The Gering Occupation Tax Grant is available to assist community organizations for projects, infrastructure, and promotions that generate overnight stays in Gering and Scotts Bluff County lodging facilities.
Donor Name: City of Gering
State: Nebraska
County: Scotts Bluff County (NE)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/07/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The City of Gering announces the upcoming February 2026 cycle of the Gering Hotel Occupancy Tax Grant Funding Program. This funding cycle is designated for “major grant” requests—applications seeking over $10,000 in funding. The program supports City departments, facilities, and nonprofit entities that host events and activities aimed at increasing overnight stays and boosting tourism revenues in Gering.
The Service and Engagement Grant aims to provide a fair and consistent method of establishing grant funding for community groups or organizations with the ideas and skills necessary to execute creative community projects to benefit and engage citizens in the City of Montgomery.
Adopted by the Gering City Council, grant applications will be rated utilizing a standard-adopted rubric (scoresheet) to measure how applications align with occupation tax funding priorities and to give Council latitude in determining projects to be funded with the overall goal of generating tourism visitations and extended stays.
Uses of Funds
Recommendations on allocation of Occupation Tax funding may be prioritized in this order:
- Directly promote the convention and hospitality industry.
- Directly promote group markets; sports/recreation event, motorcoach tours
- Directly promote tourism.
- Promotion and advertising costs associated with promotion of tourism, convention and hospitality industry.
- Funding transportation systems for visitors.
- Signage for directing visitors to sites and attractions that are frequently visited in the zoning jurisdiction of Gering.
- Acquiring or expanding exhibits for visitor attractions.
- Expanding and improving any existing visitor attraction or construction of new attractions.
- Funding certain expenses, including promotional expenses, directly related to recreation tourism activity.
- Funding the enhancement or upgrading of existing recreation tourism facilities.
- Expenditures for the promotion of the arts.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants must be nonprofit entities or city departments/facilities, and projects must meet at least one of the Occupation Tax Funding Criteria, with emphasis placed on events that demonstrate a measurable impact on overnight tourism.
For more information, visit City of Gering.
