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Cultural Office, Visit COS report midyear LART results; arts, neighborhoods and tourism promotion highlighted
Summary
The Cultural Office and Visit Colorado Springs presented midyear updates on Lodgers and Auto Rental Tax (LART)‑funded activities, reporting peakradar.com use by tourists, neighborhood event promotion, media outreach and a decline in group room nights due to planner uncertainty; both agencies asked council to continue long‑term investment.
Two LART contract partners gave midyear reports to council on Aug. 25: the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (PeakRadar / LART contract) and Visit Colorado Springs.
Angela (last name not provided in public remarks), executive of the Cultural Office, told council PeakRadar served about 92,773 tourist users in the past six months, with roughly 69.8% from outside El Paso and Teller counties. She said PeakRadar and related promotion channels support free marketing for about 400 local events over six months and that a spring survey of users found 86% attended an event…
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