$597K In Tourism Grants Going to 12 Lower Bucks Organizations

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — The Bucks County Tourism Grant Program has announced the distribution of $596,867 to 51 organizations, including about a dozen in Lower Bucks.

Among the recipients in Lower Bucks are: the African American Museum of Bucks County, Artists of Yardley, Bristol Borough Raising the Bar, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Experience Yardley, Friends of Bolton Mansion, Friends of Churchville Nature Center, Friends of Silver Lake Nature Center, Historic Fallsington, Inc., Snipes Farm and Education Center, The Pennsbury Society and the TMA Bucks Foundation.

The program was established between Visit Bucks County and the County of Bucks in 2008 to assist in the development and enhancement of tourism initiatives in Bucks County.

The program 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.

Since the inception of the grant program, more than $6 million has been distributed to more than 120 organizations. Grant funding is used for marketing, special events and exhibitions, product development, and capital improvement projects.

Each year, one grant recipient is recognized, in name, as the Charles H. Martin Grant in honor of former Commissioner Martin’s commitment to starting and supporting the Bucks County Tourism Grant Program.

The 2022 recipient is the Bucks County Gilbert & Sullivan Society.

The 2022 recipients are:

• 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