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Economic development director reports strong History Festival turnout, notes $21,000 short-term rental revenue in June
Summary
Economic Development Director Laura Oswald reported strong attendance at the county History Festival (estimated 1,200–1,500 Saturday; 600–800 Sunday), announced a statewide award for new web pages, and said June short-term rental revenue reached $21,000 while Airbnb and VRBO are not supplying underlying registration data.
Laura Oswald, Washington County Economic Development Director, told the committee the county won a statewide award for newly launched economic development web pages and summarized the recent History Festival, estimating 1,200–1,500 visitors on Saturday and 600–800 on Sunday (not counting exhibitors and entertainment).
Oswald described a passport program to drive visitor traffic to county sites, said additional festival T-shirts (paid for with ARP funding) will be turned over to the Historical Society for fundraising, and reported that short-term rental revenue for June totaled $21,000 — the highest amount collected since the county began collecting. Oswald also said, "Airbnb and VRBO are refusing to comply with the state on supplying information collected. They are submitting revenue but no data," and staff continue work to get the Deckard platform functioning to collect registrations and related reports.
