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Council keeps hotel‑motel allocation for Frostburg First, asks group to meet with commissioners

2938126 · April 9, 2025
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Summary

Councilors agreed to leave a planned hotel‑motel tax appropriation in the budget, add $1,500 to a separate MCCA request, and requested a meeting with Frostburg First leadership after several business owners raised concerns about the organization's downtown focus and availability.

The Frostburg City Council voted to leave the proposed hotel‑motel tax appropriation for Frostburg First in the budget but asked the organization to meet with councilors to address downtown business concerns.

During a discussion that followed a staff presentation of Frostburg First’s latest financials, several commissioners and business‑owner speakers raised concerns that the nonprofit’s programming focuses on City Place and is not sufficiently supporting downtown Main Street.…

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