Bucks County Tourism Grant Program Distributes Close to $600,000 to 51 Local Organizations

A local grant program is dispersing a large amount of money to several Bucks County organizations to aid in local tourism ventures.

The Bucks County Tourism Grant Program recently distributed $596,867 to 51 local organizations. The program, which was established in 2008 between Visit Bucks County and the County of Bucks, was made to assist in the development and enhancement of tourism initiatives in Bucks County.

It is funded from a portion received from the Bucks County lodging tax assessed to visitors staying overnight in hotels, bed and breakfasts and home-shares.

Here is the complete list of recipients:

• ActorsNET
• African American Museum of Bucks County
• Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum
• Arete Gallery 
• Artists of Yardley
• Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve
• Bristol Borough Raising the Bar
• Bristol Riverside Theatre
• Bucks County Center for the Performing Arts. Inc.
• Bucks County Children’s Museum
• Bucks County Civil War Roundtable Library and Museum
• Bucks County Classic organized by MSH Productions LLC
• Bucks County Gilbert & Sullivan Society
• Bucks County Historical Society
• Bucks County Playhouse
• Bucks County Symphony Society
• Bucks County Wine Trail
• Cantus Novus
• Concordia Chamber Players
• Doylestown Business and Community Alliance
• Dublin Town Center, LP
• Experience Yardley
• Friends of Bolton Mansion
• Friends of Churchville Nature Center
• Friends of Peace Valley Nature Center
• Friends of Silver Lake Nature Center
• Friends of Washington Crossing Park
• Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce, Inc
• Haycock Historical Society
• Heritage Conservancy
• Historic Fallsington, Inc.
• Historical Society of Hilltown Township
• Hortulus Farm Foundation
• James A. Michener Art Museum
• La Fiocco
• Lenape Chamber Ensemble
• Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Museum
• New Hope Colony Foundation for the Arts
• New Hope Helping
• Newtown Historic Association 
• Newtown Theatre
• Pearl S. Buck International
• Peddler’s Village
• Perkasie Towne Improvement Association
• Quakertown Historical Society
• Raymond Farm Center for Living Arts & Design
• Sellersville Inn, Inc
• Snipes Farm and Education Center
• The Pennsbury Society
• The TileWorks of Bucks County
• TMA Bucks Foundation