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Lake County approves South Shore CVA levy and new Gary Air Show fund amid questions on vendor recapture
Summary
The Lake County Council approved the South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority’s 2026 tax levy and proposed budget and created a separate Gary Air Show fund. Officials said the 2025 air show was privately sponsored and the new fund (about $550,000 budgeted) will be used for future air-show contracts; council members pressed for clearer hotel and vendor-economic metrics.
The Lake County Council on Nov. 1 approved the South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority’s proposed 2026 budget and tax levy and voted to create a new Gary Air Show fund, a move council members said will improve bookkeeping and keep sponsorship transactions separate from ongoing promotions spending.
South Shore CVA representatives told the council the air show was fully privately sponsored in 2025 and that the authority moved the event’s receipts and expenses into a separate fund to better track payments and contracts. Nicole Woolverton, the CVA’s chief financial officer, said the proposed 2026 allocation for the Gary Air Show is about $550,000 and that…
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