County Supervisors Approve $75,000 for Marion Amphitheater

Update:

The Linn County Board of Supervisors approved $75,000 towards Marion's   Wednesday morning. 

Supervisor Brent Oleson said the county will dole out $18,750 over four years. The funds will come from the county's economic development fund.

The request was accepted with a slight change, though, as supervisors agreed to give $18,750 over four years instead of $25,000 over three years, which still amounts to $75,000.

Original Story:

Marion’s former Mayor Vic Klopfenstein approached the Linn County Supervisors Monday for matching funds for the  Amphitheater.

The request was for $25,000 per year over a three year period from the county’s $200,000 economic development fund. Klopfenstein told the board that the county money would go towards matching money with local donors.

Linn County supervisors control the purse strings on the fund, and, they seemed fairly pleased by the proposition, according to the Gazette.

"Being able to leverage what we give them is very important," said Linn County Supervisor Ben Rogers. "We look at the merit of the project that’s proposed, and we take a lot of things into consideration."

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