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Grand County directs 1A lodging-tax funds to Grand Foundation field-of-interest fund
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners voted to have the Grand Foundation administer the county's newly created community priorities fund (1A) as a field-of-interest fund with a hybrid review process; staff and foundation leaders described how a committee would recommend awards and how fees and timing would work.
The Grand County Board of County Commissioners voted Jan. 21 to direct 1A lodging-tax community priorities funds to a Grand Foundation field-of-interest fund, with a hybrid committee model that includes county representation and a recommendation step back to the commissioners.
The board made the decision after a presentation from Megan Ladin, executive director of the Grand Foundation, who described how a foundation-administered fund could operate and how a hybrid committee of foundation staff, foundation board members and county representatives could review proposals and present recommendations to the board. "I think the way the most success for these type of funds ... is to always have a committee that can represent the stakeholders with how the money goes out," Ladin said.
The decision follows the board's 2025 budget decision to create a community priorities fund and to…
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