{"id":109689,"date":"2016-10-25T14:09:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T19:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=109689"},"modified":"2016-10-26T09:31:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T14:31:20","slug":"jmst-tourism-funds-cap-construction-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=109689","title":{"rendered":"Tourism funds Capital Construction projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DiscoverLogoBrown\"Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 The Jamestown Tourism Grant\/Executive Board on Tuesday October 25, 2016, at Historic Franklin School, reviewed and determined the results of the Thursday, October 20, 2016 requests from entities, who have applied for funding under the City Promotion, Capital Construction Fund. <\/a><\/p>\n

Board members present were, Matt Woods, Mitzi Hager, Beth Dewald, Tanea Clocksene, and Janna Bergstedt.<\/p>\n

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Requests were received from:<\/p>\n

The Jamestown Arts Center, for a bike rack at the Hansen Arts Park, the Sensory Gardens, to be located at Solien-DeNault Park, National Buffalo Museum Video Room, 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse Exhibit Room.<\/p>\n

And from Frontier Village, funding for building upgrades.<\/p>\n

The board awarded Capital construction funds to:<\/p>\n

The 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse Committee:\u00a0 In the amount of $42,000, which the board felt would allow the Jury Room, restoration for a rotating exhibit space, to continue with the progress to be completed in time for next summer.\u00a0 The requested amount was $35,000.<\/p>\n

The board granted the National Buffalo Museum $10,000 for the video project.\u00a0 The requested amount was $21,320 toward the physical renovation of the existing building.<\/p>\n

The board also awarded $5,000 for the Sensory Garden\u2019s project for the concrete installation portion of the project.\u00a0 The dollars will be used for the concrete installation.<\/p>\n

The board said the Frontier Village may reapply for funds for consideration in the March 2017 round of Capital Construction Grants.<\/p>\n

There is now $23,000 left in the allocation for possible distribution in the March 2017 funding.<\/p>\n

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Also at that meeting the Grant\/Executive Board then heard Grant Requests concerning:<\/p>\n

A Fishing Tournament, Jamestown Rural Fire Department requested $4,500 for advertising for the February 18, 2017 Fishing Tournament, at Pelican Point, at Jamestown Reservoir.<\/p>\n

Raffle tickets are estimated to raise $115,000.<\/p>\n

The board voted to fund $4,000.<\/p>\n

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The Downtown Association\u00a0 is requesting $1,000 to support\u00a0 the 12th<\/sup> Annual, Holiday Dazzle on Main Parade. The board voted to grant the full amount requested.<\/p>\n

Sponsor amounts are put at $1,100, with parade entry fees estimated at $685.<\/p>\n

The economic impact is expected to at $100, 000.<\/p>\n

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The 5 Star Bucking Bull, organization that\u2019s putting on the Dual in the Dirt\u00a0 Bull Riding competition at the Jamestown \u00a0Civic Center, November 18-19, 2016, requested $9,500 for Finals Advertising.<\/p>\n

The board voted to grant $8,500.<\/p>\n

The Sponsor amount is $3,000, with rider entries at $13,000.<\/p>\n

The economic impact is estimated at $125,000.<\/p>\n

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Jordan Wilhelm spoke on behalf of the Dakota MotoCross, Jamestown Community Foundation, requesting\u00a0 $7,500\u00a0 the total costs for construction of new buildings at the local dirt track, including a flag stand at the finish line with and enclosed shed underneath.\u00a0 Also included is spectator decks, and rebuilding the tunnel under the track to the spectator area.<\/p>\n

Plans also include rebuilding the current spectator seating, build infield fencing, purchase a new PA system, repainting starting gates, and installing a new sign to display sponsors names.<\/p>\n

The work will start in the spring of 2017.<\/p>\n

The board voted to fund, up-front, $4,500, to start the prioritized projects.\u00a0 The board suggested that the organization apply for March funding from the Capital Construction Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 The Jamestown Tourism Grant\/Executive Board on Tuesday October 25, 2016, at Historic Franklin School, reviewed and determined the results of the Thursday, October 20, 2016 requests from entities, who have applied for funding under the City Promotion, Capital Construction Fund. Board members present were, Matt Woods, Mitzi Hager, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109689"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109727,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109689\/revisions\/109727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}