Visit Bucks County Distributes $259K in Tourism Grants

Visit Bucks County recently announced the recipients of its Fall 2013 Tourism Grant program.

This year, Visit Bucks County distributed a total of $259,000, making it the largest distribution in the history of the grant program. Previously, the highest allocation was $198,000 in Fall 2011.

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.

Since 2008, Visit Bucks County has distributed nearly $1.9 million in tourism funds. 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 $5,000 
• Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve  $10,000
• Bristol Cultural/Historical-Mill Street Crossing  $5,000 
• Bristol Riverside Theatre  $10,000 
• Bucks County Audubon Society  $10,000 
• Bucks County Children's Museum  $15,000 
• Bucks County Choral Society  $2,000 
• Bucks County Covered Bridge Society  $5,000 
• Bucks County Designer House  $5,000 
• Bucks County Playhouse  $15,000 
• Bucks County Wine Trail  $10,000 
• Central Bucks County Chamber of Commerce  $10,000 
• Craven Hall  $1,000 
• Friends of Bolton Mansion  $1,000 
• Friends of the Delaware Canal  $2,000 
• Friends of Washington Crossing  $25,000 
• Heritage Conservancy  $10,000 
• Historic Fallsington $1,000 
• Landmark Towns  $3,000 
• Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce  $8,000 
• Mercer Museum  $25,000 
• Michener Art Museum  $20,000 
• New Hope Celebrates  $5,000 
• Newtown Chamber Orchestra  $1,000 
• Newtown Historic Association  $5,000 
• Pearl S. Buck International  $10,000 
• Pennsbury Society  $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