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Visitors grants to go toward Beatrice 'pocket park'....and non-profit food organization
4 Apr 2024
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Gage County officials have approved two more visitor improvement grants, funded by lodging tax revenue.
One is a project of the 18th class of Leadership Beatrice, to make use of a vacant space in downtown Beatrice, where a dilapidated building was demolished.
The $20,000 allocation will aid in developing what’s called Pioneer Place…in the empty space along the south side of the street, in the 400-block of Court.
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