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House committee advances bill to enable P3 development at Burnside Island State Park
Summary
The House Standing Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment voted to pass House Bill 808, which would enable a public-private partnership to develop lodging and visitor amenities at Burnside Island State Park; the sponsor said the measure grew from local coalition work and includes a committee sub and a fiscal note.
The House Standing Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment on Wednesday passed House Bill 808 as amended, advancing a measure that would authorize a public-private partnership (P3) to develop lodging and visitor amenities at Burnside Island State Park.
Representative Ken Upchurch, sponsor of HB 808, told the committee the bill "is a culmination of a lot of work over several years, beginning locally, with Burnside, Pulaski County, and a lot of the coalition down there, called Dream Big Burnside," and described the proposal as intended to make Burnside Island "a tourist destination, as opposed to what we now have." He asked the committee to approve…
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