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Tourism board
chooses new officers
Published Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009
By L.A. Story
Staff Writer
The Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau nominated and elected a new chair and vice-chair as part of the September meeting of its Board of Directors.
Set to soon begin their duties as the new officers for the CACVB Board are Chris Porterfield, serving as chair, and Jason Grisham, soon serving as the new vice-chair; and Glennan Grady was elected to remain seated as the board's secretary/treasurer. The elected officers will officially take on their new duties beginning Oct 1.
In other major items of business, the board approved funding requests from area organizations. The first approval was $1,000 made by the Friends of the Curlee House for the spring Corinth Home and Garden Tours to benefit the Verandah-Curlee house.
CACVB director, Kristy White, said that last year's event was "quite successful" and that she had been informed that over 1,000 tickets had been sold for that event. She went on to say she knew that 42% of those who attended were from outside of Corinth.
The board approved $2,250 for a funding request for the landscape maintenance of shared downtown properties made by the CARE Advisory Board. Board member Jason Grisham suggested the funds be pulled from the Crossroads Museum budget and it was later noted that the museum's outdoor maintenance is included in the maintenance the funds will pay for. The board approved $750 requested by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to help with expenses incurred for the upcoming Personal Treasures event to take place at the Corinth Public Library on Oct. 15-16.
White noted the MDAH had invested a lot in the local community LINK: The Health Communities-Healthy Youth Initiative of Corinth and Alcorn County requested $450 to be used to provide lunches for community volunteers assisting with programs for Corinth and Alcorn County public school students during LINK's Heritage Festival Activities taking place Oct. 6 and Oct. 30.
The board approved the funds.
After several other minor items of business, the board adjourned until their next session set for Oct. 20.
