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Old 02-05-2023, 07:50 AM
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The info below is from 2020 and not current but good information.

If we did not get these funds, cleaning would be the least of our worries. Amenity fees would go up. Also, as I understand, the businesses in the squares pay high leasing costs for the buildings...
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Expressing optimism that life soon may return to normal, Sumter County commissioners this week approved $461,100 in tourism grants for events during the next fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

The money comes from the Tourism Development Tax and the grants were recommended by the Sumter County Tourism Council.

The largest grant was $120,000 to The Villages for nightly entertainment on the Lake Sumter and Brownwood town squares. Spanish Springs town square is in Lake County.
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