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"Ark Park" Could Get Help From Taxpayers

A state tourism board gave preliminary approval for up to $18 million in tax rebates for a proposed full-sized replica of Noah's Ark.

An independent consultant will now study the feasibility of the project and make a recommendation for the board to consider.

If approved, organizers could receive up to 25 percent of the $73 million anticipated cost of the project.  Organizers would receive the money over 10 years only after the ark is built and open to the public.  These funds would give the group enough money to begin building the Ark, which will be 510 feet long and 85 feet high and based on descriptions written in the Book of Genesis.  The ark is scheduled to open by the summer of 2016.