Pottawattamie County, Council Bluffs receive $20,000 in grant money
Council Bluffs Convention and Visitors Bureau received a $10,000 grant for its winter travel marketing initiative.Pottawattamie Tourism Committee also received $10,000. They’ll use the funding to redesign its tourism website.The grants came from the Iowa Tourism Office. The organization received 77 tourism grant applications seeking nearly $640,000 in funding. They ended up giving $398,000 to 45 organizations.”Dating back to the summer of 2020, the Council Bluffs CBV has leaned into digital marketing in a big way to draw visitors to the city and county,” Mark Shoemaker, president of CBCVB Board of Directors, said in a press release.Click here for the latest headlines from KETV NewsWatch 7
Council Bluffs Convention and Visitors Bureau received a $10,000 grant for its winter travel marketing initiative.
Pottawattamie Tourism Committee also received $10,000. They’ll use the funding to redesign its tourism website.
The grants came from the Iowa Tourism Office. The organization received 77 tourism grant applications seeking nearly $640,000 in funding. They ended up giving $398,000 to 45 organizations.
“Dating back to the summer of 2020, the Council Bluffs CBV has leaned into digital marketing in a big way to draw visitors to the city and county,” Mark Shoemaker, president of CBCVB Board of Directors, said in a press release.