Tourism requested funds from Jamestown\/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) for $25,000 to conduct a feasibility study<\/a> for the possible major cultural attraction in Jamestown. \u00a0JSDC will bring the request to the city and county for approval.\u00a0 Searle said the development entities will meet with state officials concerning the financial support of the state.<\/p>\nThe Tourism Grant Board, approved Tourism acting as fiscal agent for the next step in the Apogee project.<\/p>\n
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With Grant Requests, Frontier Village large projects were updated, including, materials for volunteer labor.<\/p>\n
Also discussed was painting the large building.<\/p>\n
Frontier Village \u00a0requested\u00a0 $10,700 for repairs needed related to a survey of the property deficiencies by the North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund and help from the City of Jamestown, with the work to be done this summer.\u00a0 Searle Swedlund pointed out specific projects that are planned. Those include replacing a section of deck, and repairing other sections.\u00a0 The cost is estimated at $5,000.\u00a0 He added electrical issues will be reviewed by an electrician.\u00a0 The slide in the play area was removed, and the toy horse area will need attention.\u00a0 Gravel will be added in front of the Depot, replacement of railings will be done.\u00a0 The plan will be presented to the NDIRF for review. \u00a0General painting will be performed with some of the work being performed by city staff as they become available.\u00a0 Other funding is $12,090 from Stutsman County.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that the General Store is in major disrepair, along with the church, and the depot.<\/p>\n
The Grant\/Executive Board agreed with Searle to table for a month.\u00a0 He added that tourism needs to look at the value of buildings relative the visitors experience at the Village.<\/p>\n
With the Grant Request Allocation the board voted to fund the full amount of the request at $10,700.<\/p>\n
Then, the Board voted appropriating up to $5,000 to locate resources to put the plan together.<\/p>\n
Searle noted that The Frontier Village\u2019s 501c3 non-profit organization application is pending, with the board agreeing to a non-profit status within the reorganization of a Frontier Village Association Board of Directors.\u00a0 He said The City of Jamestown is working with Tourism \u00a0for direction and support.<\/p>\n
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING BUSINESS ALSO INCLUDED:<\/strong><\/p>\nNo Declaration of Conflict of Interest was made.<\/p>\n
The Financial Report was given by Treasurer Taylor Barnes and was approved by the Board.<\/p>\n
During the Tourism Report Searle Swedlund addressed the deficit, and the water trail project is be worked on with Jamestown Parks and Recreation.<\/p>\n
Ex-Officio Reports: None was given.<\/p>\n
OLD BUSINESS<\/strong><\/p>\nDraft of the\u00a0 New Event Grant Guidelines was discussed, in the areas of:\u00a0 Annual Event Guidelines,<\/p>\n
New event and Event Enhancement, and Tournament and Races.\u00a0 The Board voted to forward the draft to the full board for approval.<\/p>\n
Previously…<\/p>\n
Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 The Jamestown Tourism Grant\/Executive Board meeting agenda for Thursday July 16 includes funding for the planned Buffalo City Park at Frontier Village.<\/p>\n
On the agenda is discussion for a Contract for Apogee Attractions and a feasibility study for the planned Buffalo City Park \u00a0attraction that is\u00a0 based on a buffalo theme potentially expanding Frontier Village.<\/p>\n
Also on the agenda is a grant request for repairs at Frontier Village that are needed related to a survey of the property by the North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund and help from the City of Jamestown, with the work to be done this summer.<\/p>\n
The Board will also consider the Draft of the\u00a0 New Event Grant Guidelines in the areas of:\u00a0 Annual Event Guidelines, including New event and Event Enhancement, and Tournament and Races events.<\/p>\n
The meeting will be held virtually utilizing the Zoom platform, to observe social distancing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The Jamestown Tourism Grant\/ Executive Board meeting was held Thursday at 11:30-a.m., via Zoom to observe social distancing. Those in attendance: Board members, Paulette Ritter, Frank Balak, \u00a0\u00a0Tena Lawrence, and Taylor Barnes. Tena Lawrence chaired the meeting in the absence of President Matthew Woods. Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203669","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\/203669","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=203669"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203757,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203669\/revisions\/203757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/127053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}