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Groves Council approves $22,000 in hotel-occupancy-tax funds to pursue Guinness World Record certification for pecan sculpture
Summary
The Groves City Council on Oct. 27 approved $22,000 in hotel-occupancy-tax funds to help the Groves Pecan Festival secure Guinness World Records certification and a related media package.
The Groves City Council on Oct. 27 approved $22,000 in hotel-occupancy-tax funds to help the Groves Pecan Festival secure Guinness World Records (GWR) certification and a related media package. The council approved the request by motion and recorded aye votes from the mayor, the mayor pro tem, and council members who were present.
The festival—s presenter (Miss Cruz, staff/organizer) told council the $22,000 would pay for the GWR package that includes application support, an on-site GWR adjudicator to verify and announce the record, rights to use GWR branding for promotion, one promotional video and up to 1,000 printed items, plus a local media buy. Festival organizers said they would cover the adjudicator—s travel…
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