{"id":149179,"date":"2026-05-05T22:06:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=149179"},"modified":"2026-05-05T22:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:06:47","slug":"northampton-county-accepting-applications-for-2026-hotel-tax-program-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=149179","title":{"rendered":"Northampton County Accepting Applications for  2026 Hotel Tax Program Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>County Executive Tara Zrinski and the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) announce that applications for the 2026 Northampton County Hotel Tax Grant Program will be accepted from May 4 through July 10, 2026, at 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants must either be a federally registered non-profit entity, 501(C)(3), 501(C)(4), or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#m_-7942475672238439767_\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">501(C)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#m_-7942475672238439767_\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(<\/a>5), or a municipal entity located within Northampton County.\u00a0Eligible projects will enhance tourism and\/or promote community development within Northampton County and must be completed within Calendar Year 2027.\u00a0Hotel Tax grants are awarded through a competitive process and distributed at the discretion of the County Council, advised by the County Executive, who receives recommendations from the Hotel Tax Review Committee.\u00a0Eligible organizations can apply for up to $50,000.<\/p>\n<p>Awards are expected to be announced in December 2026, and all projects must be completed by December 31, 2027. Interested organizations can apply by visiting the Northampton County Participant Portal hosted by Neighborly Software at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wo6djquab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001aGAncq7D1IsmteDL3s4BKb7PPInoR5DtRkLIIlH0u4rKBvZGBGpntVK60DrKUdSPsfVKRO0jFMh4_lVE0NQTex_0iJUzMo_nrwQtheKFDRKzu21O-FWJmkD3GxWQPJ4zpOcH7Pn2VspaxqsJv1HQCKyuPJMjdOder8QpPmYMLN98IN5mKd7qvyWVRmPiX7s-XJgb5Wk_9RoX1Va-5mghQA==&amp;c=W2toXnees_xB3JuTI5mRLYirbVZVL1EK1Iuogj-w_bSw7ddRhHRQwg==&amp;ch=qqDJquD_xC0FMCaUkr6I5_bdmb4vwNHgu91slJqxFqGqNFDdm91lsw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/wo6djquab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001aGAncq7D1IsmteDL3s4BKb7PPInoR5DtRkLIIlH0u4rKBvZGBGpntVK60DrKUdSPsfVKRO0jFMh4_lVE0NQTex_0iJUzMo_nrwQtheKFDRKzu21O-FWJmkD3GxWQPJ4zpOcH7Pn2VspaxqsJv1HQCKyuPJMjdOder8QpPmYMLN98IN5mKd7qvyWVRmPiX7s-XJgb5Wk_9RoX1Va-5mghQA%3D%3D%26c%3DW2toXnees_xB3JuTI5mRLYirbVZVL1EK1Iuogj-w_bSw7ddRhHRQwg%3D%3D%26ch%3DqqDJquD_xC0FMCaUkr6I5_bdmb4vwNHgu91slJqxFqGqNFDdm91lsw%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1778118984315000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3xxvqhWi3UXSo6Hvi8_6am\">https:\/\/portal.<wbr \/>neighborlysoftware.com\/<wbr \/>NORTHAMPTONCOUNTYPA\/<wbr \/>participant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Registration is required on the Participant Portal to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Program inquiries should be directed to:<br \/>\nNorthampton County Department of Community &amp; Economic Development<br \/>\nMarek Tomanek<br \/>\n610-829-6313<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:mtomanek@norcopa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mtomanek@norcopa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nNorthampton County Executive Office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>County Executive Tara Zrinski and the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) announce that applications for the 2026 Northampton County Hotel Tax Grant Program will be accepted from May &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=149179\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Northampton County Accepting Applications for  2026 Hotel Tax Program Grants<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,5738,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NC-Northampton.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149180,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149179\/revisions\/149180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}