On Oct.16, the Dripping Springs City Council approved Hotel Occupancy Tax funds for local organizations that promote and attract visitors to the city.

The Dripping Springs Visitors Bureau, the Brent Thurman Foundation, Friends of the Pound House Foundation, The Hill Country Alliance, and  Saxet Gun Show were granted funds from HOT, according to agreements shared by Andrea Cunningham, Dripping Springs city secretary.

In the city council’s approved  2017-2018 budget, which was approved Sept...