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Botanic Garden Advisory Board: Attendance and revenue up as zoo prepares to receive a rhino; several staff vacancies remain
Summary
At the Aug. 6 Botanic Garden Advisory Board meeting, a staff member reported year-to-date zoo attendance of 132,374 and earned revenue above $1.1 million; the board heard updates on staffing gaps, a rhino transfer planned for September, and several ongoing capital projects.
At its Aug. 6 meeting, the Botanic Garden Advisory Board heard that zoo attendance and earned revenue are up for the year and that the facility is preparing to accept a rhino this fall.
Speaker 3 (staff member) told the board that June attendance was about 22,000 and July was 21,600, bringing the year-to-date total to 132,374. "We're on track to not only, meet our budget number, but it hopefully exceed it," Speaker 3 said, reporting $163,800 in gross revenue for July and noting earned revenue for the year has topped $1.1…
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