Provided by Visit Bucks County:
Visit Bucks County (VBC), the official tourism promotion agency of Bucks County is pleased to announce the Fall 2013 Tourism Grant program recipients. The Visit Bucks County Tourism Grant was instituted in 2008 to assist in the development and enhancement of not-for-profit tourism product in Bucks County. The VBC Tourism Grant is supported from a portion earned from the Bucks County lodging tax.
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This round, Visit Bucks County distributed $259,000, making it the largest distribution in the history of the grant program. Previously, the highest allocation was $198,000 in Fall 2011.
Visit Bucks County has distributed nearly $1.9 million in tourism funds since 2008. Eligible recipients are limited to non-profits or other entities located in Bucks County and are marketing partners of the tourism office.
Fall 2013 Recipients are as follows:
| Bucks County B&Bs |
Advertisements$5,000 |
| Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve |
$10,000 |
| Bristol Cultural/Historical-Mill Street Crossing |
Advertisements$5,000 |
| Bristol Riverside Theatre |
$10,000 |
| Bucks County Audubon Society |
$10,000 |
| Bucks County Children’s Museum |
Advertisements$15,000 |
| Bucks County Choral Society |
$2,000 |
| Bucks County Covered Bridge Society |
Advertisements$5,000 |
| Bucks County Designer House |
$5,000 |
| Bucks County Playhouse |
Advertisements$15,000 |
| Bucks County Wine Trail |
$10,000 |
| Central Bucks County Chamber of Commerce |
Advertisements$10,000 |
| Craven Hall |
$1,000 |
| Friends of Bolton Mansion |
$1,000 |
| Friends of the Delaware Canal |
Advertisements$2,000 |
| Friends of Washington Crossing |
$25,000 |
| Heritage Conservancy |
Advertisements$10,000 |
| Historic Fallsington |
$1,000 |
| Landmark Towns |
$3,000 |
| Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce |
Advertisements$8,000 |
| Mercer Museum |
$25,000 |
| Michener Art Museum |
$20,000 |
| New Hope Celebrates |
Advertisements$5,000 |
| Newtown Chamber Orchestra |
$1,000 |
| Newtown Historic Association |
$5,000 |
| Pearl S. Buck International |
$10,000 |
| Pennsbury Society |
Advertisements$15,000 |
| Snipes Farm & Education Center |
$5,000 |
| Town & Country Players |
$3,000 |
| Upper Bucks County Chamber of Commerce |
$15,000 |
| Warwick Historical Society |
$2,000 |
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| Total |
$259,000 |
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All deadlines and details regarding the tourism grant application process can be found on Visit Bucks County’s website here: http://www.visitbuckscounty.
