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Preserve to get bed tax funds

Members of the Manatee County Tourist Development Council are extending a helping hand to the city of Holmes Beach with $41,200 in bed tax funds to expand the trails and educational signage in Grassy Point Preserve. Holmes Beach commissioners voted unanimously to accept the funding, which Mayor Judy Titsworth said the city has two years to spend. Before work can begin on the paths, she added that some environmental work will need to be done at the site to determine what the best, least invasive course of action will be to expand public access to the passive park.