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Bucks Tourism Agency Awards 43 Community based Nonprofits with $279K in Grants

 

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Visit Bucks County earlier this month, awarded the grants Bucks Visitor Center.

The Visit Bucks County (VBC) Tourism Grant initiative was crated more than 10 years ago to assist, develop and enhance community tourism initiatives.

Funds for the program come from rental taxes paid by visitors who stay overnight in hotels, bed and breakfasts and residential shares.

Grant money can be used for marketing, advertising, website design, restorations and more.

VBC has awarded $4.6 to a 110 groups since its creation.

In recognition of Commissioner Charles H. Martin’s commitment to starting the program one nonprofit will be recognized as a recipient in his honor beginning in 2020.

Fall 2019 recipients of the grant are:

Acting Naturally Inc.

ActorsNET, AKA Actors’ NET of Bucks County

African American Museum of Bucks County

@The Andalusia Foundation

Aoy Art Center

The Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County

Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserves

Bristol Riverside Theatre

Bucks County Audubon Society

Bucks County Children’s Museum

@The Bucks County Gilbert & Sullivan Society

The Bucks County Wine Trail

Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce

Churchville Nature Center

The Conservatory of Music

Delaware River Towns Chamber of Commerce

Experience Yardley

Washington Crossing FriendsPark

Heritage Conservancy

Historic Fallsington, Inc.

James A. Michener Art Museum

Johnsville Centrifuge and Science Museum

La Fiocco

Lenape Chamber Ensemble

Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library.

Bucks County Historical Society’s Mercer Museum

New Hope Celebrates

Newtown Arts Company

Newtown Chamber Orchestra

Newtown Historic Association

Newtown Theatre

The Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center

Pearl S. Buck International

@The Pennsbury Society

Perkasie Towne Improvement Association

Quakertown Alive!

Bristol Borough: Raising the Bar

Snipes Farm & Education Center

Startup Bucks

TMA Bucks

TWIN RIVERTOWN PROJECTS, INC.

Village Improvement Association

Warminster Symphony Society

Applications for the next tourism grant are due on April 1, 2020.

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Bucks Tourism Agency Awards 43 Community based Nonprofits with $279K in Grants

 

Submitted:

Visit Bucks County earlier this month, awarded the grants Bucks Visitor Center.

The Visit Bucks County (VBC) Tourism Grant initiative was crated more than 10 years ago to assist, develop and enhance community tourism initiatives.

Funds for the program come from rental taxes paid by visitors who stay overnight in hotels, bed and breakfasts and residential shares.

Grant money can be used for marketing, advertising, website design, restorations and more.

VBC has awarded $4.6 to a 110 groups since its creation.

In recognition of Commissioner Charles H. Martin’s commitment to starting the program one nonprofit will be recognized as a recipient in his honor beginning in 2020.

Fall 2019 recipients of the grant are:

Acting Naturally Inc.

ActorsNET, AKA Actors’ NET of Bucks County

African American Museum of Bucks County

@The Andalusia Foundation

Aoy Art Center

The Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County

Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserves

Bristol Riverside Theatre

Bucks County Audubon Society

Bucks County Children’s Museum

@The Bucks County Gilbert & Sullivan Society

The Bucks County Wine Trail

Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce

Churchville Nature Center

The Conservatory of Music

Delaware River Towns Chamber of Commerce

Experience Yardley

Washington Crossing FriendsPark

Heritage Conservancy

Historic Fallsington, Inc.

James A. Michener Art Museum

Johnsville Centrifuge and Science Museum

La Fiocco

Lenape Chamber Ensemble

Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library.

Bucks County Historical Society’s Mercer Museum

New Hope Celebrates

Newtown Arts Company

Newtown Chamber Orchestra

Newtown Historic Association

Newtown Theatre

The Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center

Pearl S. Buck International

@The Pennsbury Society

Perkasie Towne Improvement Association

Quakertown Alive!

Bristol Borough: Raising the Bar

Snipes Farm & Education Center

Startup Bucks

TMA Bucks

TWIN RIVERTOWN PROJECTS, INC.

Village Improvement Association

Warminster Symphony Society

Applications for the next tourism grant are due on April 1, 2020.

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