The event incubator

If you’re a Cheney organization interested in getting an event started, or finding funding for one already in the works, you should know there’s a pile of money out there to help.

You should also understand one important caveat — to get that money, you need to show your event is going to get people to come to Cheney and spend money.

If that event meets the criteria, Cheney’s Lodging Tax Advisory Committee would like to hear from you because after distributing money earlier this spring, there is still over $77,600 — and climbing — in funding available. The committee, which was created by a 2007...