Northampton County – Awarding of Hotel Tax Grants

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Lamont McClure is requesting that Northampton County Council approve $1,020,299 for 51 Hotel Tax Grants at its October meeting. Hotel Tax Grants are funded through the County’s tax on hotels and Airbnbs. For a project to be eligible, it must enhance tourism and/or promote community development within the county and be completed within the 2022 Calendar Year.

“With our extensive parks and trail system, museums, art organizations and farm shows, Northampton County is a prime destination for people who love the outdoors, history and culture,” says Lamont McClure. “Our Hotel Tax grants help to make events like Musikfest, living history exhibitions and concerts possible increasing tourism in our area.”

Hotel Tax Grants are awarded through a competitive process. Applications are screened by the Hotel Tax Review Committee which forwards its recommendations to the County Executive.

The grants are distributed at the discretion of County Council. Applicants must either be a federally registered non-profit entity, 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4), or a municipal entity located within Northampton County.

 

The Hotel Tax Grant Review Committee has made the following recommendations to the County Executive for funding in 2022.

 

  Applicant Project Recommended Funding
1 ArtsQuest Chriskindlmarkt 2021/Musikfest 2022 $100,000
2 Bach Choir of Bethlehem Bach Choir of Bethlehem $ 33,500
3 Ballet Guild of the Lehigh Valley The Nutcracker $ 15,000
4 Bethlehem Economic

Development Corporation

Southside Ambassadors Program $ 50,000
5 Bethlehem Township Johnston Mansion Open House &

Tours

$ 3,000
6 Bethlehem Township Community Days Festival $ 5,000
7 Blue Valley Farm Show Blue Valley Farm Show $ 15,000
8 Borough of Hellertown Music in the Park $    4,000
9 Borough of N. Catasauqua N. Catasauqua Community Day $    2,100
10 Borough of N. Catasauqua N. Catasauqua Summer Concert

Series

$    4,000
11 Borough of Northampton Landscaping, Marking plans targeting

trail users, Northampton 2022-2025

$ 22,000
12 Bushkill Township Volunteer

Fire Company

Carnival Funding Assistance $    5,000
13 Celtic Cultural Alliance Celtic Classic Highland Games &

Festival

$ 75,000
14 City of Easton Delaware Canal Park Improvements $ 25,000
15 City of Easton Easton Winter Village 2021 $ 50,000
16 Community Action

Committee of the Lehigh Valley

Slate Belt Marketing and Promotion $ 10,000
17 Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Beyond Rosie and Rivets Exhibition

and D&L Digital Marketing Campaign

$ 7,500
18 Greater Easton Development

Partnership

Easton Ambassadors $ 50,000
19 Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce

Foundation

Northampton Uptown Street Fair $ 3,400
20 Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce

Foundation

Christmas City Citizen’s Committee Décor Expansion $ 50,000
21 Hanover Township 2021/2022 Tree Lightings $ 2,200
22 Historic Bangor Business

Assoc.

HBBA Downtown Events & Summer

Concert Series

$ 5,000
23 Historic Bethlehem Museum & Sites Blacksmith Program $ 10,000
24 Historic Bethlehem Museum

& Sites

Heritage Tours $ 12,000

 

25 Historic Bethlehem Museum

& Sites

Marketing $ 50,000
26 Horner’s Cemetery Historical

Society

Signs & Stones for HCHS $ 3,000
27 Iron Pigs Charities Continuation of Charitable & Tourism

Events

$100,000
28 Jacobsburg Historical Society Jacobsburg Annual Living History Events 2021-2022 $ 8,600
29 Karl Stirner Arts Trail, Inc KSAT Interactive Trail Map &

Visitors’ Guide

$ 7,500
30 Kellyn Foundation VegStock 2022 $ 4,500
31 Lehigh Valley Community

Broadcasters Assoc. WDIY

Arts, Cultural and Educational

Marketing/Promotion

$ 10,000
32 Lehigh Valley Public

Telecommunications PBS 39

PBS 39 Summer Series and Summer

Jam

$ 15,000
33 Lower Mt Bethel Township Lower Mt. Bethel Community Day

2022

$ 5,000
34 Moore Township Community Days $ 5,000
35 Moravian Historical Society MHS Community Events & Tourism $ 20,000
36 Moravian University Docents on Main $ 20,000
37 National Museum of

Industrial History

Steel Weekend & Steelworkers

Reunion 2022

$ 7,600
38 National Museum of

Industrial History

Vertical Access Project $ 40,000
39 Nazareth Center for the Arts Concert Operations & Advertising $ 5,500
40 Nazareth Economic

Development Commission

NEDC Advertising $ 7,500
41 Northampton County

Historical & Genealogical Society

Passport to History Marketing Support $ 11,000
42 Northampton County

Historical & Genealogical Society

Support of NCHGS Mission $ 35,800
43 Nurture Nature Center Promoting Agro-tourism in

Northampton County

$ 13,100
44 Palmer Township Palmer Community Weekend $ 10,000
45 Slate Belt Heritage Center Beyond the Museum $ 6,900
46 State Theatre Center for the

Arts

Re-opening and recovery plan $ 50,000
47 Steelworkers’ Archives Steeples and Steel $ 5,800
48 Touchstone Theatre Christmas Follies 2021 $ 3,500
49 Touchstone Theatre Christmas Follies 2022 $ 3,500
50 Upper Nazareth Township Upper Nazareth Township

Community Days

$ 7,799
51 Wilson Borough Wilson Borough Annual Celebration $ 5,000

 
 
Information provided to TVL by:
Becky Bartlett
Deputy Director of Administration
Northampton County Government Center
669 Washington Street
Easton, PA 18042
https://www.northamptoncounty.org/