West Memphis opened a $2.3 million shelter named for the Sechrests
With $1.7 million from Southland Casino Hotel, West Memphis cut the ribbon on the Carolyn and Ness Sechrest Animal Shelter and Adoption Center at the former Mid-South Greyhound Adoption Center.
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West Memphis cut the ribbon on the Carolyn and Ness Sechrest Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, Action News 5 reported. The project cost $2.3 million, and Southland Casino Hotel contributed $1.7 million.
The shelter stands on the site of the former Mid-South Greyhound Adoption Center. The dollar figures are the building budget and that gift. The ribbon-cutting is the opening, not a count of animals already adopted there.
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West Memphis, Arkansas, opened a new animal shelter and adoption center named for Carolyn and Ness Sechrest. The building cost $2.3 million. Southland Casino Hotel gave $1.7 million of that. The shelter sits where the Mid-South Greyhound Adoption Center used to be. A ribbon-cutting means the building is open for the city to use. The $2.3 million is the cost of the project, and the $1.7 million is the gift that covered most of it.
- What is a ribbon-cutting?
- Why does a city need a building just for animals waiting for homes?
- How is a gift of $1.7 million different from the whole $2.3 million cost?
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