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Two organizations promoting Burlington as "Chocolate City U.S.A." have agreed to donate a combined $200,000 over the next five years to a city effort under consideration to rebrand the community
What are room taxes? Since its establishment in 1983, Real Racine has been, in large part, funded by hotel room taxes â specifically on visitor stays of fewer than 30 days by hotels and lodgers in Mount Pleasant, Racine, Caledonia, Yorkville, Waterford and Burlington. Those municipalities pay into Real Racine differently, depending on their individual contracts: Yorkville pays 90%; Caledonia 85%; Sturtevant pays 75%, as Mount Pleasant used to. Confusion and a legal gray area surround what hotel room taxes are exactly, including who actually is paying those taxes, who gets to receive the ...