TISDALE 鈥� The Town of Tisdale is resuming a grant in partnership with the Canalta Hotel to fund Tisdale-hosted multi-day events including tournaments, competitions, conventions and festivals.
The tourism and marketing grant was suspended in 2020 due to the pandemic restrictions on events. Past funded events have included provincial curling championships, Saskatchewan Cutting Horse Association (SCHA) events, and the Telus Cup West Regional.
Brad Hvidston, Tisdale鈥檚 administrator, said the purpose is to encourage events within the community.
鈥淲e鈥檙e getting back going out of the COVID world and we once again struck a deal with Canalta,鈥� Hvidston said.
鈥淲e want to encourage groups to host their multi-day events in Tisdale. There鈥檚 lots of different events out there, lots of different provincial organizations out there so we鈥檙e trying to get them to host in Tisdale by providing them a little bit of financial assistance and help their event to be successful.鈥�
He said $20,000 will be available for the 2021 year.
鈥淲e鈥檙e aware that some of the events will happen with or without the grant, but I know there are some events that rely on it.鈥�
Funds are available on a first come, first serve basis with $500 available per application, although Hvidston said they鈥檝e given as much as $2,500 for applicable events. Preference will be given to activities that will increase economic and tourism business, the development and the marketing of those activities.
The fund is not available for family functions or, for on-going weekly or monthly events such as a men鈥檚 night golf, weekly curling, or monthly club meetings or annual local annual general meetings.
Grant applications can be filled out at the town office.
