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Bay of Quinte Regional Marketing Board has granted 25 projects with $55,000 in funding to help counter the tourism impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in the region.
The board launched applications for the inaugural Bay of Quinte Marketing Grant to support small businesses in the tourism sector adapting to the ongoing challenges of COVID-19.
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The marketing grant offered businesses in the board’s partnership communities of Belleville, Brighton, Quinte West and with Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte the opportunity to apply for funding of up to $5,000.
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The Bay of Quinte Regional Marketing Board has distributed $55,000 to 25 small businesses.
Earlier this year, the Bay of Quinte Regional Marketing Board launched applications for the first ever Bay of Quinte Marketing Grant to support small businesses in the tourism sector.
Funding was allocated according to five categories: social/digital, outside market radio, print/signage, experiential tourism and photography/video.
There were just under 70 applications totalling almost $160,000 in funding requests, significantly higher than the $30,000 budgeted.
Bay of Quinte RMB’s Board of Directors approved increasing the overall budget to a total of $55,000, supplemented by funds from the Municipal Accommodation Tax collected in the cities of Belleville and Quinte West.
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