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LOGAN, Utah (AP) -- The Cache County Council has awarded $1.8 million in restaurant tax revenue to several groups in the area, including more than $200,000 for the Utah Festival Opera Company.
Other awards include:
- $124,016 for Logan's Northwest Park
- $107,892 for Willow Park Zoo
- $92,853 for the bond payment on the Eccles Ice Center.
County Councilman Craig Petersen says they had requests for $4.7 million.
The money comes from the Recreation, Arts, Parks and Zoo Tax. It is a one-tenth of 1 percent sales tax, which is paid on everything sales tax is traditionally paid on except for food. The Restaurant Tax is a 1 percent tax on prepared food.
The opera company got $135,000 for its 2010 festival and education programs and $105,000 for marketing outside Cache Valley.
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Information from: The Herald Journal
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