New FEMA Administrator Confirmed | NFWF RFP: Hurricane Response Marine Debris Removal Fund
Good Reads: Morris County Launches Farm Travel Passport | Las Cruces Offers Self-Guides Film Location Tour | Philadelphia Turns Books Into A Destination
Advocacy Amplified
A newsletter to provide actionable information to amplify the voice of frontline tourism leaders, gateway communities, National Heritage Areas, other tourism-related organizations on the issues that matter to their communities
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Grant Opportunity: African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund | Report: Cuts Leave FEMA 'in the Dark' | Hillsborough Schools Launch Tourism-Based Magnet Program | Vermont Tourism's New Logo
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African America Cultural Heritage Action Fund is now accepting applications for its Preserving Black Churches grants.
Tourism Grant Opportunities
Good Read: 7 Delightfully Offbeat Small Town Festivals
Okefenokee Awarded World Heritage Inscription | Senate Energy & Commerce Committee Marks Up 39 Public Lands Bills | USA Today Publishes Special Edition on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Visit Alexandria Charts a New Path for Tourism
Congress Recesses for 5 Weeks, Heads Home to an Outraged Public | Advancing Public Lands Bills | Election Year Visitor Guides | Brand USA Plans Tourism Marketing Campaign in Canada
Congress has adjourned for 5 weeks and will return to DC on August 31.
Okefenokee Gets Vote on UNESCO Designation | Senate National Parks Committee Holds Hearing on America Battlefield Protection Program Reauthorization and other public lands bills
Traverse City Advances Travel Accessibility for Rural Communities
Good Reads: Hosting Disability Inclusive Sporting Events | The Most Famous Seven Notes in Sports | Normalization of Canadian Travel | Canadian Spirits Boycott Pushback | Congress Tackles FEMA Reform
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Tourism Grant Opportunities
As there is a lot of uncertainty about federal grants, I want to share some upcoming deadlines for grant funding for tourism communities to ensure that tourism offices and and community partners are able to take advantage of available funding opportunities.
Hallmark's Merriest Christmas Towns Contest | Interior Requests Nominations for Long-Distance Biking Trails | FEMA Announces Additional $197 Million for NC Hurricane Recovery
Good Reads: NPS's A Guidebook & Toolkit for Gateway Community Heritage Tourism and Economic Development | Capitol Hill Parade Saves Nebraska's Bishop Neumann Cavaliers Marching Band's Trip to DC
Visit Macon CEO Testifies Before Congress | Great American State Fair | Interior Releases Interagency Recreation Visitation Data Report | Travel & Tourism Summer Talking Points
Good Reads: Shreveport-Bossier Tourism Surges | West Virginia Mounts America250 Ferris Wheel | Canadian Consulate Reopens in Phoenix
Update: America the Beautiful Act | America's Block Party Expands to 7 Cities | North Carolina History Explorer Debuts
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House Natural Resources Committee to Advance Great American Outdoors Act 250 | Consideration of America the Beautiful Act By Full Senate Possible This Week
Good Reads: Tartan Army Taxis | America 250 Celebrations in Arkansas, Presque Isle, Maine, and Pigeon Forge | Experience Fayetteville Releases Its Tourism Playbook
Action Alert: Sign On Letter to Senate in Support of America the Beautiful Act | Report on the Economic Impact of Battlefield Tourism Released | Newport, KY Explores Tourism Tax Options
America250 Announcing July 4 Concert in Los Angeles | Freedom 250 vs. America250 Explained
America the Beautiful Act Picks Up Momentum | American Battlefield Protection Program Reauthorization Approved By The House
Good Reads: FEMA Nominee on Challenges and Second Chances | Literary Travel Is Having A Moment
Tourism & Sports Update: Football Hero Visits Discover Daphne | Lawrence, KS Embraces Algerian Soccer | Croatian Looks to Translate Soccer Success into Tourism | Boston Welcomes Scottish Soccer Fans
Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee to Consider the America the Beautiful Act
Great American Outdoors Act 250 Introduced | House Natural Resources Committee Holds Field Hearing in Hot Springs; Actor Kevin Costner Testifies | FEMA Releases Disaster Relief Funds
Good Reads: Is Canadian Travel Boycott Over? | Great American State Fair Event Hits Organizing Hurdles
This Week In Washington: Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act Marked Up | Field Hearing on the Great American Outdoors Act 250 in Hot Springs, AR | FY27 Interior Appropriations Update
Good Reads: Colorado Stargazing Trail | Juneteenth Food Festivals | George the Star | Forest Service Debuts New Recreation Mobile App
Great American Expedition Launches | NPS Announces Save America's Treasures Grants Program Is Accepting Applications | NEA Grants for Art Projects Accepting Applications
Good Reads: Georgia Wildlife Haven Nears UNESCO Recognition | Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Raise Concerns for Great Smoky Mountains NP | American Road Trip is Back -- And It's All About The Food
Call to Action: NPS FY27 Funding Sign On Letter | National Trust for Historic Preservation Announces 2026 Most Endangered Historic Places | U.S. Forest Service Celebrates National Trails Day
In advance of the House Appropriations Committee mark up of the Interior Environment FY27 Appropriations Bill on Wednesday, June 3, the NPS Second Century Action Coalition is circulating a sign on letter to the Committee leaders and members thanking them for rejecting the President’s request significant budget cuts and asking them to include language requiring the rehiring and retention of…
Canadian Tourism Becomes a Hot Button Issue | Brand USA to Launch Canada Campaign | FY27 Interior Appropriations Bill Update | MS Gulf Coast NHA Hosts Elvis Themed "Summer of '56" Celebration
With Congress back in their states/districts for a week, POLITICO takes a look at the midterm elections in the battleground state of Nevada and reports that the drop in Canadian tourism has become a hot button issue.