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Seminole County adopts tourism improvement district, sets advisory board to fund indoor sports plan
Summary
The Board adopted an ordinance creating a Seminole County Tourism Improvement District (TID) and authorized an advisory board to manage levy proceeds; county staff said petitions representing 2,679 rooms (exceeding the 50% threshold) support a $1.75 per-room, per-day assessment with an estimated first-year revenue of about $3.2 million.
The Seminole County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Feb. 25 to form a Tourism Improvement District and to authorize a county-administered advisory board to oversee the district, a funding mechanism the county intends to use to support sports-tourism infrastructure including a proposed indoor sports facility.
Guy Cunha, presenting for county staff, said the procedural ordinance for the TID was adopted May 17, 2024, and that the formation requires a district plan, an assessment map, petitions signed by owners representing 50% or more of qualified rooms and an advisory board. Cunha said the county identified 5,054 qualified hotel rooms countywide under Department of Business and…
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