With a $6,000 donation from the Rotary Club of Friendswood, the city of Friendswood could start showing movies in its parks this summer.
City Council already has approved spending $3,500 to buy an inflatable screen measuring 15 feet by 20 feet, a projector, and other equipment needed to show the films.
The city owns a sound system that can be used for the showings, said James Toney, the city’s director of community services.
“This is awesome,” said Mayor David Smith, a rotary club member, who is the organization’s current treasurer. “I’m loving the possibilities.”
Funding for the venture originally was presented as part of the city’s current 2008-09 budget, Toney said. But City Council ended up cutting the money prior to its approval of the budget.
“It’s always been something on the back burner that council supported,” Toney said. “We just didn’t have the funds to add it into this year’s budget.”
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