The City of Liberty Lake is seeking applications for its 2023 Lodging Tax Grant.
Donor Name: City of Liberty Lake
State: Washington
City: Liberty Lake
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/02/2022
Details:
Funding for this program comes from the City of Liberty Lake Tourism Fund, which receives hotel/motel taxes from lodging establishments inside the city limits. The City collects a 2% tax on the sale or charge made of lodging within the City of Liberty Lake.
This funding may be available to applicants if funding requests will be used for tourism marketing and promotion activities or operation of tourism-related facilities and/or events.
Economic activity resulting from tourists, which may include sales of overnight lodging, meals, tours, gifts, or souvenirs.
Tourism promotion
Activities and expenditures designed to increase tourism, including but not limited to operations, advertising, publicizing, or otherwise distributing information for the purpose of attracting and welcoming tourists; developing strategies to expand tourism; operating tourism promotion agencies; and funding marketing of special events and festivals designed to attract tourists.
Tourism-related facility
Real or tangible personal property with a usable life of three or more years, or constructed with volunteer labor, and used to support tourism, performing arts, or to accommodate tourist activities.
Criteria
The 2023 funding program is open to organizations with the demonstrated ability to achieve tourism goals as outlined below:
- Increase hotel occupancy in Liberty Lake by creating overnight stays.
- Increase overnight stays during the off season.
- Provide visitor attractions and/or promotes the area’s existing attractions.
- Attracts more businesses to Liberty Lake and thereby generates additional business for hotels and motels.
For more information, visit Lodging Tax Grant.