Rockingham County TDA Announces 2009-2010 Grant Recipients -
Wentworth, N.C.In its June meeting, the Rockingham County Tourism Development Authority (TDA) approved a total of $39,085 in marketing grants to various organizations throughout the county for marketing events in 2009 and 2010.
The grants are part of the TDAs annual Marketing and Promotional Grants Program. The Board budgeted $40,000 this year for grants and received requests totaling more than $70,000.
This year in order to help all the organizations that submitted grant requests, the TDA voted to fund 71% of the qualifying amount of each grant request it received. Doing so allowed each organization to receive a grant and allow the TDA to stay within budget.
Times are tough for everybody right now and we wanted to be able to assist each organization rather than decline some requests all together, said Robin Yount, vice president of Tourism. We had to stay within budget so we decided to fund a certain percentage across the board to be fair. We felt it was important for these organizations to receive a portion of their grant requests because many have lost funding from other sources this year.
The only stipulation that comes with the grants is that the money must be used to market local events outside the county in order to attract out-of-town visitors.
The 2009-2010 Marketing and Promotional Grants are awarded to:
City of Eden Dixie Youth Baseball Tournament at Freedom Park
City of Edens 8th Annual Piedmont Pottery Festival
Eden YMCA Swimming Meets
Eden YMCA Tennis Tournaments
City of Reidsville for Lake Reidsville
Madison-Mayodan Recreation Commission for the Dan River Boat Race
Morehead High School Wrestling Boosters for four tournaments
Olde Leaksville Shopping District for 2009 Eden Riverfest
Piedmont Folk Legacies for 15th Charlie Poole Music Festival
City of Reidsville for Dixie Youth Baseball Tournament
Reidsville Downtown Corporation for Reidsville Downtown Fall Festival
Reidsville Downtown Corporation for Tour of Reidsville Bike Race
Stars and Promises Concert
City of Reidsville for The Penn House
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