Chairperson: Steve Simonson
Members: Diane Wolfe, Debi Davidson, Mike Strang,
Duane Ferdinand, Dyani Bingham, Susan Ockert, Betsy Baumgart, Barb Neilan, Ramona Holt, Eric Hanson, Lea McGiboney, Dave Sharpe and Paul Lachapelle.
Next Meeting: August 24, 2007 9:00am Dial: 605.990.0700 PIN 313657#
NOTES FROM RECENT CALLS:
July 20, 2007;
June 15, 2007
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES:
Branding Presentation from Roger Brooks of Destination Development
(used by permission)
Tourism Development Plan for Lincoln County
MT TAC Meeting PPT FINAL 6-6-07.pdf
Links to the most current info about Travel Montana’s two grant programs:
http://travelmontana.mt.gov/forms/
Tourism Infrastructure Investment Program (deadline August 1, 2007, 5pm ($250,000 Grant Pool)
Special Event Grant Program (deadline Dec. 7, 2007 ($80,000 Grant Pool)
Montana Tourism and Recreation Strategic Plan 2008-2012 (contains updates)
http://travelmontana.mt.gov/2008strategicplan/
Link to No & Low Cost Marketing Services provided by Travel Montana along with info about AAA Montana, the six tourism regions and eleven Convention and Visitor Bureaus:
http://travelmontana.mt.gov/OURPROGRAMS/TrsmDevelop/nocostmarketing07.pdf
List of tourism-related technical and financial assistance resources put together by Travel Montana’s Tourism Development Specialist Carol Crockett. There’s some duplication with other sources listed, but is a one-stop location to look at a variety of options:
http://travelmontana.mt.gov/OURPROGRAMS/tech_fin_assist.asp
Here’s a link to the Institute for Tourism & Recreation Research’s new Report Builder Service which allows you to put in the area or topic (county, region, economic, visitor profile etc) you would like info on…and it pulls the data from ITRR’s 2005 Statewide research data that pertains to the report topic you’ve requested. Test it on your area!
http://www.itrr.umt.edu/reportBuilder.htm
Links to presentations from the 2007 MT Governor's Conference on Tourism & Recreation and archived presentations as well.....some of which deal with branding.
http://travelmontana.mt.gov/conference/speakers07.asp
http://travelmontana.mt.gov/conference/archives.asp
Montana Dept. of Commerce Tourism Infrastructure Investment Program (TIIP)
Montana Dept. of Commerce Special Events Grant Program (SEGP)
Grants.Gov
Philanthropy Digest News
Charlotte Martin Foundation
The Crown of the Continent
Montana Tourism Regions by "Country"
Montana Arts Council Grants
Fish Wildlife and Parks Grant Program
Montana Historic Preservation Services Directory
Montana Tribal Tourism Alliance
- funding resources
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