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CACVB oks community
funding requests
Published Tuesday, August 25
By L.A. Story
Staff Writer
Approval of several community funding requests were the main items of business conducted by the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors meeting last week.
The two largest amounts the board approved funds for was $5,000 for the Verandah-Curlee House and $3,000 for the Hog Wild Festival.
The money for the Veranda-Curlee House was requested by Rosemary Williams on behalf of the Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission. The funds, according to the funding request, are to be used to match a Mississippi Certified Local Grant.
The grant money — which totals $10,152 — is intended to be used for planning restoration work at the historic home. The CLG grant, according to the application, is a federal grant distributed through the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. The CACVB board approved $5,000 of the matching funds.
The board also approved the $3,000 requested by Main Street Director Kelly Rinehart on behalf of Main Street Corinth for the Hog Wild Barbecue Festival. The festival is held annually on the first weekend of October. The established event has the potential for economic return for Corinth, according to Rinehart.
The board approved $1,500 toward a request by Greg Cooley on behalf of the Corinth Rotary Club for the Austin Shoe’s Run with Rotary 5K run event. The funding application requested $5,000, however several board members expressed a desire to exercise some funding restraint due to the fact that the run — which will take place the same weekend as Hog Wild — is an inaugural event.
The board approved a request for $520 made by managing director, Tommy Ledbetter, on behalf of Corinth-Theatre-Arts for theatre sign boards. A $26,000 funding request by director Todd Witt, on behalf of the Corinth/Alcorn County Parks and Recreation, was tabled by the board until further notice. The request was made for the installation of new fencing for the pavilion playground area.
The board tabled the issue of officer elections pending the outcome of board appointments.
After a general report of other upcoming events and other minor items of business the board adjourned after setting the next meeting date for Sept. 15.
