The Colorado Tourism Office (CTO) today announced that over $500,000 in Marketing Matching Grants were awarded for the 2016 fiscal year, an increase of $100,000 from last year. The annual competitive grant program offers financial assistance to Colorado’s tourism industry to enhance marketing efforts to visitors. A total of 28 organizations from across the state received grants.
Grantees:
• Arkansas River Outfitters Association, $25,000
• City of Montrose, $25,000
• Club 20, $5,700
• Colorado Brewers Guild, $12,500
• Colorado Campground & Lodging Owners Association, $25,000
• Colorado Cross Country Ski Association, $25,000
• Colorado Dude & Guest Ranch Association, $25,000
• Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, $7,500
• Colorado Front Range Region, $21,230
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife, $25,000
• Destination Colorado, $25,000
• Fremont County Tourism Council, $25,000
• Friends of Paradise Theatre, $6,000
• Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway Association, $2,668
• Grand County Colorado Tourism Board, $25,000
• Grand Junction Visitor & Convention Bureau, $7,000
• iManitou, $25,000
• I-70 REAP, $25,000
• Logan County Chamber of Commerce, $15,000
• Meeker Chamber of Commerce, $14,901
• Northeast Colorado Travel Region, $6,000
• Northwest Colorado Cultural Heritage Tourism Program, $15,000
• Pagosa Springs Town Tourism Committee, $25,000
• Region 9 Economic Development District Southwest Colorado, $25,000
• Rimrocker Historical Society, $4,500
• Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center Inc., $18,000
• San Luis Valley Tourism Association, $25,000
• Telluride Tourism Board, $25,000
The CTO Marketing Matching Grant Program provides funding to Colorado not-for-profit organizations to help promote the state or a region as a tourism destination. Travel regions throughout the state are eligible for these grant dollars, as well as statewide associations, organizations and other nonprofit entities that engage in promoting travel throughout Colorado.