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Decatur County pledges $300,000 to fairgrounds event center; sets $2,500 rental rate
Summary
At a Decatur County project review meeting officials approved a $300,000 county pledge over three years for a new fairgrounds event center, set an initial rental rate of $2,500 and discussed project funding, emergency-use features, parking and marketing plans.
Decatur County officials voted to pledge $300,000 over three years toward a new event center at the county fairgrounds and approved an initial rental rate of $2,500, project presenters and county members said during a project review meeting.
Project representatives said the county would set the initial rental price at $2,500 per rental to encourage bookings and build momentum. “I said $2,500 per rental,” a project presenter identified in the meeting as Rick said when explaining how comparable facilities and amenities informed the decision.
The project team said the building is part of a roughly $4 million total project; the structure itself is expected to cost about $3 million. Officials described several features intended to broaden use: integrated audio-visual systems so presentations can be shown on multiple screens, planned audio dampening to reduce echo, generator hookups so the building can be…
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