State
Travel Oregon
09/15/21 5:00 PM PST
Grants to Oregon nonprofit organizations, governmental units, and regional and statewide associations for projects that promote tourism. Funding is intended for economic development and community enhancement through the improvement and expansion of the local tourism economy. Eligible projects must promote wine and/or culinary tourism.
The mission of Travel Oregon is to inspire travel that drives community enhancement and economic development, creating a better life for Oregonians through strong, sustainable local economies. With funding provided through sales of the Oregon Wine Country license plate, Travel Oregon has established a program to make grant awards available to “tourism promotion agencies” for projects that promote wine and culinary tourism.
“Tourism promotion” is defined as:
Project is intended to increase the likelihood of visitation from 50 miles outside the local area. Though it is not a requirement, ideally, the project will lead to an increase of overnight stays in local lodging facilities. Partnerships with tourism entities and businesses, economic development and/or government entities are looked upon favorably and strengthen an application.
As recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic continue, the following project types will be given preference in funding:
GrantWatch ID#: 170018
Oregon Wine Country License Plates Matching Grant applicants may apply for grants of up to $50,000 per project and may apply for no more than two projects in the same cycle.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Access the online application (beginning Aug. 11) here: https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=otc
Submit questions online at https://industry.traveloregon.com/opportunities/grants/questions/. Please allow seven business days for Travel Oregon to respond.
Oregon's Seven Regional Destination Management Organizations (RDMO): https://industry.traveloregon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/FINALWCLP-GuidelinesAug2021.pdf#page=9.
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