• The Cincinnati Zoo Levy is a renewal and an increase, at .46 for a five-year period (2009-2013).
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Zoo
Economic
Impact Study
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The Levy will cost the owner of a $100,000 home $9.44 per year, an increase of $1.78 over the current levy rate being applied. During the first year of our current levy, which was approved in 2003, the cost for the owner of a $100,000 home was $9.12 per year.
• The Levy will raise approximately $36.3 Million for the Zoo over the course of the five year period.
• The Levy generates approximately 23% of the Zoo’s annual budget.
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2008
Zoo Levy Issue 17
Fact Sheet
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Levy funds are used solely for the care and feeding of Zoo animals, horticulture and maintenance of Zoo facilities.

Zoo Levy Campaign History:
• 1982: .25 mills Result: 60% in favor
• 1986: .35 mills Result: 68% in favor
• 1992: .45 mills Result: 62% in favor
• 1997: .7 mills Result: 46% in favor (lost)
• 1998: .42 mills Result: 57% in favor
• 2003: .4 mills Result: 66% in favor
• 2008: .46 mills Result: tbd

Paid for by Friends of the Zoo, Stuart Dornette, Treasurer, 3400 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
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