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Kentucky tourism leaders brief budget committee on growth, uses of 1% marketing fund
Summary
Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet and Department of Tourism told a legislative budget review committee the 1% Tourism Meeting and Convention Marketing Fund has grown and will use roughly $15 million of current appropriations for marketing and matching grants; the fund cannot be used for capital projects.
Melissa Brewer, executive director of finance for the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, and Mike Manchin, commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Tourism, told the Budget Review Committee on Economic Development, Public Protection, Tourism and Energy that the state’s 1% Tourism Meeting and Convention Marketing Fund has grown and is being used primarily for marketing, regional matching grants and operating activities.
"Good afternoon. I'm Melissa Brewer, the executive director of finance for the tourism arts and heritage cabinet, and this is Olivia Atkins, the marketing director for Kentucky State Parks," Brewer told the committee during the presentation. She noted that receipts from the tax imposed under KRS 142.400 are deposited into the…
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