Statewide
— Eighteen tourism-related projects divvied up $100,000
in grants from Travel Oregon, the new brand name for the Oregon
Tourism Department. The program of matching grants is designed
to help local economies improve by attracting visitors. Some of
the projects include money for magazine advertising by the
Eastern Oregon Visitors Association, tourism promotion for the
Oakridge/Westfir Chamber of Commerce, a coast arts guide by the
Oregon Coast Council for the Arts and a visitor center by the
Illinois Valley Community Development Association.
