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Grove City council amends 2026 budget to fully fund Visit Grove City, hold Career Academy funding and cut CARES pilot money
Summary
Council moved several budget amendments during a November public budget review: it appropriated $650,000 to the Grove City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, reduced Southwestern Career Academy funding to $100,000 pending further reporting, removed a proposed $75,000 CARES pilot allotment and eliminated Council part‑time salary dollars.
Grove City Council on the evening reviewed the administration’s proposed 2026 budget and approved several targeted amendments that reshape how tourism and certain community programs will be funded next year.
The council voted to appropriate $650,000 to the Grove City Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (Visit Grove City), a change members said would restore predictable funding for destination marketing while allowing the council to build a grant program to distribute remaining hotel‑bed‑tax dollars to other local groups. Finance chair Holt moved the amendment; it passed after debate about the statute that governs bed‑tax distributions and earlier practice of allocating portions to the chamber and small nonprofit recipients.
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