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Cherokee County TDA approves marketing ads and community grants, funds half of inclusive play area
Summary
At its Sept. 8 meeting, the Cherokee County Tourism Development Authority unanimously approved several marketing ads and community grants, including $24,877.50 (described as half the requested amount) toward an inclusive play area at Konehete Veterans Park.
The Cherokee County Tourism Development Authority voted unanimously Sept. 8 to approve several advertising purchases and community grants, including partial funding for a new inclusive play area at Konehete Veterans Park.
Board member Steve Dickey moved to approve the Travel Taste and Tour Winter/Spring advertisement (Option 3) at a cost of $2,750; the motion was seconded by board member Mike Shiedy and approved unanimously by the five members present. Cal Stiles moved to purchase a half-page (right-side) ad with Blue Ridge Craft Trails for $830; Hank Parker Jr. seconded and the motion carried unanimously. The board also approved a $3,000 payment to the Andrews Garden Club for a tree beautification project after a motion by Cal Stiles and a second from Hank Parker Jr.
On a separate motion, Hank Parker Jr. moved to approve $24,877.50 — recorded in the minutes as half of the requested amount — to support an Inclusive Play Area for children ages 2–5 at Konehete Veterans Park, a request submitted on behalf of Cherokee County Community Connections. Cal Stiles seconded; the board approved the payment unanimously.
The meeting was called to order by Joan Posey at 4:00 p.m. at the Murphy Visitor Center. The agenda and multiple sets of minutes (including an amended August set and minutes from July 14) were approved by unanimous votes earlier in the session. Director Casey Kerr was listed among those present. The board adjourned following the new-business votes; Steve Dickey moved to adjourn, Cal Stiles seconded and the vote was unanimous.
Votes at a glance • Travel Taste and Tour Winter/Spring ad (Option 3) — $2,750; mover: Steve Dickey; second: Mike Shiedy; outcome: approved unanimously (5–0). • Blue Ridge Craft Trails half-page ad — $830; mover: Cal Stiles; second: Hank Parker Jr.; outcome: approved unanimously (5–0). • Andrews Garden Club tree beautification — $3,000; mover: Cal Stiles; second: Hank Parker Jr.; outcome: approved unanimously (5–0). • Inclusive Play Area, Konehete Veterans Park — $24,877.50 (described as half of the requested amount); mover: Hank Parker Jr.; second: Cal Stiles; outcome: approved unanimously (5–0).
The minutes were signed with a clerk notation (casey keng) dated Oct. 13, 2025, and an approval notation for SahaB.Daley. The minutes do not list the full requested amount for the inclusive play area nor provide further detail on the source of TDA funds to cover the grants and ads.
