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Kashion Smith

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Offices

Interim Executive Director, Amarillo Convention and Visitors BureauOct 1, 2020 – Jan 27, 2021
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Events

  1. Council creates the Amarillo Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc., 5-0
  2. Council approves the CVB's hotel-tax agreement, office lease and 2020/21 budget
  3. First CVB board meeting names an interim director and accepts the City agreements
  4. City finance staff report a $659,229 negative hotel-tax carryforward in the CVB budget
  5. CVB director reports the San Jacinto water tower project needs about $18,000
  6. CVB told it qualifies for $350,000 of federal relief money; board approves 2021/22 budget
  7. Council approves the Route 66 emblem on the Independence water tower and waives the fee, 5-0
  8. CVB announces IRS approval as a 501(c)(3) organization
  9. CVB adopts its own financial policies ahead of taking fiscal duties from the City on October 1
  10. Board hears a half-year report of $1.1 million in hotel tax and $0.6 million in car rental tax
  11. CVB picks JLL for a tourism master plan and sets aside $100,000 from reserves; council approves
  12. CVB adopts a 2025/26 budget drawing $230,967 from reserves for the Route 66 centennial
  13. CVB board adopts "The Long Trail," a 10-year visitor economy plan anchored on a Civic Center district