Here is the official announcement from the NM Tourism Department--Three entities in Chama were funded at the following levels:
Village of Chama--$6500
Chama Valley Chamber--$3000
Cumbres & Toltec--$10,000
For a total of $19,500! this is good news for the Valley! Congratulations to All!
These funds will be used to market the Chama Valley as a destination, as well as it's events and attractions--THANK YOU NM TOURISM Dept!
Gayle L. Martinez
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic RR
Marketing Director
575-209-0218
www.cumbrestoltec.com
gmartinez@cumbrestoltec.com
History--Scenery--Machinery
August 14, 2008
Tourism Department Awards More Than $1 Million
in Cooperative Marketing Program Funding
Approximately 145 New Mexico non-profit organizations and local and tribal governments will share in the more than $1 million awarded this fiscal year through the New Mexico Tourism Department’s annual Cooperative Marketing Program.
Cooperative marketing funds are made available through the program to help these community outreach organizations promote their areas as a visitor destination. It is a matching program and reimburses a percentage (either 33 percent or 50 percent, depending on the applicant’s total marketing budget) of the organization’s direct costs associated with the placement of advertising, including print, broadcast, billboard and online advertising. Eligible costs also include the printing of promotional brochures, web site development, trade show participation and costs associated with public relations.
“The communities that market the State of New Mexico have the knowledge and experience to promote their respective attractions and events,” said Michael Cerletti, Secretary of the Tourism Department. “The cooperative marketing program is an effective way of partnering with the people that have put together solid marketing programs to help them increase tourism in their area in particular and to the state overall.”
Funding was based on the proposal’s score and available monies, and was reviewed by a committee of marketing professionals from the public and private sectors. A list of the organizations awarded funding for fiscal year 2008-2009 is below.
Applications received numbered 148, with a combined request of nearly $2.5 million. Organizations funded totaled 142 ($1,017,500 was awarded), including 32 organizations that did not apply last year.
“As the program continues to grow and mature, we want to make sure we are paying particular attention to the rural communities of New Mexico,” Secretary Cerletti added.
The deadline for receipt of proposals for the FY09 (2008/2009) Cooperative Marketing Grant Program was May 20, 2008. For more information, contact Audrey Herrera, Cooperative Marketing Program Manager
audrey@newmexico.org, 505-827-7325 or 505-412-1183 (cell).
Mike Stauffer, Communications Director, 505-827-7379,
mike.stauffer@state.nm.us
New Mexico Tourism Department
Cooperative Marketing Grant Program
2008 - 2009 Awarded Entities
Awarded Entity / Sponsored Entity*
Award Amount
1
516 Arts
$7,000.00
2
AMP Concerts
$5,000.00
3
AMP Concerts (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$5,000.00
Globalquerque!
4
Albuquerque Arts Alliance (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$3,000.00
5
Albuquerque Art Business Association
Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce
$7,500.00
6
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
$10,000.00
7
Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum Foundation
$6,000.00
8
Artesia Chamber of Commerce
$15,000.00
9
Artesia Mainstreet
$2,500.00
10
Ballet Pro Musica
$6,000.00
11
Billy the Kid, Inc., Scenic Byways
$1,000.00
12
Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce - Convention & Visitors Bureau
$20,000.00
13
Carrizozo Chamber of Commerce
$500.00
14
Cave Country, USA
$17,000.00
15
Center for International Studies
$4,000.00
16
Chama Valley Chamber of Commerce
$3,000.00
17
Chamber Music Albuquerque
$5,000.00
18
Chamber Music Festival, Inc.
$3,000.00
19
Cimarron Chamber of Commerce
$1,000.00
20
City of Alamogordo
$28,000.00
21
City of Aztec (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$14,000.00
Aztec Chamber of Commerce
22
City of Belen
$1,000.00
23
City of Deming
$5,000.00
24
City of Las Cruces Convention and Visitors Bureau
$20,000.00
25
City of Moriarty
$3,000.00
26
City of Rio Rancho Convention and Visitors Bureau
$12,500.00
27
City of Rio Rancho Convention and Visitors Bureau - Pork & Brew
$4,000.00
28
City of Roswell Advertising Advisory Committee
$20,000.00
29
City of Ruidoso Downs (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$8,000.00
The Hubbard Museum of the American West
30
City of Santa Fe - Convention & Visitors Bureau
$9,000.00
31
City of Santa Fe - Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe
$500.00
32
City of Santa Rosa
$13,000.00
33
City of Socorro - Tourism Department
$20,000.00
34
City of Truth or Consequences - Birding
$2,000.00
35
City of Truth or Consequences - Sierra County Tourism
$22,000.00
36
City of Tucumcari
$10,000.00
37
Cloudcroft Chamber of Commerce
$14,000.00
38
Clovis / Curry County Chamber of Commerce
$22,000.00
39
Corrales Mainstreet
$2,500.00
40
David Westphal Veterans Foundation
$3,000.00
41
Diocese of Las Cruces foundation (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$7,000.00
Las Cruces International Mariachi Conference
42
Dona Ana Arts Council
$5,500.00
43
Downtown Action Team
$6,500.00
44
Eagle Nest Chamber of Commerce
$4,000.00
45
Edgewood Chamber of Commerce
$1,500.00
46
Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council, Inc.
