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Residents urge aldermen to restore tourism funding, citing Red Cedar Inn and Route 66 visitors
Summary
Public commenters told the Board of Aldermen to restore tourism event funding and to place Pacific Partnership funding where staff originally recommended, arguing recent cuts will harm visitor-driven revenue and community events tied to Route 66.
Two residents urged the Board of Aldermen to restore event funding cut from the tourism budget and to reverse reallocations that moved partnership funding into general funds.
Christine Slusser, a resident of Highway F and Pacific Mill, told the aldermen that the Red Cedar Inn "is an asset" and called the board to "restore funding for the new events, to support Red Cedar," saying events proposed by the tourism commission — a Fourth of July parade, Railroad Days and a turkey trot — had been cut. "This budget affects what kind of city we want to be," she said.
Brian McKenna, who identified himself as both a resident and a business owner, told the board that…
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