Election
Residents vote in favor of Roanoke’s $62M bond for convention center
May 3 election results
55.79% voted in favor of the bond, while 44.21% of voters were against it. Key:
Against the bond For the bond
a parking garage located east of city hall, Roanoke city officials said. The convention center will be owned by the city and leased to the hotel owner, according to previous Community Impact reporting. The project will include conference rooms, meeting rooms, a ballroom, the hotel entrance, hotel amenities and a restaurant. “It is going to bring so much more business into our community with the convention center and a boutique hotel,” Women in Successful Entrepre- neurship president Diana Smith said, who is also on the Roanoke Planning and Zoning Committee. “The patrons will go down Oak Street and all of our businesses in Roanoke and it will really help them [and] make Roanoke grow. It’s going to be fantastic for our area.”
Roanoke’s $62 million bond for building a new convention center has passed following the May 3 election, according to results from Tarrant and Denton counties. “We’ve been working on this project for so many years,” Roanoke Mayor Scooter Gierisch said. “It will foster community spirit and economic growth, and I’d like to take the opportunity to thank the community for voting.” What happened The majority of votes came from Denton County residents, with only one Tarrant County voter casting their ballot against the bond, according to the counties’ election websites. While the convention center was the only piece included in the bond election, the full project includes a privately owned and funded hotel and
440 votes
554 votes
994 total votes
SOURCES: TARRANT COUNTY, DENTON COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
The funding The bond will not increase property taxes for citizens since city officials expect the convention center to pay for itself using sales tax produced from the project.
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