Colorado Wants to Help Pay for Your Wedding
Planning on tying the knot soon? The state of Colorado may be able to help you and your soon-to-be spouse pay for some of the expenses. According to KDVR, if you are planning a wedding in the state of Colorado within the next two years, you could get part of your wedding paid for.
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The new program is focused on the recovery of Colorado s meetings and events industry. Pre-approved applicants could get a 10 percent rebate between $3,500 to $100,000. Eligible types of events include business meetings, weddings, festivals, consumer shows, conferences, conventions, trade shows, and more.
Incentive program would help tourism industry rebound from pandemic
KOAA
and last updated 2021-04-20 23:06:41-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â Colorado s tourism industry is recovering slowly after being hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lawmakers hope to help them rebound with House Bill 1263 which would create the Colorado Meeting and Events Incentive Program under the Colorado Tourism Office. The temporary program would offer rebates of up to 10 percent for hard costs associated with hosting events and a rebate of up to 25 percent for COVID-related costs.
Eligible events could include meetings, conferences, festivals, weddings, family reunions, or other personal events. These events must generate at least 25 paid overnight stays in a motel, hotel, vacation rental or other lodging establishment and can demonstrate a significant economic benefit for a host community in Colorado.
VAIL Rep. Dylan Roberts is aware that the trailhead parking might get crowded this summer, and in-town buses could be busy, as well.
But in promoting specific events, rather than general tourism, local communities might plan better for the crowds that could be headed here, Roberts said.
That’s why Roberts, who represents Eagle and Routt counties in the state legislature, is targeting one-time events like weddings in his recently proposed Colorado Meeting and Events Incentive Program. The bill to create that program is scheduled for review by the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on Thursday.
“I wouldn’t want to just give a stimulus to the tourism office, for just general promotion of Colorado,” Roberts said on Saturday. “I think we do a pretty good job of doing that Colorado promotes itself to some extent. But we want people to know both in the state and from outside the state that we’re ready to start hosting events, too, and Colorado is going to give you
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