Remember the Grand Prix race that Boston will host Labor Day weekend 2016? Now that the Olympics furor has settled down, the Grand Prix race is getting some traction, but it might not be entirely funded with private money as previously stated.
From the article:
“Organizers for the Boston Grand Prix, represented by the same political insiders who had a major role in the Boston 2024 Olympics bid, have been quietly meeting with state and quasi-public agencies to hammer out contracts to tap public resources for the event, officials told the Herald.
The race through the city’s expensive waterfront district was initially billed by race officials and Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s administration as “privately-funded,” but now some state agencies and the event organizers are not ruling out public assistance.
“We’re still negotiating,” said Kate Norton, spokeswoman for the Grand Prix and a former Walsh aide, whose consulting firm, CK Strategies, was a key player for the disastrous Olympic bid. “Some of these roads are under state jurisdiction.”
(https://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/09/race_could_cost_taxpayers_big)
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