NEXT MEETING: THURSDAY, February 16, 2006, at 6:00 P.M.,
Dunbar Cave State Natural Area VISITOR CENTER
MEETING TOPICS
Audio Visual Room
Cave Gate
Video Production
Preparation for “Spring Fling” April 8
NEWS
We are happy with the news that the budget request for $250,000 to update the interpretive center at DCSNA has left the governor’s desk. The governor’s budget request will most likely be approved by the House and Senate.
There was a great write-up on the front page of the Leaf Chronicle a week or so ago concerning the interpretive center.
Audio visual room:
The state has officially declared that $20,000 can be spent on the audio visual room which is carryover money left from other programs that did not utilize the money.
Cave Gate:
The steel has been ordered and we’re waiting for an exact date for construction.
State Tax Dollar Appropriations
Here is a list of where the state is spending money for parks this year.
The projects for Tennessee State Parks in the proposed capital appropriations budget include: CAPITAL OUTLAYS- Montgomery Bell - Replace Pro Shop & Restrooms * $1,835,000- Cordell Hull Birthplace - Artifact Storage Facility * $350,000- New Johnsonville State Park - Welcome Center * $445,000- David Crockett State Park - New Cabins * $2,250,000- Carter House - New Visitors Center * $1,250,000 (TN Historical Commission) CAPITAL MAINTENANCE- Montgomery Bell State Park City Sewer Connection * $865,000- Booker T. Washington Group Camp and Lodge Upgrade * $955,000- Cumberland Mt. State Park Site/Building Upgrades * $820,000- Reelfoot Lake State Park Inn Upgrades * $885,000- Dunbar Cave Natural Area Exhibits Renovation * $250,000- Radnor Lake Natural Area Exhibits Upgrade * $260,000- Sycamore Shoals Historic Park Exhibits Upgrade * $575,000- Pickwick Landing State Park ADA Upgrade * $635,000- Pickwick Landing State Park Marina Upgrade * $3,425,000- Henry Horton State Park Pro Shop Upgrade * $935,000
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Friends of Dunbar Cave, Inc. Mail to: FODC, c/o
Ron Hunter, Treasurer, P.O. Box 254, Clarksville, TN 37041
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