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Tourism commission debates how to spend $400,000 retained lodging-tax funds; seeks strategic plan and survey
Summary
Commissioners discussed options for deploying the commission’s retained lodging-tax funds (projected around $400,000) and recommended drafting a focused questionnaire to guide decisions. Participants urged quick, strategic spending to jump-start tourism initiatives rather than holding a large reserve.
Jeff Kuderski, chair of the Franklin Tourism Commission, led a discussion about the commission’s retained lodging-tax funds and how to create an "investment vision" for those dollars.
The discussion matters because commissioners said the commission’s retained funds could be used to seed larger tourism projects, support Engage Franklin’s operations, or underwrite specific events — choices that affect local hotel occupancy and the distribution of lodging-tax revenue.
Commissioners and staff debated whether to hold funds as a reserve or invest them in programs now. One commissioner said, "I feel like I want to…
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