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The Galveston Park Board of Trustees today voted unanimously to contract with Preferred Destinations of Upper Malboro, Maryland to represent Galveston in the Washington, D.C., Chicago and national marketplace; at a fee of $1,000 per month, or $12,000 annually. The park board voted to appoint Mike Bigelow to th eTourism Advisory Committee. The park board approved a resolution in support of the Galveston County Coastal Federal Legislative Agenda for 2005. Dr. Tom Linton of Texas A&M University asked the park board to support an initiative to seek a grant to restore the Big Reef Interpretive Trail. Listen Download "We are not here to ask you for money," Linton said, explaining that funds are available from the National Fish and Wildlife Service and other federal sources. "We just want y'alls blessing to move forward," agreed TAMU graduate student Michael Lee. "This is a huge, huge birding area." Linton said he will work with park board staff to develop the program. Hyperlinks will work if this document is read Online
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