Same source as previous post.
Ted Davis' move to help the aquarium comes right alongside his efforts to secure funds for the adjacent Fort Fisher State Historic Site. The Civil War fort is currently in the midst of a $22 million renovation project, which includes a new visitors center that is funded by the state.
Phase 2 of the project will include reconstruction of part of the fort and cost roughly $3.57 million, with the Friends of Fort Fisher (to which I belong) contributing $1 million toward the project. (The reconstructed area will be that part that was leveled for construction of an airstrip during World War II.)
Davis has submitted a bill that would have the state provide $2.9 million to help finance the next stage of the fort's renovations. That bill, HB 297, is currently in the House Appropiations Committee where it has been since March 8.
Davis notes that Fort Fisher is the most popular historic site in the state.
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