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Council continues hearing on proposed 10‑year Newport Tourism Improvement District
Summary
After a Discover Newport presentation, the City Council voted to continue the proposed 10‑year Tourism Improvement District to allow an ethics review and additional data on fees, city liability and comparative municipal fees.
Discover Newport presented a proposal to form a 10‑year Newport Tourism Improvement District that would collect a voluntary assessment from lodging businesses to fund marketing and conference sales. "This was a platform that allows us to collect an assessment, not a tax, but a voluntary assessment from our hotel partners," Mr. Smith, a Discover Newport representative, told the City Council.
Councilors pressed the presenter on the district's projected annual assessment (about $494,950), how much would go to sales and marketing versus…
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