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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024 12 31 PDN JC grants $800K in lodging taxJeerson County grants $800K in lodging tax Visitor center, historical society among applicants By Elijah Sussman Tuesday, December 31, 2024 1:30am ❙NEWS COUNTY COMMISSION JEFFERSON COUNTY PORT TOWNSEND — The Board of Jeerson County Commissioners approved almost $800,000 in funding for organizations seeking to boost the tourism economy. Organizations went through a request-for-proposal process with the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) before they were approved by the county commissioners. Groups awarded grants for next year include: • Olympic Peninsula Culinary Loop Tourism Association: $17,100 for promotion of culinary and agricultural tourism on the Olympic Peninsula, print and digital marketing and administrative expenses. • Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center: $140,500 for osite marketing, payroll, administrative costs and utilities. • Forks Chamber of Commerce: $61,297 for stang of visitor centers in Forks and Kalaloch, tourism marketing, and costs for shipping and distributing maps. • Jeerson County Historical Society: $84,550 for the partial funding of two employees, a programs manager and a marketing director. • Jeerson County Farmers Market: $24,214 for print media advertising, local and regional digital media, social media marketing, video production, live event music, a Chimacum Farmers Market site manager, market administrator, kids activities and payroll taxes. • North Hood Canal Chamber of Commerce: $50,000 for advertising, wages, insurance, administrative expenses, travel and accounting fees. • Jeerson County Parks and Recreation: $50,000 for improvements to Lake Leland, Quilcene and Upper and Lower Oak Bay campgrounds, utilities, skilled sta and expenses associated with the website. • Peninsula Trails Coalition: $35,700 for revegetation projects, a Stihl weed wacker, portable bathroom rentals, signage, fencing work and safety features. • Public Facilities District Seed Funding: $20,000 for seed funding needed to establish a public utilities district for an aquatic center. • Quilcene Fair & Parade Association: $10,000 for physical and digital marketing, event expenses including entertainment and rentals, a sanitation station, large tents and mini golf. • Quilcene Historical Museum: $91,500 for promotion and marketing, maintenance and operations, lawn services, utilities and administrative expenses. • Quimper Events Collective: $28,500 for advertising in Washington and Oregon along the Interstate 5 corridor, print and digital promotional materials, social media marketing, facility rentals and a regional networking brunch. • Olympic Peninsula Tourism Commission: $109,500 for annual marketing, spring and fall marketing campaigns and Olympic Peninsula tourism master plan support. • Wooden Boat Foundation: $45,000 for print advertising in magazines, on Washington State ferries, along the I-5 corridor, spanning from Portland, Ore., to Victoria, B.C. Money will pay for a contract for a van or minibus for the event, to transport attendees from osite locations to the Wooden Boat Festival. ________ Reporter Elijah Sussman can be reached by email at elijah.sussman@sequimgazette.com.