Gaston County - File #: 19-414

• File #: 19-414
• Type: Resolution (Consent)
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/3/2019
• In control: Parks & Recreation
• On agenda: 10/22/2019
• Final action: 10/22/2019
• Enactment date: 10/22/2019
• Enactment #: 2019-291
• Title: Commissioner Chad Brown - Parks & Recreation - To Accept and Appropriate a NC Arts Council Grassroots Grant for the Purpose of Providing Entertainment for the Cotton Ginning Days Festival ($1,900; No County Funds)
• Sponsors: Chad Brown

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/22/2019	1	Board of Commissioners	approved	Pass

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Commissioner Chad Brown - Parks & Recreation - To Accept and Appropriate a NC Arts Council Grassroots Grant for the Purpose of Providing Entertainment for the Cotton Ginning Days Festival ($1,900; No County Funds)

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STAFF CONTACT

Cathy Hart - Parks & Recreation - 704-922-2162

BUDGET IMPACT
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The NC Arts Council Grassroots Grant will be used to fund entertainment for the Cotton Ginning Days Festival. 

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BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT

Grant funds will offset County expenses for the Cotton Ginning Days Festival. 

BACKGROUND

The 32^nd Annual Cotton Ginning Days Festival will be held on October 11-13, 2019.  The festival is sponsored by the Gaston Agricultural, Mechanical, and Textile Restoration Association (also known as GAMTRA) and Gaston County Parks and Recreation.  The event features an engine show, a fully operational cotton gin, 1890s Historic Village, crafts, food, and children’s activities.  The festival was created to celebrate and commemorate the history of the textile industry in Gaston County.  Cotton Ginning Days was selected as a Local Legacy by the United States Library of Congress in 2000.

POLICY IMPACT

N/A

ATTACHMENTS

Budget Change Request