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Lodging Tax Advisory Committee recommends funding 18 tourism projects from 32 applicants

Thurston County Board of County Commissioners · February 19, 2026
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Summary

The countys lodging tax advisory committee recommended funding 18 of 32 applications this year, allocating a $250,000 pool by scoring requests against a rubric and reserving $84,000 for FIFA-related activity; commissioners asked staff for more detail on each recommended project before consent approval.

Thurston County staff told commissioners on Feb. 18 that the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) reviewed 32 applications requesting a total of more than $564,000 and recommended funding 18 projects within a $250,000 budget.

LTAC staff described a scoring rubric used to prioritize projects that best "put heads in beds" in unincorporated Thurston County. Applications…

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