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O'Fallon CVB approves 2026 budget placeholders for festivals, marketing and monuments
Summary
At its Aug. 27 meeting the O'Fallon Convention and Visitors Bureau approved several 2026 budget allocations and placeholders including $5,000 for the Rail District Festival, $3,500 for historic-preservation brochures, $15,000 for Mid America Veterans Museum marketing, a $10,000 sports-tourism shuttle placeholder, $25,000 for a marketing audit, $50,000 for a Space Force monument, and $30,000 for mobile event data; projected year-end balance is $1,000,758.
The O'Fallon Convention and Visitors Bureau voted Aug. 27 to include a series of event- and marketing-related allocations and placeholders in its proposed 2026 budget.
Board members approved a $5,000 allocation to support marketing for the Rail District Festival, which drew about 2,000 attendees in 2024, and a $3,500 allocation to help the Historic Preservation Commission leverage a federal grant to produce an 8-panel brochure and related educational materials about O'Fallon's history. Historic Preservation representative Rick Dodson said the commission plans a staggered distribution and an educational rollout for schools and community sites; Dodson said the commission had estimated a print run of 18,000 brochures and invited the CVB to review a draft before…
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