This informal collaboration lasted until 1914, when a younger generation of lawyers decided to form the Cook County Bar Association. Among the group of Black lawyers was Ida Platt, the first Black woman admitted to practice in the State of Illinois, and the third Black woman lawyer in the nation. Wheeler, moved to Illinois in 1869 to practice law and he, along with 31 other Black lawyers, began to meet informally to plan protests against discrimination in hotels, theaters, and restaurants, and to address judicial elections and school desegregation. The Cook County Bar Association ( CCBA), the nation's oldest association of African-American lawyers and judges, was founded in Illinois in 1914.
COOK COUNTY P & B ASSOCIATION FULL
Who decides how these funds are spent or allocated?Īll the tourism associations continue with full boards of directors and meetings. The 1% CCEVB funds are allocated to assist existing community sponsored events, Visit Cook County events as well as enhancements to visitor experiences such as music, nature programs, access to information on an event calendar that is printed and online. This corporation also participates in the lodging tax collection at their Eagle Ridge Resort.Īll collected taxes are paid to the County Auditor who in turn handles the administration and distribution of revenue. Lutsen Mountains Alpine operations, for example, elected to collect a 3% tax on lift tickets, equipment rentals, entertainment, and restaurant sales. This tax is “voluntary” for non-lodging businesses, they are allowed to charge a 1% minimum to 3% maximum tax. To address this need, the associations agreed to an additional 1% to the lodging tax collection in 2007-2008 to create the Cook County Events and Visitors Bureau, (CCEVB). These limits prevented funding for visitor experiences and lures such as festival and event hosting. The 3% lodging tax has defined statutory limitations on how it can be spent, simply put: to be spent on destination marketing. These three associations have boards of directors and are funded by the collection of a 3% lodging tax in their communities. Grand Marais Area Tourism Association (GMATA).Lutsen-Tofte-Schroeder Tourism Association (LTTA).The tourism associations that make up Visit Cook County are:
The organizations joined because they’re stronger together – there is more buying power and reach with combined revenues. Visit Cook County is a strong collaboration of the existing Cook County, Minnesota community tourism associations, the Cook County Events and Visitors Bureau and the voluntary members of the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Ojibwe.
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