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Council approves accommodations-tax grant package; Aiken Horse Park highlights economic impact
Summary
Council accepted the accommodations-tax committee's $400,000 recommendation for grant awards from roughly 28 applicants and heard a presentation from the Aiken Horse Park Foundation on the park's local economic contribution and requests for continued support.
The Aiken City Council unanimously approved the accommodations-tax committee's funding recommendations March 9, allocating estimated fiscal-year revenue among 28 applicants after the committee applied a state-aligned scoring matrix.
Committee representatives told council they received about $573,000 in requests and estimated about $400,000 in available local accommodations tax revenue for distribution. The committee explained its scoring criteria: tourism draw, expected overnight stays, economic…
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