Program Announces 2021 Grant Recipients
BUCKS COUNTY, PA (December 20, 2021) – The Bucks County Tourism Grant Program distributed $659,623 to 52 organizations. The program was established in 2008 to assist in the development and enhancement of tourism initiatives in Bucks County. It is funded from a portion received from the Bucks County lodging tax assessed to visitors staying overnight in hotels, bed and breakfasts and home-shares.
Since the inception of the grant program, more than $5.4 million has been distributed to more than 100 organizations. Grant funding is used for marketing, special events and exhibitions, product development and capital improvement projects.
Each year, one grant recipient is recognized, in name, as the Charles H. Martin Grant in honor of former Commissioner Martin’s commitment in starting and supporting the Bucks County Tourism Grant Program. The 2021 recipient is the African American Museum of Bucks County.
2021 recipients are as follows:
African American Museum of Bucks County
AOY Art Center
Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
Bristol Borough Raising the Bar
Bristol Riverside Theatre
Bucks Beautiful
Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow
Bucks County Center for the Performing Arts
Bucks County Community College Foundation
Bucks County Gilbert and Sullivan Society
Bucks County Historical Society
Bucks County Playhouse
Bucks County Symphony Society
Bucks County Tennis Association
Bucks County Wine Trail
Cantus Novus
Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce
The Conservatory
Discover Doylestown
Doylestown Historical Society
Friends of Silver Lake Nature Center
Friends of the Delaware Canal
Friends of Washington Crossing Park
Heritage Conservancy
Historic Fallsington
James A. Michener Art Museum
Johnsville Centrifuge & Science Museum
La Fiocco
Lenape Chamber Ensemble
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Museum
Bucks County Classic
New Hope Arts
New Hope Celebrates
Newtown Chamber Orchestra
Newtown Historic Association
Newtown Theatre
Pearl S. Buck International
Peddler's Village
Perkasie Historical Society
Phillips Mill Foundation for the Arts
Quakertown Historical Society
Snipes Farm and Education Center
Andalusia Historic House, Gardens and Arboretum
The Bucks County Children's Museum
The Falls Banquet by EventRoostr
The Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center
The Pennsbury Society
TMA Bucks Foundation
Tyler Park Center for the Arts
Upper Bucks Chamber of Commerce
Warwick Township Historical Society
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Contact: Alexa Johnson
Senior Marketing & Communications Manager
Visit Bucks County
215-639-0300 x 227
AlexaJ@VisitBucksCounty.com
About Visit Bucks County
Visit Bucks County (VBC) promotes travel to and within Bucks County, Pennsylvania. As the County’s officially-designated tourism marketing agency, VBC drives visitation, increases overnight stays and fuels the local economy by promoting all there is to see and do in Bucks County. VBC supports local businesses in the tourism and hospitality industry, including lodging, attractions, restaurants, retail, events and more. Annually, more than 8.1 million people visit Bucks County generating more than a billion dollars in economic impact contributing to a hospitality workforce of 28,000 employees.
