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By James Roxbury
Tuesday February 12, 2019 at 3:55 pm

Dauphin county commissioners have scheduled a vote on awarding the following tourism grants.

U. 2019 Tourism Applications:

1. Hershey Harrisburg Wine Country (Marketing) - $50,000.00

2. Dauphin County Parks & Recreation (Buddy Program, 7 on 7 Tournament, Fan Experience) - $20,000.00

3. High School Sports Live (live broadcasts of sporting events) - $30,000.00

4. Pop’s House (Walk a Mile in My Boots Festival) - $5,000.00

5. Invica, LLC (off-set show costs) - $15,000.00

6. Dauphin County Historical Society (signage/marketing) - $30,000.00

7. Harrisburg Area Riverboat Society (multiple projects) - $25,000.00

8. Titans Boxing Promotions, LLC (venue rentals, lighting, sound rentals, etc.) $15,000.00

9. Travel Champs/Hershey Jr. Bears (advertising, marketing for tournament) – $40,000.00

10. Cornish & Associates (4 event project) - $40,000.00

11. Londonderry Township (SunSplash Music Festival) - $50,000.00

12. CREDC (marketing) - $75,000.00

13. National Rifle Association of America (show advertising) - $76,000.00

14. National Civil War Museum (educational programming) - $75,000.00

15. Friends of the PA Farm Show (purchase education materials and exhibits) - $5,000.00

16. Senators Partners dba Harrisburg Senators Baseball Club (digital marketing) - $60,000.00

17. Big 33 – PSFCA (football classic) - $100,000.00

318. PA National Horse Show Foundation (horse show) - $100,000.00

19. Dauphin County Parks & Recreation (festivals/recreational programs) - $150,000.00

20. Canthodel Holdings/Harrisburg Heat (billboard campaign) - $45,000.00

21. Visit Hershey & Harrisburg (marketing, public relations) - $1,000,000.00

22. Millersburg Borough (Economic Development Committee Brochures) - $1,000.00

23. Susquehanna Folk Music Society (3 folk music events) - $1,000.00

24. Hamm Camp, Inc. (basketball camp expenses) - $2,000.00

25. Millersburg Borough (29th Annual Independence Day Fireworks) - $2,000.00

26. Millersburg Borough (13th Annual Tour de Millersburg) - $2,000.00

27. Borough of Steelton (Skate Park Brochures) - $2,000.00

28. Middletown Area Historical Society of Dauphin County (annual Craft Fair) - $2,500.00

29. Harrisburg Area YMCA Camp Curtin Branch (Jump Shots Basketball League) - $2,500.00

30. MOSELF (uniforms & equipment) - $5,000.00

31. Sankofa African American Theatre Company (African American Film Festival) - $5,000.00

32. Ned Smith Center for Nature & Art (Arts Festival) - $3,000.00

33. Harrisburg Young Professionals (Home Tour, Forster Street Cleanup & Concert Series) - $5,000.00

34. Capital Area Selects (youth baseball) - $7,500.00

35. Halifax Fire Department (firework event on August 17, 2019) - $5,000.00

36. Chris “Handles” Franklin Foundation (camp, gala & summer league) - $5,000.00

37. Hershey Jr. Bears (Twin Ponds expense) - $10,000.00

38. Hershey Figure Skating Club (annual competition) - $7,500.00

39. Hershey Jr. Bears Quebec Team (elite squad – Twin Ponds expense) - $10,000.00

40. Harrisburg Beer Week (marketing/advertising) - $2,000.00

41. PA State Troopers Association/Travel Champs Tournaments (tournament expenses) - $5,000.00

42. Hershey Symphony Orchestra (marketing/outreach) - $5,000.00

43. Harrisburg Downtown Improvement District (flower baskets/pots) - $5,000.00

44. Township of Derry Industrial and Commercial Development (Hershey New Year’s Eve Celebration) - $10,000.00

45. Central Dauphin Band Booster Association (two band competitions) - $2,000.00

46. Jump Street (2019 Artfest) - $10,000.00

47. The Three Star Foundation, Inc. (basketball tournament expenses) - $7,500.00

48. State YMCA of PA Youth and Government (Leadership Development Program for teens) - $5,000.00

49. Mr. PA Football/Sports Recruiters (football banquet) - $5,000.00

50. Harrisburg Area YMCA East Shore Branch (race series) - $5,000.00

51. Market Square Concerts (2018-2019 concert series, marketing/advertising, artists fees, hall rental & artist hotel) - $10,000.00

52. Open Stage of Harrisburg (OSHKids Performance Company’s royalties) - $3,000.00

53. Central PA Figure Skating Club (youth synchronized program) - $15,000.00

54. Central PA Friends of Jazz (Jazz Festival) - $10,000.00

55. Shades of Greatness, Inc. (multi-day educational event) - $5,000.00

56. Dauphin County Redevelopment Authority (skating rink study) - $5,000.00

57. Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society (greenscape project) - $5,000.00

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