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Board of County Commissioners
Grant County, Washington
November 30, 2021
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TO: Board of County Commissioners (BOCC Dist #1 Dia # I Dist # I
Dist #2 Dist # 2 Dist # 2
Dist FROM: Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTACDist #3 Dist # 3 # 31
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SUBJECT: Recommendation of 2022 LTAC Grant Funding Disbursement
The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) received applications and met on November t,yjoln�-J
10,, 2021, to review the grant applications submitted for the 2022 Lodging Tax Grant 411-P
Program and afford all applicants the opportunity to present their application and answer
any questions.
The LTAC met again on November 25, 2021, to consider all applicants and to determine
their recommendations to the Grant County Commissioners. The LTAC was provided with
an $800,000.00 baseline budget to support all grant applications for 2022.
In accordance with RCW 67.28.1816 (2)(b)(ii), it is required that the municipality's
legislative body, the BOCC, make the final determination. The municipality may choose
only recipients from the list of candidates and recommended amounts provided by the
local lodging tax advisory committee. Below is the recommendation of the LTAC:
ORGANIZATION
TYPE
NAME
AMOUNT
Basin Community Theater
Event
The Sound of Music
$3"000
Central Basin Community
Concert Assoc.
Year -Around
Promotion
Season 68
$3,000
Columbia Basin Allied Arts
Year -Around
Promotion
Season 45 & Civic Series
$3,000
Columbia Basin Rodeo Assoc.
Event
ML Round -Up and
Demo Derby
$20,1000
Coulee City Rodeo Assoc.
Event
PRCA Last Stand Rodeo
$6,000
Coulee Corridor Consortium
Year -Around
Promotion
National Scenic Byways
Promotioh
$2,500
Ephrata COC
Event
Wine & Art Walk
$500
Ephrata COC
Event
Car Show & Shine
$3;000
Ephrata COC
Event
Sage -N -Sun Festival
$5,000
Ephrata COC
Year -Around
Promotion
Chamber Promotion
$3,000
Grant Coulee Dam Area COC
Year -Around
Promotion
Chamber Promotion
$10,1000
Grant County Fairgrounds
Event
Grant County Fair
$40,000
Grant County Fairgrounds
Event
Flannel -Fest
$ 25;000
RECEiV E D
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GRAK COUNTY
Grant County LTAC
Year -Around
Promotion
LTAC Grant Process
$11,000
Grant County Museum
Year -Around
Promotion
Museum Promotion
$12,000
Grant County Tourism
Year -Around
Promotion
Tourism Promotion
$504"000
Moses Lake Spring Festival
Event
ML Freedom Festival
$15,000
Moses Lake Spring Festival
Event
ML Spring Festival
$30,000
Port of Mattawa
Capital
Improvement
Community Center
$25,000
Quincy Valley Allied Arts
Event
Sister Act: A Divine
Musical
$31000
Quincy Valley COC
Event
Trout Fishing Derby
$1"000
Quincy Valley COC
Event
Pikerninnow Fishing
Derby
$1,000
Ridge Riders Inc.
Event
Colorama PRCA Rodeo
$10"000
Ridge Riders Inc.
Event
Cleatis Lacy Memorial
$5,000
Ridge Riders Inc.
Event
Riders Junior Rodeo
$3,000
Sand Scorpions ORV Group
Event
Off -Road Bash
$3,000
Soap Lake Masquers Theater
Year -Around-
Promotion
Theater Promotion
$7,000
Total amount recommended to be funded is: $ 754,000.
This would leave approximately $46,000 potentially available (based on financial
projections) to be utilized later if desired for further tourism promotion or events.
On behalf of the LTAC, please accept this recommendation for the 2022 LTAC Grant
Funding.
Jerry TGinglri h
Deputy Clerk
Grant Count LTAC