$10,000.00
47
El Moro Area Arts Council
$1,000.00
48
El Rancho de las Golondrinas
$14,000.00
49
Elephant Butte Chamber of Commerce
$3,000.00
50
Enchanted Circle Cooperative
$7,000.00
51
Espanola Valley Chamber of Commerce
$5,000.00
52
Explora
$5,000.00
53
Farmington Convention & Visitors Bureau
$17,000.00
54
Fort Sumner / De Baca County Chamber of Commerce
$1,500.00
55
Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
$10,000.00
56
Friends of Tijeras Pueblo
$1,000.00
57
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
$6,000.00
58
Glass Alliance
$2,000.00
59
Golf on the Santa Fe Trail
$1,000.00
60
Grant County
$17,500.00
61
Grants / Cibola County Chamber of Commerce
$16,000.00
62
Harwood Museum of Art Alliance
$3,000.00
63
Hatch Valley Chamber of Commerce
$1,000.00
64
High Road Artisans
$7,000.00
65
Holy Cross Hospital Foundation
$6,000.00
66
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
$12,000.00
67
Institute of American Indian Arts
$4,000.00
68
Keshet Dance Company
$3,000.00
69
Las Vegas / San Miguel County Chamber - (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$1,000.00
Las Vegas Heritage Preservation Committee - Heritage Week
70
Las Vegas / San Miguel County Chamber - City Marketing
$5,500.00
71
Las Vegas / San Miguel County Chamber - County Marketing
$5,500.00
72
Las Vegas / San Miguel County Chamber - (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$2,000.00
Arts and Cultural District Consortium
73
Los Alamos Meeting and Visitor Bureau
$13,500.00
74
Luciente (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$7,000.00
Abiuqu Art Studio Tours
75
Mainstreet Roswell
$1,500.00
76
Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque
$5,000.00
77
Mora Valley Chamber of Commerce
$1,500.00
78
Mountainair Chamber of Commerce
$1,500.00
79
Movimiento (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$3,500.00
Taos Fall Arts Festival
80
Moving People Dance Theatre
$9,000.00
81
Museum Association of Taos
$5,000.00
82
Nambe Pueblo (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$1,500.00
Pueblo of Nambe
83
National Atomic Museum Foundation
$3,000.00
84
National Institute of Flamenco
$1,000.00
85
National Space Grant Foundation
$5,000.00
86
New Art New Mexico
$2,000.00
87
New Mexico Bed & Breakfast Association
$14,000.00
88
New Mexico Culture Net
$3,000.00
89
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
$2,000.00
90
New Mexico Wildlife Association dba Wildlife West Nature Park
$15,000.00
91
New Mexico Wine Growers Association
$16,000.00
92
Old Mesilla Association
$15,000.00
93
Old Town Merchant's Association
$7,000.00
94
Opera Southwest, Albuquerque
$3,000.00
95
Outpost Productions, Inc.
$7,000.00
96
Presbyterian Church - Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu and in Santa Fe
$5,500.00
97
Pueblo of Acoma
$15,500.00
98
Ramah Navajo School Board Inc.
$1,500.00
99
Raton Arts & Humanities Council, Inc.
$500.00
100
Raton Chamber & Economic Development Council
$8,000.00
101
Recursos de Santa Fe
$2,500.00
102
Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce
$2,000.00
103
Roswell Chamber of Commerce
$11,000.00
104
Sandoval County
$14,000.00
105
Santa Clara Development Corp. (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$7,000.00
Santa Clara Pueblo
106
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
$5,500.00
107
Santa Fe Council for the Arts (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$3,000.00
PhotoArts Santa Fe
108
Santa Fe County
$4,000.00
109
Santa Fe Desert Chorale
$8,000.00
110
Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$6,500.00
Santa Fe Farmers Market
111
Santa Fe Fiesta, Inc.
$2,500.00
112
Santa Fe New Music
$2,000.00
113
Santa Fe Opera
$15,000.00
114
Santa Fe Restaurant Association
$1,000.00
115
Santa Fe Wine and Chile
$1,500.00
116
Silver City / Grant County Chamber of Commerce
$20,000.00
117
Ski New Mexico, Inc.
$11,500.00
118
Socorro County Chamber of Commerce
$8,000.00
119
Southern New Mexico State Fair and Rodeo
$7,000.00
120
Southwestern Association for Indian Arts
$12,000.00
121
Spanish Colonial Arts Society
$12,000.00
122
Special Events Resource Group
$500.00
123
Sun Country Section Professional Golfers Assoc. (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$7,000.00
New Mexico Golf Destinations
124
Taos County Chamber of Commerce (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$33,000.00
Taos County Lodgers Association
125
Taos County Film Commission
$1,000.00
126
Taos Ski Valley Chamber of Commerce
$9,000.00
127
The Film Festival (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$8,000.00
Santa Fe Film Festival
128
Theater Grottesco
$1,000.00
129
Touchstone Foundation, Inc. (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$1,000.00
Taos Artists Organization
130
Town of Edgewood
$4,500.00
131
Town of Red River
$19,000.00
132
Town of Taos
$10,000.00
133
Tricklock Company
$1,000.00
134
Tucumcari / Quay County Chamber of Commerce
$2,000.00
135
Turquoise Trail Association (Fiscal Sponsor for)
$2,500.00
Madrid Merchants Association
136
Turquoise Trail Association
$9,500.00
137
VSA Arts
$1,500.00
138
Village of Angel Fire
$13,000.00
139
Village of Chama
$6,500.00
140
Village of Ruidoso - Convention Center
$2,000.00
141
Village of Ruidoso - Texas Outreach
$5,000.00
142
Weems International Art Festival
$5,000.00
Mike Stauffer
Communications Director
New Mexico Tourism Department
505-827-7379