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NNK organizations receive $95,000 in tourism funding from state

Six initiatives on the Northern Neck have been awarded state funding to support tourism marketing. The local organizations, which will receive $95,000, are part of the group of 259 local and regional tourism efforts.

According to the governor's press release, the funding via Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Marketing Leverage and Regional Marketing programs are

designed to leverage local marketing dollars with matching state funds to increase visitation and traveler spending. This funding cycle, local partners will commit more than $12.4 million to match the VTC funding, providing more than $15 million in new marketing activity. The funding will be awarded to 215 local and regional tourism entities, ultimately impacting 259 programs and more than 1,000 combined partners.

Northern Neck recipients run from top to bottom of the peninsula as is shown in the table NNK Tourism Marketing Support Awards Spring 2022.


NNK Tourism Marketing Support Awards Spring 2022

Applicant/Locality
Event/Program
Funding Amount
Colonial Beach Chamber of Commerce / Colonial Beach 8th Annual Colonial Beach Bike Festival $20,000
Irvington Business Association / Irvington Visit Irvington, Virginia $5,000
Northern Neck Tourism Commission / Warsaw Spring for the Northern Neck $20,000
The Slips / Kinsale Sharing Kinsale’s Waterfront $10,000
Town of Colonial Beach / Colonial Beach 54th Annual Potomac River Festival/Visit CBVA $15,000
Town of Kilmarnock / Kilmarnock Getaway to Kilmarnock/Steptoe District $25,000


In addition, six programs located on the easternmost side of the Middle Peninsula will receive a total of $60,000. Details are in the table Middle Peninsula (easternmost portion) Tourism Marketing Support Awards Spring 2022.


Middle Peninsula (easternmost portion) Tourism Marketing Support Awards Spring 2022

Applicant
Event/Program
Funding Amount
Mathews County Visitor and Information Center / Mathews Explore our Shoreline-Mathews County $10,000
Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority / Saluda Paddlers Gone Wild $10,000
Middlesex County / Saluda Make Middlesex County Your Boating Destination $20,000
Middlesex County Economic Development Authority / Saluda Sleep Under The Stars in Middlesex County $5,000
The Cook Foundation / Gloucester Gloucester Arts Festival $5,000
Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation / Urbanna Urbanna Oyster Festival Urbanna


To put the awards in context, see Number and Percentage of Grants by GO Virginia Region Grants. The chart shows that Region 6, which includes the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula, received 8.4% of the grants. The Northern Neck, a subset of Region 6, received 3%.

See the data in spreadsheet format: VTC SPRING 2022 Grant Funding Recipients.




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