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THE Rural City of Wangaratta is calling for applications for its two tourism event funding programs.
"Event organisers can access up to $5000 under the tourism special events funding program if their event aligns with the key tourism product strengths of food and wine, cycling, jazz or Ned Kelly," council’s tourism development manager, Kate Green, said.
"Last financial year, council supported tourism events with over $35,000 in funding.
"This year there is a pool of over $40,000.
"This is a substantial boost to event organisers, many of whom passionately devote their time to running their event as volunteers.
"This money assists with marketing and can be the difference between breaking even or not."
Council operates two programs specifically aimed at assisting organisers of events that attract a majority of their visitors from outside the municipality.
"For events that do not align with food and wine, cycling, jazz or Ned Kelly, the visitor attraction events funding program grants up to $2500.
"A strong tourism case must be made in order to attract funding."
Council has recently moved to alter the application process so that there are now two rounds for applications; a second round on the proviso that all funds are not extinguished in the first.
The closing date for round one is April 1 and event organisers are urged to contact Ms Green to discuss the eligibility of their event for funding support.
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