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DCVB says transportation grants have brought thousands of room nights; six grants approved so far

3418124 · May 21, 2025
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Beth Marchetti updated the DuPage County Economic Development Committee in May 2025 on six approved transportation grants intended to attract group business; she said grants approved to date total $26,253 and that a $50,000 county allocation remains partially available.

Beth Marchetti delivered an update to the DuPage County Economic Development Committee on the county’s ground-transportation grant program and reported that six transportation grants have been approved so far, totalling $26,253 in awarded assistance and an estimated addition of several thousand room nights.

Marchetti said the program is intended to help DuPage hotels win business by underwriting transportation from Chicago-area airports and that the county allocation of $50,000 has been partially used, leaving $23,747 available as of her report. “Six grants approved for transportation, totaling $26,253,”…

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