Dauphin county commissioner George Hartwick is AWOL as chairman Haste ponders who removed the public participation agenda item at the beginning of the meeting.
Two million dollars of tourism grants awarded.
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