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Board declines to cover full insurance for cycling tour

Mathews County supervisors last week refused to pay the full $687 for special event insurance for the upcoming Tour de Chesapeake, an annual bicycling event that draws hundreds of visitors to the county, but the board did agree during the meeting to offset the cost with a $300 contribution.

Linda Greve, director of the steering committee that organizes the biking tour, had asked the board to pay the cost of the insurance, which would list the Mathews County Visitor & Information Center, which is involved in planning for the tour; the Mathews Land Conservancy, which hosts many of the activities, and the county as the insured parties.

“I feel that it is an important and very inexpensive investment in tourism,” said Greve. “It brings a great deal of people into the county for the event and throughout the year.”

Supervisor Janine Burns said she loved the tour and thought it was terrific, but wanted to know if the committee didn’t have the money to take ...

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