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Marietta council approves tourism-grant package after Parks Committee recommendation; allocations named
Summary
After the Parks, Recreation and Tourism Committee recommended a total to fund tourism grants, the City Council approved the lump-sum figure recommended by the committee and separately approved a list of individual awards; the council also approved funding for the Marietta Visitor Bureau, the Welcome Center lease and city marketing requests.
The City Council approved a tourism-grants package and a set of individual allocations after the Parks, Recreation and Tourism Committee forwarded a recommendation at its committee meeting.
At the committee meeting members discussed how to divide a tourism grants pool and whether to hold some funds in reserve for large events (the committee discussed the upcoming Club World Cup, an All-Star Game and July Fourth weekend). Committee members recommended a lump-sum total and asked staff to present the item at a special-called council meeting that same evening.
At the special-call meeting the council voted to approve the lump-sum amount recommended by the committee (read during the meeting as “$9.43 $1.70” in the record). The motion to approve the total passed on a…
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