GUNNISON

Gunnison County commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to go to the polls in November asking voters to approve expanding the allowed uses of lodging tax revenue collected through the Local Marketing District (LMD). Traditionally, “bed tax” dollars could be spent only on marketing tourism. However, this year Gov. Jared Polis signed HB 1117 into law, expanding the allowed use of the funds to include supporting infrastructure and services to mitigate the impacts of tourism on local ...