The City of Kemah has opened the application for organizations to apply for a portion of the City’s Hotel/Motel Tax funds.
Donor Name: City of Kemah
State: Texas
County: Kemah
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/30/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Through the Hotel Occupancy Tax Sponsorship Program, qualified events can apply for funds from the City of Kemah. The mission of the Hotel Occupancy Tax Grant Program is to provide funding to directly enhance and promote tourism and the convention and hotel industry in Kemah.
Applications for a HOT sponsorship must be able to pass a two-part test to be eligible for funding.
The first part is the ‘heads in beds’ test. What this means is that every funded project or event must attract overnight tourists to the city’s hotels and motels, thus promoting the city’s hotel industry.
The second part is that the project or event must fit into one of these nine statutorily authorized categories:
- convention and visitor centers convention registration.
- advertising the city
- promotion of the arts
- historical restoration and preservation
- sporting events in a county under one million in population
- enhancing or upgrading existing sports facilities or sports fields (only in certain cities
- tourist transportation systems
- signage directing the public to sights and attractions that are visited frequently by hotel guests in the city.
For more information, visit City of Kemah.
