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Commissioner Allen says county allocated $2 million in SPLOST to Cobb County Veterans Memorial
Summary
Commissioner Eric Allen explained a January vote to allocate an additional $2,000,000 in SPLOST funding to the Cobb County Veterans Memorial, citing inflation, fundraising shortfalls by the nonprofit partner and above-projection SPLOST revenues as reasons for the one-time allocation.
Commissioner Eric Allen told listeners that a January vote allocated an additional $2,000,000 in SPLOST funds to the Cobb County Veterans Memorial to bridge a funding gap created by inflation and fundraising challenges.
Allen said the memorial was initially a public–private project, but rising construction costs since 2022 made it harder for the nonprofit foundation to raise its share and complicated the legal fundraising structure after the project moved into…
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