{"id":72370,"date":"2019-08-01T14:48:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=72370"},"modified":"2019-08-01T16:51:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T20:51:25","slug":"huntsville-may-get-a-lot-busier-with-funds-from-accommodation-tax-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-may-get-a-lot-busier-with-funds-from-accommodation-tax-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville may get a lot busier with funds from accommodation tax: Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>The new municipal accommodation tax, implemented April 1, 2019, managed to raise almost $80,000 in just two months, and if that continues Huntsville could see many more events being hosted here.<\/p>\n<p>Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison told his fellow councillors at their July 22 meeting that $79,973.62 had been collected between April 1 and May 31.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the need to discuss some parameters around the organization and communication of events, particularly those held in Huntsville\u2019s downtown. Municipal representatives have received complaints from downtown merchants who are concerned that such events are having an adverse effect on their businesses, especially during their busier summer months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"modern-quote full\"><p>It\u2019s really important for us to have that discussion because it looks as though they are going to generate some significant dollars and we\u2019ll probably be looking to host some more events, so it\u2019s going to get busier.<cite>Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The tourism entity, which will decide how to spend the majority of those funds (30 per cent will go to the municipality), has been incorporated.<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Directors for the tourism body will have four representatives from the Huntsville Hotel and Motel Association (HHMA), one representative from the Downtown Huntsville Business Improvement Area (BIA), one representative from the Huntsville\/Lake of Bays Chamber of Commerce, and one representative from the Town of Huntsville.<\/p>\n<p>The chair is Deerhurst Resort\u2019s Jesse Hamilton (HHMA), the vice-chair is Hidden Valley Resort\u2019s Scott Doughty (HHMA),  and the secretary will be Whimsical Bakery\u2019s  Christine Kropp (BIA).<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve adopted a mission statement which is to grow year-round occupancy in Huntsville, and their vision is to be the best tourism destination in Ontario, Aitchison told his colleagues. Their value statement is to be collaborative, creative, progressive, inclusive and respectful of the natural environment.<\/p>\n<p>Aitchison said they\u2019re beginning to explore a strategic planning process, and they\u2019re evaluating banking and staffing options.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related stories:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"advs-title\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/consultations-to-take-place-about-the-impact-downtown-events-are-having-on-main-street-merchants\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Consultations to take place about the impact downtown events are having on Main Street merchants<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Huntsville\u2019s accommodation tax kicks in this Monday, April 1st\" href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsvilles-accommodation-tax-kicks-in-this-monday-april-1st\/\">Huntsville\u2019s accommodation tax kicks in this Monday, April 1st<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new municipal accommodation tax, implemented April 1, 2019, managed to raise almost $80,000 in just two months, and if that continues Huntsville could see many more events being [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":47068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[26,2083],"class_list":["post-72370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-breaking","tag-municipal-accomodation-tax"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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