The Lewis County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is accepting applications on behalf of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) for use of 2026 hotel and motel lodging tax funding, a news release from the BOCC stated.
The application is available by clicking on “Lodging Tax (Tourism Promotion) Grant Application” in the gray box on the left-hand side of the commissioners’ web page at shorturl.at/Sjg2f.
Applications must be filled out online and are due by 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30. Late submissions will not be accepted. LTAC volunteers will review the applications and suggest how to best distribute the hotel and motel lodging tax funding.
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 October. The presentations are scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 16, in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room on the second floor of the Historic Lewis County Courthouse at 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 five-minute presentation, followed by a nine-minute question-and-answer period. (Presentations also may be scheduled for the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 17, if an additional day is needed.)
General information about the Lodging Tax grant, which is a reimbursement-only grant, can be found under the same “Lodging Tax (Tourism Promotion) Grant Application” tab that houses the application packet at shorturl.at/Sjg2f.
Applicants also can view a sample Reimbursement Checklist, which outlines the types of documentation that would be needed to submit a reimbursement request.
The BOCC is expected to make its decisions regarding 2026 funding amounts in mid- November, according to the release.
For questions about the grant application process, contact Budget Analyst Rudy Rodriguez at 360-740-1233 or Clerk of the Board Rieva Lester at 360-740-1419, or send an email to TourismPromotion@lewiscountywa.gov.
