year.
Riley Frommer, representing the Downtown F&M Business Group, described the festival as a one-day, family event scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4 that will include a first-time downtown 5K, a brunch, a children’s activity area and live music. “My ask is around a thousand dollars,” Frommer said, adding that last year the event drew “around a thousand” people and that organizers hope to attract more this year with the 5K and expanded marketing.
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