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About $1.9 million requested for Beaufort County 2% grants; speakers note statutory set-asides for DMOs and workforce housing
Summary
County participants reported roughly $1,900,000 in applications; a county representative said 30% of the fund is allocated to destination marketing organizations and the committee discussed allocating up to 15% for workforce housing, reducing the effective pool for other applicants.
A participant at the workshop said about $1,900,000 in requests had been submitted for the countyfund. The remark was voiced by the finance staff member: "1,900,000," who noted that figure is substantially larger than some previous years when requests were closer to $1.0M to $1.3M.
A county representative warned applicants not to assume a committee recommendation equals an award and clarified additional statutory deductions can affect the available pool: "I just asked Britney, by law, 30% of that ... 30% goes to the DMOs," the county representative said. Another committee member corrected an earlier phrase and clarified the set-aside is for "workforce housing," not "affordable housing." The transcript does not specify whether the cited $1.9 million is the gross amount before those set-asides; speakers discussed that the effective amount available to be recommended for unincorporated-area events will be smaller once DMOs and possible workforce-housing allocations are applied.
Speakers also urged applicants whose events are predominantly inside municipalities (for example Hilton Head) to seek municipal funding first, because the county's 2% fund primarily serves unincorporated Beaufort County.
