{
  "type": "alluvial",
  "title": "How $20,000 in unused study money reached the trails",
  "unit": "usd",
  "caption": "Half of a $40,000 state grant paid for the Thompson Ditch Trail study; the unused half was returned and reappropriated to Ray Park and the Riley Trail.",
  "source": {
    "label": "Terre Haute City Council, 2026-04-02 — Roll call: 7 present, 2 absent",
    "href": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9hy0CgsX4c&t=54"
  },
  "alt": "A $40,000 state grant splits into $20,000 used for the Thompson Ditch Trail study and $20,000 unspent. The unspent $20,000 flows into the Ray Park and Riley Trail budget after a unanimous council vote.",
  "dataTable": {
    "columns": [
      "From",
      "To",
      "Amount"
    ],
    "records": [
      [
        "State grant",
        "Thompson Ditch Trail study",
        20000
      ],
      [
        "State grant",
        "Unspent and returned",
        20000
      ],
      [
        "Unspent and returned",
        "Ray Park / Riley Trail",
        20000
      ]
    ]
  },
  "stages": [
    "State grant",
    "Initial use",
    "Reappropriated"
  ],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "grant",
      "stage": "State grant",
      "label": "$40,000 grant"
    },
    {
      "id": "study",
      "stage": "Initial use",
      "label": "Thompson Ditch study"
    },
    {
      "id": "returned",
      "stage": "Initial use",
      "label": "Unused half returned"
    },
    {
      "id": "trails",
      "stage": "Reappropriated",
      "label": "Ray Park + Riley Trail"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    {
      "from": "grant",
      "to": "study",
      "value": 20000,
      "label": "used"
    },
    {
      "from": "grant",
      "to": "returned",
      "value": 20000,
      "label": "unspent"
    },
    {
      "from": "returned",
      "to": "trails",
      "value": 20000,
      "label": "reappropriated"
    }
  ],
  "footnote": "The appropriation passed unanimously; seven members were present and two absent.",
  "theme": "default"
}