The City of Perryton is now taking applications from organizations seeking to apply for hotel-motel occupancy tax funds.
Applications are available at City Hall. The application will cover events or projects happening between Oct. 1, 2020 through Sept. 30, 2021.
The application period began May 29. Applications are due back to City Hall by 5 p.m. on Monday, June 19, in order to be considered for funding for 2010-21.
No applications will be accepted after the final deadline date.
The primary qualification for the use of hotel-motel occupancy tax revenues is that the expenditure is spent in a manner which directly enhances and promotes tourism and the convention and hotel industry.
Each expenditure must be intended to bring visitors from outside of the area into the city or its vicinity for at least one overnight stay.
Revenues are also limited to one of the following uses:
1) The acquisition of sites for and the construction, improvement, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operation and maintenance of convention center facilities.
2) The furnishing of facilities, personnel and materials for the registration of convention delegates or registrants.
3) Advertising and conducting solicitations and promotional programs to attract tourists and convention delegates or registrants to the municipality or its vicinity.
4) The encouragement, promotion, improvement and application of the arts, including instrumental and vocal music, dance, drama, folk art, creative writing, architecture, design and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft arts, motion pictures, radio, television, tape and sound recording, and other arts related to the presentation, performance, execution and exhibition of these major art forms.
5) Historical restoration and preservation projects or activities or advertising and conducing solicitations and promotional programs to encourage tourists and convention delegates to visit preserved historic sites or museums.
For more information, contact Don Jennings at City Hall, 435-4014.