San Juan County has established a tourism facilities program, funded by a portion of the revenue collected under the state Lodging Tax excise statutes and is seeking proposals from qualified entities interested in:

1. Funding single project proposals concerned with acquiring, improving or developing facilities for enhancing the tourism experience; and/or
2. Matching grants for operating tourism facilities that enhance the tourism experience; and/or
3. Matching grants for events that draw tourists; and/or
4. Projects that carry out the goals of the San Juan County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Tourism Master Plan.

Approximately $315,000 in grant funds will be available for the grant program contract year that begins on January 1, 2011. The expected outcome of the funded activities is to increase economic activity in San Juan County in 2011 and beyond through the overnight lodging of tourists, through tourism-related expenditures, and construction of tourism-related facilities.

The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee has established the close of business March 27, 2010 as the deadline for receipt of applications for the 2011 facilities grants. No applications received after that deadline will be considered for recommendation by the Committee.

Complete instructions and the application form are available in the documents below (Click document names to download in pdf format).