Cuban Club may get restoration funding; Jackson House and Italian Club may not
Tampa Cuban Club.
The House and Senate have included restoration funding for the historic
Tampa Cuban Club in the chambers’ latest budget offers, but, at half the requested amount.
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But, with tighter purse strings this year, both the House and Senate have opted to
allocate only $600,000 to the restoration project half of the anticipated cost. According to the funding requests, the state would bear the entirety of the estimated cost, with no other funding source listed for the specified renovations.
Tampa Bay lawmakers have unsuccessfully requested money for the