Tough Mudder deal criticized by tourism leaders

By Rob Johnson on December 9, 2015 advertising expenses, BOCC, criticism, economic benefits, economic impact study, fee, Florida Sports Foundation, Julie Morgan, Laurie Gallup, malarkey, Milton, Navarre Properties, negotiate, public funds, Ray Palmer, Rob Williamson, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Commissioners, Santa Rosa County Officials, Santa Rosa hoteliers, Shannon Ogletree, Subsidy, T.J. Goulet, taxpayer dollards, TDC Meeting, Tough Mudder, tourism industry, Tourism leaders, Tourist Development Council, tourists Headlines, Tough Mudder

Santa Rosa County officials now concede that there was no effort to negotiate before agreeing to pay Tough Mudder Inc. a $110,000 subsidy in return for staging its military-style endurance event near Milton next April. Both the inducement amount and the New York-based, for-profit company’s estimate of the economic benefits resulting from its first event […]