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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2025 - 2026
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 12, 2024 11:18 AM |
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| From: | Senator Devlin J. Robinson |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Tourism Improvement District Authorization |
| In the near future, I plan to reintroduce SB845 of 2023 formalizing the tourism improvement district (TID) process in Pennsylvania. TIDs are aimed at boosting business in a specific geographic area, by enhancing brand development, marketing initiatives, public relations, digital marketing expansion, and special event subsidies. Because of this augmentation, these districts will increase overall visitation to areas which will spur economic development, generate jobs, and revive commerce. My proposal will simply serve as enabling legislation for counties that want to participate and enact a TID in their local communities. A formalized TID process in Pennsylvania would result in a stable source of funding through a locally approved assessment on lodging stays established between the enabling county and a coalition of property owners. They are utilized to provide sales and marketing initiatives that directly benefit the businesses within a geographical district. TIDs do not require any new general fund dollars from state or local governments, and are a proven source of steady, dedicated funding for neighborhood promotion. Last session’s cosponsors include Senators Argall, Gebhard, Brewster, Miller, Culver, and Laughlin, and it was approved with strong bipartisan support in the Senate Community, Economic & Recreational Development Committee. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact my office. |
Memo Updated: December 12, 2024 11:19 AM