If you spent the night at a Dauphin County Hotel this year, some of your money went to grants of local organizations.
We're talking about tourism grants. Dauphin County Commissioners gave away over $1 million to local groups, from the Whitaker Center and to Harrisburg's Professional Soccer Team, the City Islanders.
When you spend the night at a hotel, not all of your money goes straight to room service. It also goes into the County, with something called the hotel tax.
Of the funds raised in the hotel tax in Dauphin County, nearly $1.4 million to tourism grants.
Dauphin County Commissioners approved shelling out the thousands of dollars to organizations. The Whitaker Center received nearly $100,000 dollars of the hotel tax and The Pride of the Susquehanna received almost $24,000.
But along the list of those recieving the tourism grants, there was one organization, Commissioner George Hartwick III, was not in favor of. He did not like that money was given to The Harrisburg City Islanders, Harrisburg's Professional Soccer Team.
However, the majority of Commissioners won. The soccer team will receive $50,000 dollars from the hotel tax.
Hartwick also voted against a gaming grant for the Harrisburg Stampede.
The Dauphin County Community and Economic Development and the Hershey-Harrisburg Visitors Bureau will each get 250,000 of the tourism grants. These two organizations are among the top grants given.
We're talking about tourism grants. Dauphin County Commissioners gave away over $1 million to local groups, from the Whitaker Center and to Harrisburg's Professional Soccer Team, the City Islanders.
When you spend the night at a hotel, not all of your money goes straight to room service. It also goes into the County, with something called the hotel tax.
Of the funds raised in the hotel tax in Dauphin County, nearly $1.4 million to tourism grants.
Dauphin County Commissioners approved shelling out the thousands of dollars to organizations. The Whitaker Center received nearly $100,000 dollars of the hotel tax and The Pride of the Susquehanna received almost $24,000.
But along the list of those recieving the tourism grants, there was one organization, Commissioner George Hartwick III, was not in favor of. He did not like that money was given to The Harrisburg City Islanders, Harrisburg's Professional Soccer Team.
However, the majority of Commissioners won. The soccer team will receive $50,000 dollars from the hotel tax.
Hartwick also voted against a gaming grant for the Harrisburg Stampede.
The Dauphin County Community and Economic Development and the Hershey-Harrisburg Visitors Bureau will each get 250,000 of the tourism grants. These two organizations are among the top grants given.