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Commissioners offset park fee for veterans’ Balloon Festival after hearing nonprofit’s volunteer improvements
Summary
Representatives of AlcoVets said they had repaired roads, improved power and done volunteer improvements at Cedar Rock Park while staging the county’s Balloon Festival; after debate about policy fairness and county costs, commissioners voted 3–2 to offset the $4,000 park fee with documentation of improvements.
Alamance County commissioners on Sept. 3 agreed to offset a $4,000 park‑use fee for a veterans nonprofit staging a Balloon Festival at Cedar Rock Park, after hearing a lengthy presentation about the festival’s programming, volunteer improvements to park infrastructure and the nonprofit’s veterans outreach work.
AlcoVets representatives described the festival as a multi‑day…
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