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How Alpine evaluates hotel-tax grant requests: timing, scoring and examples
Summary
City staff explained Alpine's hotel-occupancy-tax grant process: applications open in spring for the next fiscal year; the hotel-tax committee scores projects on likely hotel stays, revenue diversity and tourism impact; the committee then recommends awards to council.
City of Alpine staff walked residents and prospective applicants through the local hotel-occupancy-tax grants process, deadlines and evaluation criteria.
Timing and procedure: Chris Ruggia said applications are tied to the city fiscal year (Oct. 1'Sept. 30). The typical calendar opens an application window in March'April for the next fiscal year; applicants for events often must apply more than a year ahead of their event date. Ruggia and staff said the committee reviews eligible applications, scores them according to city guidelines (hotel stays and tourism impact carry the…
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