The Evansville Convention and Visitors Bureau is pledging a $300,000 dollar grant to help build a carousel and aviary at the Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden.
The Courier & Press reportsthe board of commissioners at the CVB voted to award the matching grant. The money comes from the city’s "innkeeper" or hotel-motel tax. The zoo will have to raise $300,000 on its own to receive the grant.
The project has an overall price tag of $3 million dollars and is expected to open sometime in 2016.
Around 175,000 people visit the Mesker Park Zoo each year.