WATCH: Brevard Tourist Development Council Holds First Meeting of 2022 on Wednesday in Viera
By Peter Cranis, TDO Executive Director // January 26, 2022
Committee meetings and the new grant cycles will begin in March
ABOVE VIDEO: Tourism Development Council Holds Meeting on Wednesday.
ABOVE VIDEO: Tourism Development Council Holds Meeting on Wednesday.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Well, I hope everyone had a good and safe New Year’s Eve. It is great to be starting out the new year in our new offices and we’re all ready to get down to business with new TDC meetings, as well as new committees in the coming months.
Our first Tourist Development Council meeting will be held on Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. in the Florida Room, Building C of the Government Center in Viera.
We will have three new TDC members and the members will be selecting their Chair and Vice-Chair at this meeting, so we’re very excited about that.
Then in February, the TDC will select all their members for the five standing committees – Beach, Cultural, Marketing, Sports and Capital Facilities.
Committee meetings will begin in March and the new grant cycles will start.
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This year we will have funding for Indian River Lagoon Grants (up to $1 million), Cultural Grants ($350,000 for Cultural Support and Major Event Grants), Sports Grants ($200,000), and Capital Facilities Grants ($1.5 million).
Each grant is posted on the Brevard County website when the application cycle opens.
So it looks like it will be a very busy and productive year for all our committees and staff that support them. Look out 2022, here we come!
– Peter Cranis, Space Coast Office of Tourism Executive Director
About Tourism Development Council
The Tourism Development Office (TDO) consists of Brevard County employees who serve as the staff for the Tourism Development Council (TDC). The day-to-day operations such as promotion and advertising, visitor information services, as well as, budget preparation and financial reporting of the Tourist Development Tax revenues and expenditures are managed through the TDO. Other activities managed through the TDO include funding of beach renourishment projects, capital facilities projects, cultural marketing, zoo distribution, and Space Coast Stadium capital repairs and maintenance.
