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Virginia city soliciting donations for kiosk

Virginia's Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. is attempting to raise $5,000 for a kiosk that will advertise businesses, events, major attractions and wayfinding to shops and restaurants for visitors in the city of Waynesboro.

August 22, 2014

Virginia's Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. is attempting to raise $5,000 for a kiosk that will advertise businesses, events, major attractions and wayfinding to shops and restaurants for visitors in the city of Waynesboro.

The campaign spans the month of August, but has had little success, as the project has only drawn $710 in donations, according to an article in the Augusta Free Press. Although the project has generally received positive feedback, residents wonder why the city has failed to provide the rest of the funding.

WDD had hoped to gather crowdfunding instead of depending on city finances, and the article speculates that the failure to raise money is due to residents' expectations that the city will step in and rescue the project.