Texarkana 批出 117.8 万美元 2027 年旅游补助：38 份申请全票通过
位于阿肯色州 Miller County 的 Texarkana 市广告与推广委员会（A&P Commission）10月20日举行约六小时会议，从38份申请中批出总计117.8万美元的2027年度旅游补助，六名委员以6比0全票通过。市公园与休闲部获得总额最高的25.7万美元（两份申请）；Intense Lineberry Productions 公司获21.15万美元，用于举办四场演唱会与一场烧烤大赛；Texarkana Arkansas 棒球协会获13.65万美元，用于 Ed Worrell 公园项目。35频道业主 Wes Crenshaw 申请约7.8万美元用于信号塔租赁与牌照费用，未获资助。
评审方式为六名委员各自为每份申请打分，工作人员取平均值并按500美元向上取整，原始平均总额为1,171,666.67美元，取整后为117.8万美元。委员会主席 Ulysses Brewer 与委员 Meredith Mills、Ellen Holmes、Danny Jewell、George Dodson、Rachel Scott 共同投下赞成票。会上多名申请人被追问未按要求提交的财务报表，以及活动如何为阿肯色一侧酒店带来住客。该委员会经费来自对阿肯色一侧酒店与餐饮业征收的专项税。
Texarkana Approves $1.178 Million in 2027 Tourism Grants: All 38 Applications Decided in a 6-0 Vote
The Texarkana Advertising and Promotion Commission in Miller County, Arkansas, held a roughly six-hour meeting on Oct. 20 and approved a total of $1.178 million in 2027 tourism grants from 38 applications, with all six commissioners voting 6-0 in favor. The city Parks and Recreation Department received the largest total, $257,000 across two applications; Intense Lineberry Productions received $211,500 to stage four concerts and a barbecue contest; and the Texarkana Arkansas baseball association received $136,500 for the Ed Worrell park project. Channel 35 owner Wes Crenshaw's request for about $78,000 for tower rental and licensing fees was not funded.
Each commissioner scored every application; staff averaged the scores and rounded up to the nearest $500, bringing the raw average total of $1,171,666.67 to $1.178 million. Commission chair Ulysses Brewer and members Meredith Mills, Ellen Holmes, Danny Jewell, George Dodson and Rachel Scott all voted in favor. Several applicants were questioned about financial statements they had not submitted as required and about how their events would bring guests to hotels on the Arkansas side. The commission is funded by a dedicated tax on hotels and restaurants on the Arkansas side of the city.
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