The Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau board is considering using $591,925 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to cover its next two years of marketing and advertising spending.
After reviewing records that showed the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau had exceeded its marketing budget by more than $66,000, the organization’s board voted Tuesday to halt all future marketing and advertising spending without special board approval.
MSU fans flock to Starkville for first Super Bulldog Weekend since before pandemic Mike Juckes, of Houston, cuts some sausage in the Left Field Lounge during the Mississippi State and Ole Miss baseball game. The game is one of several events to make up the first Super Bulldog Weekend since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Micah Green/Special to The Dispatch
Mississippi State fans overlook the end of an inning during the Bulldogs’ 9-0 loss to Ole Miss Saturday. Ole Miss and Mississippi State have each won one contest in the three-game series. Micah Green/Special to The Dispatch