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Orange County task force recommends tourist-tax funding for big projects downtown, but no baseball stadium

Their recommendations go to the Board of County Commissioners now

On Tuesday, the task force met to consider and hear out proposals on disbursing around $3 billion from the Tourist Development Tax fund (the “hotel tax” or 6% levy added to the cost of a hotel room, Airbnb or other short-term lodging.). The citizen-led task force sent 12 projects on to now be voted on by county commissioners at the end of August.

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