House budget update
A few Guilford County projects took a hit in the House budget (and one got some help) this morning. The House Appropriations Committee is meeting to make changes to the spending plans before it gets sent to the House floor.
But first the standard disclaimer: ain't none of this finished and final until the conference budget gets done in June.
For those who wanted to visit the drag racing hall of fame, that line item was deleted. I'm thinking some appropriators thought that drag-racing might be redneck for "teapot."
The Greensboro Natural Science Center had been slated for $1 million in early versions of the budget. That got cut to $125,000. But the rest of that money stayed in Guilford County.
The $875,000 saved by cutting the Science Museum was transferred to the High Point Furniture Market to help it promote itself and compete with the new market in Las Vegas.
Funding for renovations at the Charlotte Hawkins Brown museum out in Sedalia was cut in half, but it still has $3.9 million in the budget.
And the committee continues to roll.
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