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Commissioners push trails, historic tourism and a local-option sales tax as part of county strategy
Summary
Board members and guests urged the TDC to prioritize mountain-bike trail development, historic-tourism programming and explored a local-option sales tax to fund land preservation and infrastructure, proposing expert consultants and interagency coordination.
At the meeting the council and several commissioners discussed adding outdoor-adventure infrastructure and historic-tourism initiatives to the county’s strategic plan and explored a proposal that would send a local-option sales tax referendum to voters to fund preservation and infrastructure projects.
Commissioner Holly Davis outlined the sales-tax idea and framed it as a tool to preserve land and fund infrastructure improvements: "We are the only county in the 67 Florida counties that do not have a local option sales tax," she said, arguing that a small local tax could leverage out-of-county spending and fund targeted projects. Davis said part of any levy would likely be earmarked…
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