City approves 2009 Accommodations Tax Grants

Posted by jvachon at 10:26 pm, Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
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Council approved $157,835.67 in accommodations tax grants for the 2009 fiscal year, making some changes to recommendations made by the city’s Tourism Development Advisory Committee.

TDAC recommended the Lowcountry Tourism Commission get $15,000, but council lowered its share to $10,000. The Lady’s Island Garden Club was slated to get $500, but will receive zero. The $5,500 taken from those two groups was reallocated to the Black Chamber of Commerce, giving the chamber $10,500 total to go toward its city visitors guide.

Council approved the following:

Arts Council of Beaufort County: $7,650 for national arts marketing program

Beaufort Performing Arts: $4,000 for season promotion

Black Chamber of Commerce: $10,500 for visitors guide

Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce: $61,522.12 for visitors center and destination advertising

Exchange Club: $1,000 for ghost tours

Original Gullah Festival: $7,500 for advertising

Historic Beaufort Foundation: $3,000 for advertising

Lowcountry Tourism Commission: $10,000 for tourism marketing

Main Street Beaufort, USA: $50,633.55 for downtown events, destination advertising and tourism related services

Penn Center: $5,000 for marketing

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