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Board approves tourism tax grants to Louisa Arts Center and Historical Society
Summary
The board authorized tourism-advisory recommendations to allocate $60,000 to the Louisa Arts Center and $14,160 to the Louisa County Historical Society for FY2027, and an $11,000 FY2026 allocation contingent on a revenue-sharing MOU for a concert event.
The Louisa County Board of Supervisors on April 27 approved tourism-advisory committee recommendations to use transit-occupancy-tax (TOT) funds for local cultural organizations.
Tourism staff told the board the committee recommended $60,000 to the Louisa Arts Center and $14,160 to the Louisa County Historical Society for fiscal year 2027. Staff also recommended an $11,000 allocation for an arts center concert in FY2026, contingent on a memorandum of understanding that would set a revenue-sharing arrangement if ticket sales exceed 350.
A supervisor asked whether the revenue sharing creates an incentive to sell more tickets; tourism staff explained the $11,000 covers operational costs and that sharing incremental receipts above 350 tickets provides additional reward. The board voted to authorize the tourism advisory committee’s recommendations unanimously.
Staff noted that roughly 60% of TOT goes to the general fund and 40% must be used for tourism-related purposes under existing practice; the FY2027 tourism-related budget figure referenced in the meeting packet was $861,669.
The board’s action frees general-fund dollars for other county uses while directing tourism revenues to designated cultural activities.
