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Douglas County opens $5 million Visitors Improvement Fund grant cycle
Summary
Douglas County staff and the Visitors Improvement Fund committee outlined the 2025 grant cycle, saying $5 million is available for awards, applications will open March 17 and are due April 25 at 3 p.m.; eligibility follows the Nebraska Visitors Act.
Douglas County’s Community Services Committee met to preview the 2025 cycle of the Visitors Improvement Fund, announcing $5,000,000 available for grants to improve visitor attractions in the county.
The fund supports capital and operating improvements, exhibit acquisition and expansion, construction and planning for visitor attractions. Catherine Hall, assistant county administrator, told those gathered that the finance team advised the county that $5,000,000 will be available this year and that the committee expects to open applications by March 17 with a April 25 deadline at 3 p.m.
The fund distributes lodging-tax revenue generated in Douglas County. “This year our finance team is advised that $5,000,000 are available for grant awards,” Hall said. She laid out the anticipated schedule: applications open pending board approval of the application, a roughly six-week application window, committee review meetings in May, recommendations to the Board of…
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