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Grant scoring changes shift event funding; board readies sponsorships for 2025 events
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Staff described a new scoring system for event grants and reported awards and sponsorship reallocations for 2025; board members discussed the role of grants as seed funding and the need to prioritize new events.
Kane County staff told the Tourism Tax Advisory Board that the board's revised grant-scoring process narrowed and clarified awards for 2025 and reallocated some funding to sponsorships.
Megan, who manages grants and visitor-center functions for the Kane County Office of Tourism, said the office received 26 grant applications for 2025. The office used an eight-person scoring committee, discarded the highest and lowest two scores, and averaged the remaining six to reduce outliers. Under the updated rubric, nine applicants…
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