Marion's Former Mayor Pitches Lowe Park Amphitheater for County Dollars

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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