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Staff outlines HB456 outdoor mitigation grant; Grand County may be eligible for roughly $1 million
Summary
Staff briefed the board on HB456 mitigation funding and rulemaking. The program has two buckets—emergency costs and visitor‑related safety costs—and staff estimated Grand County could qualify for about $1,000,000 to support search & rescue, EMS and road repairs tied to visitor safety.
Staff updated the Tourism Advisory Board on the state’s HB456 outdoor mitigation grant and the rulemaking process that will define eligible uses and application timing.
According to the staff presentation, HB456 allocates a portion of state collected transient room tax (TRT) funds to an outdoor mitigation grant program. Counties collecting less than $10 million in TRT are eligible to apply; staff estimated that Grand County could be eligible…
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