Tourism
Clarke County Parks and Recreation Board: An organization providing public recreation facilities county-wide. Receives approximately $120,000 per year, funded by tobacco tax.
Project Examples
Southwest Alabama Birding Trail: Working with Linda Vice, regional tourism director, to complete gap between the Coastal Birding Trail and the Black Belt Birding and Heritage Trail.
Shooting Range: Collaborative effort with Auburn Extension Service and Dept of Conservation to develop shooting range for training
State Forestry Museum: Providing marketing and fund-raising assistance for museum development. This will be the only forestry museum in the State.
Project Examples
- City of Jackson: New tennis courts
- City of Thomasville: Gates Drive pavilion refurbishment
- City of Grove Hill: New fence for SP Hudson Park
- City of Fulton: Town Park
Southwest Alabama Birding Trail: Working with Linda Vice, regional tourism director, to complete gap between the Coastal Birding Trail and the Black Belt Birding and Heritage Trail.
- Alabama Power Foundation provided $25,000 seed money
- Boise provided $5,000
Shooting Range: Collaborative effort with Auburn Extension Service and Dept of Conservation to develop shooting range for training
- Police officers
- Recreational use
State Forestry Museum: Providing marketing and fund-raising assistance for museum development. This will be the only forestry museum in the State.
