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Planning department seeks committee backing to coordinate occupancy-tax support for outdoor-recreation grants
Summary
Ethan, county planner, presented four implementation projects from the outdoor recreation economy strategic plan and asked the committee to consider coordinating occupancy-tax support if state or federal grant awards require local match.
Ethan, a planner in the county planning department, briefed the committee on implementation steps from the county's outdoor recreation economy strategic plan and said his office will coordinate with the Occupancy Tax Coordination Committee if grant awards require local matching funds. "This plan outlined a lot of different strategies and projects that we could be pursuing as a county to amplify the economic impact of outdoor recreation on our tourism economy," Ethan said, describing the memo in the meeting packet as a starting point for collaboration.
Ethan outlined four priority projects staff are pursuing for grant readiness and potential funding support:
- A Hudson River rail-corridor feasibility study to evaluate the future of the Warren County Railway corridor (rev rail, rail-with-trail and other options). - A Mountain-to-River…
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