The Lewis County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) is accepting applications on behalf of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) for use of 2023 lodging tax funding.
The online application is available by visiting the BOCC’s web page at https://lewiscountywa.gov/offices/commissioners/tourism-promotion-funding-application/.
Applications are due by 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13. Late submissions will not be accepted. The LTAC volunteers will review the applications and suggest how to best distribute the lodging tax funding.
The grant funds can be used for:
• Tourism marketing
• Marketing and operations of special events and festivals designed to attract tourists
• Operations and capital expenditures of tourism-related facilities owned or operated by a municipality or a public facilities district, including repayment of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds for eligible capital projects
• Operations of tourism-related facilities owned or operated by nonprofit organizations (but not capital expenditures)
Entities that may apply for the lodging tax funding include:
• Convention and visitors’ bureaus
• Destination marketing organizations
• Nonprofits, including main street organizations, lodging associations, or chambers of commerce
• Municipalities (defined as any city, town or county)
Applicants will be asked to give a presentation to the LTAC volunteers in September.
Presentations are being planned as an in-person/Zoom hybrid and are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Sept. 29 and 30, 2022, in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 351 NW North St., Chehalis. BOCC staff will assign the presentation times shortly after the application period closes. Applicants will be allowed time for a 5-minute presentation, followed by a 9-minute question-and-answer period. General information about the lodging tax grants can be found with the online application packet.
For questions about the grant application process, please contact Senior Administrative Assistant Tammy Martin at 360-740-1391 or Clerk of the Board Rieva Lester at 360-740-1419.
