Norco Executive Lamont McClure is inviting county municipalities and nonprofits to apply for grants from a pot of around $400,000 in hotel tax revenue that should be available for distribution this year. This money is collected from a hotel room rental tax of 4% on hotel guests, to be used for tourism and community development initiatives. Some of the money must go to the tourism bureau, which in turn helps fund Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. But there still is about $400,000 left.
This money is awarded only to municipalities or federally registered 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) nonprofit. There must be a showing that the project for which money is sought will promote tourism or community development and be completed by the end of next year.
Like the DaVinci bug farm.
Hotel Tax Grants are awarded through a competitive process and distributed at the discretion of County Council, based on the recommendations of a Hotel Tax Review Committee. Grant awards announcements are expected to be announced December 2019.
Interested organizations must submit a 2019 Hotel Tax Funding Request using the application form available by visiting the Community and Economic Development section of the Northampton County website: www.northamptoncounty.org. Applicants are required to register with the Northampton County Department of Community and Economic Development's County Relationship Manager (CRM) and submit electronic applications through the web.
The application process opens Monday, April 15, 2019 at 8:30 A.M. The deadline is set for Friday, June 14, 2019 at 4:00 P.M.
Program inquiries should be directed to:
Northampton County Department of Community and Economic Development
Tina Smith
610-829-6310
tsmith@northamptoncounty.org
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Thursday, April 11, 2019
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And no church steeple repair grants will be accepted..Mr. Dowd!
ReplyDeleteEmperor McClure will use it as a photo op. County Council will do what they are told.
ReplyDeleteMr. O'Hare, will Lehigh University and the cuddle professor be seeking funds for there downgrade of macuilinity? The male participants are encouraged that arrousal is natural. There must have been a study meeting in bedlums community center a few weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteThis has now become a colledge cridt course and grades are made on the amount of colors the rainbow unikorns have shooting out participants asses. 6:27 seems to be a very close runner up for a A+ in this accredited class.
McClure the Northampton County trump. He stomps around giving orders and threatening if he doesn't get his way. Help Gracedale and the addicts. Is it true he is blackballing Revolutions? Open minds need not apply.
ReplyDeleteAccording to word in the halls.
Lehigh University received more ARRA funding than either County. They now own a large chunk of land in an Opportunity Zone. Not sure how that area qualified as a disadvantage census tract. Other areas could have been served better.
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