Tourism board March vouchers: $5,958 ops manager, $2,375 caps

The Jackson Hole Travel and Tourism Joint Powers Board is set to approve $572,398.35 in vouchers (Nos. 4239 to 4268), and the mix matters for anyone watching how lodging tax dollars ripple through local operations and marketing costs. A few line items jump out as recurring overhead: $5,958 and $3,575 to Table 307, LLC for “Operations Manager” and “Communications Manager,” plus $6,500 to Kreedle Media LLC for a social media coordinator role, per the board’s voucher packet. Source: JHTTJPB Voucher Summary and Approvals.

On the marketing and admin side, the packet includes $3,372.32 and $3,631.92 in Mastercard charges (local ads/PR/marketing and meeting expenses), $4,000 to TMBR Creative Agency as a website maintenance retainer, and $2,375 to Tormack Custom Printing for 250 “Stay Wild” trucker caps. Those are not huge on their own, but they are the kind of small, steady spends that add up and compete with on-the-ground visitor management when budgets get tight.

There is also a long list of grant-style payments that function like program spending, including $35,000 to the Jackson Hole International Film Festival, $12,000 to Teton Climbers Coalition for an AlpinFilm event, and multiple ambassador and visitor-services related payouts (Friends of Pathways, Friends of Bridger-Teton, and Teewinot Institute at $13,133.94). If you run a business that is asked to support visitor behavior in peak season, this voucher list is a reminder of where the board is actually putting dollars: a blend of contractors, marketing production, and selected partner programs.