Leaning Into Lodging Taxes, with Sam Hecker

We continue our ongoing deep dive on the public finance of post-pandemic downtowns, including insights from Liz on neighborhood-downtown relations, and research findings from Justin on local lodging taxes. Sam Hecker from the Seattle Convention Center explains how SCC managed through a pandemic with no conventions, why natural amenities are the key to healthy post-pandemic downtowns, and the future of lodging taxes, among many other topics. In "Ripped from the Headlines" we explore the politics and economics of taxing non-profits.