Robinson City Council Hands Out Tourism Money

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(Robinson) — The Robinson City Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement with the County as well as the annual appropriations ordinance during last nights meeting. The agreement with the county is aimed at expanding the Enterprise Zone so that Kennedy Auto Care in Palestine can build a new facility. The Crawford County Board will vote on the issue Thursday during their meeting. In other business eight tourism applications were approved totaling more than eight nine thousand dollars. You can see the breakdown of those applications below. Finally last night Robinson Police Chief Chad Weaver announced that a $15,000 grant from the Mary Heath Foundation was received for the purpose of helping to purchase squad car cameras.

The Heath Harvest Festival — $5,000

Crawford County Fair — $1,000

Oblong Hootenanny — $500

Oblong Antique Tractor and Engine Show — $3,000

Palestine Wine and Arts Festival — $1,500

Robison City Pool/Pelican Cove — $68,563.26

Quail Creek Pro AM — $5,000

4th of July Celebration — $5,000